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'Grave sleepers' shock Iranians

An article on homeless drug addicts taking shelter in pre-prepared graves in a cemetery shakes Iranian society.
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On Dec. 27, Shahrvand daily ran an article that shocked ordinary Iranians and officials alike. The piece, titled “Living inside the grave,” reported on how a group of homeless people had taken shelter in a cemetery close to Shahriar, a town in Tehran province.

“It’s been a month since the cold led the homeless to settle in the big cemetery of Nasir Abad in the suburbs of Shahriar. Some are living inside the cemetery and the pre-prepared graves, and a few families are [residing] around the cemetery,” Shahrvand reported.

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