The Jerusalem Post ( www.jpost.com ) and the Guardian reports that authorities in Karaj, Iran have arrested more than 200 music fans, some from the UK and Sweden, attending a rock concert on grounds they were breaking the country's strict Islamic Sharia Law.

Charges involved women singing and inappropriate clothing as well as unauthorised filming of the performances.

A witness said police raided the concert as it was going to end, late Wednesday, some 50 kilometers west of the capital of Terhan. "Police detained the young people who had gathered to enjoy music in a private orchard," said one witness.

The public prosecutor in Karaj, Ali Farhadi, said that about 230 people were arrested during the underground concert, which he described as "satanic."