Did you know in Iran … – University
1) You can get kicked out of campus for good, if you follow some specific political point of view.
2) Wearing short sleeve shirts by boys is forbidden at some universities.
3) When Ahmadi Nejad (the president) lectured at Amir Kabir University, they didn’t let Amir Kabir’s student in, and instead they brought students from Imam Sadeq University (a university with sharp religious point of view).
4) One of the Amir Kabir’s students is currently in prison for no clear reason. (and there are a lot more)
5) If you nails are polished (in color) they won’t let you in.
6) They won’t give you your certificate, if you are in their black list. (Because of hanging out with the opposite sex etc.)
And there are countless other things that you won’t even imagine.
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If I had not gone through the same process a few years ago I would say you are making all this up!
I am glad you joined here. Some of the things with which we have been struggling in Iran for so long are so bizarre that we don’t even see how much weird they are. It is good to have an insider to tell everyone what is going on in there. Keep up the good work! 
Thanks Kamangir,
I’ll try my best not to mention anything about politics and just write about everyday issues, that seems
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Salaams Pouyan and welcome to this site. It is nice to see someone willing to talk about day-to-day life in Iran, I would be very interested in reading that. See you soon.
Thanks Pouyan for sharing a bit about life in Iran. I can’t imagine how difficult and frustrating it must be to have so many aspects of your life controlled by so few.
As you may know, the US media has been giving quite a bit of coverage to the recent arrest of several US-Iranian citizens who were back visiting. Avoiding the question of the reason for their arrest, I’m just wondering if this is receiving any media attention at all Iran.
Again, thanks for sharing your perspective and experiences.
Hi. I translated this post in Italian for the Italian reading people (you can find it on dalMondo.info). Thanks for sharing your daily life experience.
Ciao.
Thank you guys,
I wasn’t expecting that you find this interesting that much.
your interest is really appreciated.
Adam Harmon:
Actually, I really don’t beleive what they say on the news, and I haven’t heard anything about arrestings. If anything came up, I’ll let you know.
Giovanni B. :
I think I’m having some problems accessing dalMondo.info!
Hi Pouyan!
Obviously, you have to type http://www.dalMondo.info
Ok, that said, I don’t know if dalMondo is “locked” in Iran (theViewPoint.org, for example, seems to be blocked in China). I don’t know how to solve this problem. Any idea?
Ciao!
When I was in Dubai doing a comedy show at the American University there hosted by the large Palestinian student organizations, I noticed and was introduced to many Iranian students and visitors who travel from Iran to Dubai either for school or vacation. They said that life is very strict in Iran and they “learn where the line is, meaning they no the limits and instead of challenging them, they don’t cross. It becomes like a self-imposed censorship in a way.
Also, I learnedf that many Iranians live under oppressive conditions in Iran and when they come to Dubai they throw away their conservative dress (berqas, chadors, etc) and wear more Western clothing and listen to Western music.
I think it’s great that they can get away from the insanity.
They also said it is very dangerous to write about these things, in part because the United States has made Iran such an evil entity that Iranians use the persecution fromt he West as justification to impose these burdens.
I wonder if the US took a different approach to promote understanding and encourage more freedoms in Iran in a positive rather than confrontational way, would that help. Or, is the Iranian government so screwed up that, like the Israelis, they believe what they believe and believe that they are right and never criticize themselves, and they don’t care about what anyone else thinks?
Anyway, just some thoughts
Ray Hanania
Dear Ray:
I really think that I need to clarify a lot of thing for you:
you said:
I must say, it’s not STRICT, it may be hard in many different aspects but overall, it’s not that hard to make you “Run Away” from the country, and even if it was, there are a lot of more places to run rather than U.A.E (dubai), in my next post I’ll write about great things and wonders of Iran, and you’ll realize what my point is.
you said:
our goverment, in order to keep it self running, let us -youth- do a lot of things which is somehow against the Islamic laws, for example, it’s against the islamic law for women to wear tight dress, (cloth must not show the body shape), but they do! you are not forced to wear chador(chador is large veil worn by a woman to cover her body anddress and is mostly black), I think what I’m trying to say is that it’s not like “Taliban” is the ruler and were living in “Harsh” living conditions.
And about the western music, that was really surprising! did you know a lot of people here are great fans of so called “western music” and attend their concerts regularly, we have a lot of “underground” bands here (Rock, Alternative, House, …) and an annual competition is held between these music bands! so “western music” is not something that you need to go to dubai to listen to! checkout this site, and you’ll realize: Koochneshin.
and why on earth did you think people here wear berqas?! berqas is only wore by some southern people, it’s not a normal think to see on the streets!
you said:
I must say, it is dangerous, people go to prison just because they had a political blog! but don’t worry this has nothing to do with U.S. we have a history of imprisoning people because of their thoughts!
you said:
and that was well said Ray! we suffered this way for more than 30 years, and god know when it will end !
but Ray, your comment was very helpful and is very appreciated, if you have anything else, don’t hesitate!
Hi Pouyan… I can’t wait to read more of your posts! My husband says that the difference between a university level art classroom in Iran and one in Europe or America is the discussion (he has been in all 3): In Iran self-expression — the discussion — requires enormous control. There are things that must not be discussed. There are paintings that cannot be shown. Images that cannot be discussed.
Our niece studies politics in Iran. when I asked her how this was possible, she told me that there is no discussion in her classroom. “We had a professor who did express his opinions, but he was arrested and did not return the next semester.”
Sucks, huh?
Ray: It’s funny that many in the current regime study the works of Karl Popper who advocated for an open society with lots of criticism. They do not seem capable of understanding how Popper’s philosophy could be used to create a stronger society. But there is some self criticism: in fact, there is a lot of it for a society that is as repressive as it is. It seems to me that Israeli society includes even more self-criticism. I think that to say that Israel and Iran are both incapable of self-criticim is wrong.
Only one student from Amir Kabir?!
Thanx Esther,
You are really supportive, I must say that what ever your husband has said is compeletly true, it may be somehow ODD! to you but it’s common here!
City Boy:
YOU ARE NOT READING THOROUGHLY! I SAID THERE ARE A LOT MORE! FOR GODS SAKE READ IT TWICE!
Jesus Christ! whats with the bold text? You mean the other ones are in prison for a good reason? Make up your mind!