"Seventeen young men, all with university degrees, who post videos of hidden cameras on the Internet without authorization, were arrested by the cyberpolice of the capital," announced the daily Hamshahri, publication of the municipality of Tehran.

Iranian police have not revealed the identity of these jokes or published information about their 12 pages on Instagram.Quoted by the newspaper, the head of the cyberpolice says "having frequently received calls from the inhabitants" to ask the police to arrest these individuals.

"The investigation was opened due to many cases of harassment, intimidation and lack of respect, especially towards women," said the police.

One of the jokes was interviewed by the newspaper.30 years old and holder of an "master's degree in engineering", he claims to have shot his videos "in order to make people laugh", says Hamshahri, with the "consent" of the people filmed.

The Conservative Journal Khorasan has, unsurprisingly, defended the "raid led by the police", accusing the young pranks of sowing panic among the population by making “violent” videos, namely “exposing a false head beheaded in a taxi”or pretend to be “being possessed by the demon” or “to clog passers -by”.

“Laughing is a sin in this country”

On social networks, the police announcement aroused a wave of convictions.

“Now we should all wear black clothes and cry in the middle of the street.Because laughter is a sin in this country, ”deplored a surfer, who later removed his post.

“He had produced the videos by imitating youtubeurs.When I told him that he was scary people and the police were going to summon him, he replied that he had a lot of subscribers and that no one could hurt him, ”said the humorist FarvartishUNZVANYH on Twitter.

“They stopped the directors of these hidden camera gags so quickly.If they stopped diverters of funds, even twice as quickly, we would be among the three richest economies in the world, "said another Internet user, allusion to the many corruption files.