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This just in, from the Islamic Republic

July 26th, 2007Meenoo (Iran)

I was just chatting online with my friend from Iran when he sent me this:
If we’re wearing a foriegn brandname, they take us in. Wasn’t it Mr Ahmadi-nejaad who told us “the problem of our country isn’t the 10 cm higher or shorter length of the coat/cloak/mantau our women wear”? Girls dont even leave their house for fear of being taken in by the police–their coat might just be a few centimeters short, or a little too tight–god forbid. We have to lock ourselves in our own homes because we don’t even have the choice to choose our attire–they’ve taken it away from us.
Why doesn’t anybody do something?! Why is everybody passively listening?

For us, when we see the police, instead of feeling secure, we feel afraid. Why?

age marke lebasamon khareji bashe migiranemon… aghaie ahmadi nejad bod migoft ke moshkele mamlekate ma 10 c.m balatar ia paintar bodane mantoie 2khtara nis ama az farda 2khtara az tars biron nemiran ke nagiraneshon chon mantoshon momkene chand santi kotahtataro tangtar bashe..baiad khone neshin shim chon azadie entekhabe lebasamonam azamon gereftan…chera hishki hich kari nemikone?!chera hame faghat sareshono mindazan paino gosh midan?maha be jaie inke police o mibinim ehsase amniat konim ehsase tars mikonim?

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6 Responses to “This just in, from the Islamic Republic”

  1. #1 leila - July 26th, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    there was some mistake there.the rule was not about wearing a foreign brand name it was about wearing a deviant brand name as they said.

  2. #2 zeynebcan - July 27th, 2007 at 3:55 am

    how are you wearing in iran? (women)

  3. #3 Fariborz (Iran) - July 27th, 2007 at 7:29 am

    Here are the pictures, you can see average women and female cops!

    Wemon dressed in whole black are cops! others are average young people! Second phase of Fashion Police Movement

    First phase of Fashion Police Movement

  4. #4 Fariborz (Iran) - July 27th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    New generation young ladies would love to put on heavy makes-ups and be more fancy than past generation they put short and thin clothes like this

    they should have the right to choose and to do whatever they want. just it’s ridiculous to stop people and ask them “what’s that you wearing? I can see your body!”

    These people even don’t respect to their Islamic law! as i heard of, a Muslim man shouldn’t look at a stranger woman, right? so why do these cops (men) look at ladies? what Islamic law, permit men cop is free to look at women?

  5. #5 Fariborz (Iran) - July 27th, 2007 at 8:39 am

    Protesting women in Iran

  6. #6 Muhammed - July 29th, 2007 at 3:13 am

    Spesial Thanks to Iranian government to capture our sisters, mothers and wives. Really do we need them walking in these damn streets when they even can not enjoy the fresh air? When they HAVE TO be depressed under this high pressure to wear a black tchador, when they have to HIDE themeselves against the other people? When there is a huge sense of fear from government and police ???? really do we need them alive?

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