Capital’s other prostitutes joined them in the next eleven years, and then Shahr-e No was circled with a 2.50-meter-high brick wall, with women being forbidden from leaving this area. After the revolution and the establishment of the Islamic regime, in July 1979, a crowd that witnessed the death sentences of three women accused of procuring assaulted the district, burned the brothels, persecuted women, and spread terror. At this time, the area sprawled over 13 ha and hosted 1500 women, 753 street sellers, 178 shops, and two theaters.
