Is "Russia Today" blocked in your part of the world?

Iran is a shithole repressive regime (no wonder they are Russian allies) and if it's population had the second amendment, you'd see a change for the better...

https://www.voanews.com/a/killings-and-mass-arrests-of-protestors-in-iran-must-stop-un-/6796276.html

I'm shocked that some women do not want to be oppressed. SHOCKED I say.

 

??...RT isn't blocked in the UK....??




....not that I'd look at it but it's not blocked...??

 

If you have any questions about Iran, feel free to ask.

 

Google has blocked it. You must be using vpn

 

Do Iranians like Kim Kardashian?

 

I don't need you to try and paint it into a good picture. It's an oppressive religious authoritarian shithole and a great example as to why America's second amendment is so gd important to a population

The Mullah's are getting off light for now. I look forward to when the poplation does a bit more than tipping off the turbans.

 

Ohh...we're back to "Nazis".....lately it's been "satanists"....any idea what's next?

 

....nope....nothing special just MS Edge....?

 

There 85 million Iranians. Most wouldn't know anything about her. Among those who have heard about her, or follow her on social media, I would assume she has her followers.

 

...until recent fashion issues there were a few more........

 

Hmm. I can't access, chrome user here

 

Is the country excited about the world cup (you're playing my country, Wales)?

 

I am an avid football ran. Ordinarily, for the World Cup, especially one close to home, more so in a politically charged group with both the US and England (along with Wales), the country would have been in a near frenzy of excitement and anticipation. The greatest thing about our football team, in fact, was it used to bring Iranians (regardless of their politics) all together. Things are different now.
p.s.
This NYT article is behind a paywall so I don't know if I would agree with everything it has to say. But the title of the article is fine and not without some merit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/sports/soccer/world-cup-iran-qatar.html
Team Melli Once United Iran at World Cup. Now It Reflects Its Divisions.

 

Great to hear. I'm very happy it's in Qatar also.
That group is crazy political lol. USA v Iran WOW.

 

Sky took it off though....I know it's vanished from their News menu

 

The fuss over head scarves is ridiculous. I'm sure if your women were the envy of the world you'd want them to be modest. Who wants their wife flaunting it to all strangers?

What I meant was Iranian woman are very pretty

 

I have a question. Being we are no longer in the middle ages while many society and cultures have matured past whatever oppressions mankinds belief system that is no longer relevant. We have evolved and konw more about ourselves. So, why does Iran leadership still subject their people to believe that women are not equal members of society. It seems similar to like 200 years ago when women were burned at the stake for being accused of being witches. Iran seems like a country desperately clutching onto ancient beliefs so that the men can maintain hold of their "property."

 

The head scarf issue in Iran is a lot more complicated than that. At its core, it is no longer about modesty at all. And the divisions on the issue (opposed and in favor) run almost equally between the two genders. The part of the protests that are focused on this issue aren't the thing that presents the real danger either. Rather, it is the groups with much more sinister designs hiding under these protests working to engulf Iran into civil war, with foreign states involved in helping terrorist groups smuggle arms and trying to stir ethnic tensions on Iran's periphery. Among ethnic groups who have little in common with what is driving the protests in the center. The regime is quite heavy handed dealing with the latter threat but until recently was trying to be accommodating when came to non-violent protests by the younger generation. But the kind of terrorist groups that are supported by outside powers often infiltrate the mainstream protests as well and do commit acts of mayhem, violence and murder. Many Iranians, even those sympathetic towards the hijab and women's rights protests, have no sympathy for some of the people arrested if they have been committing random acts of murder against random police officers, or draftees in the armed forces and such. That said, I have to admit Iran is more polarized than anytime in recent memory.

 

The issues aren't exactly as you imagine at all. I will give you one example: the majority of university graduates in Iran are women, even in traditionally male dominated fields like medicine, engineering and law. There are dozens more Iranian females who have won medals in academic Olympiads than practically all the medals won by both male and females in all of the Islamic world (with the partial exception of Turkey) combined. I can explain the many sides of the issue, but it is no use here.

 

Still better than Saudi Arabia where I saw that video of some guy lightly lashing 3 women he herded in front of him as he walked down hallway. I just cannot fathom police or anyone killing a woman due to not wearing a hair covering. It is just beyond me. If they were truly equals, they should not have to submit to any kind of standards that are less than what men have to.

 

No one is or was killed for not wearing a headscarf.* And whatever faults in how this issue is handled in Iran (and there are faults), in almost every country in the world, the standards for acceptable attire differs for men and women. In the US, in almost all states I'm aware of, you can be prosecuted for public indecency and nudity if you are a woman appearing in public topless but ordinarily not if you are a man.

Anyway, in Iran, this issue is a lot more complicated. At its core, the covering you choose is akin to a flag you have chosen to show your "source of emulation". Some forms of attire (or even men hair styles) are viewed by the regime as someone openly shouting that my source of emulation is the West and not Iran's clerics and rulers...

*Whatever the cause of death in the Mahsa Amini case, whether (1) as a result of an earlier concussion she suffered in a scuffle with the morality police trying to push her into their vehicle to take her into custody as alleged by some eye-witnesses, or (2) police abuse and brutality subject to severe punishment if proven, or (3) natural causes as indicated by the coroner's report (along with a detailed investigation and substantial medical evidence), pointing to a preexisting heart condition for which she had been treated previously; the actual punishment for not wearing the headscarf properly is (if you run into the morality police) is verbal warning and, in a minority of cases (usually if you are not compliant), a trip to the police station to sign an affidavit promising you will comply in the future. Even if you are recalcitrant (unless you are adjudged as working actively to incite public disorder)the punishment is a small fine for first time offenders. But prosecution is extremely rare.

 

Hey Iranian Monitor...

Do you think these articles on Iran are objective?
https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/?s=iran

Also, if you know of any objective material on Iran, can you please post it here. There's so much disinfo out there that it's hard for westerners to figure out what the truth is.


Thanks

 

I've no trouble accessing RT here in the northeast US. Nor Pravda and Tass, for that matter. I regularly visit a number of varied news/opinion outlets.

Regards, stay safe 'n well, wherever you are.

 

There is both an active, governmental backed, misinformation-disinformation campaign against Iran of some duration and, even more perniciously with even less factual content, there is an active campaign against Iran by a plethora of well funded interest groups. Consequently, the more publicized reports on Iran are generally either blatantly adversarial and far from objective or, in many cases, simply false.

I haven't read the article you are referencing. And while there is no such thing as an objective Truth about any country, if you wanted to be educated about Iran, a book I would recommend is still Professor Motahedeh's The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran. Despite being first published 3+ decades ago, it remains one of the best accounts written about Iran offering a tour-de-force of Iranian history and politics.
https://www.amazon.com/Mantle-Prophet-Roy-Mottahedeh/dp/1851686169
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran