SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iranian authorities detained a Chinese man for allegedly posting pictures of women he met in Iran on social media without their consent, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Ruhollah Dehqani, prosecutor in the central city of Kashan, told ILNA that police and intelligence forces arrested the man at a road toll booth in the city, according to Reuters.
Reuters reported that the man had allegedly boasted on social media that it was easy to meet Iranian women, but he was seen apologizing.
The man said he had deleted all images, in subsequent posts.
Iran’s Islamic laws ban contacts between unrelated men and women.
Authorities have frequently cracked down on people posting images on social media deemed immoral, according to Reuters.
