Iranian police have closed a cafe-restaurant in the capital, Tehran, for allegedly serving alcohol and allowing women to dance in public, activities banned since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

"The Kariz cafe-restaurant in Nahj al-Balagha Park, which had become a venue for serving alcoholic beverages, indecency (allowing women's clothing deemed inappropriate), violations of business regulations, and dancing, was sealed by police," the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

Alcohol has been prohibited in Iran for more than four decades, with offenders facing fines, flogging, or even prison. Public dancing by women, or in front of unrelated men, is also banned as un-Islamic and can result in arrests or prosecution.

Authorities have recently intensified closures of cafes and rest

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