Iranian women: Beyond the veil

[Rasputin]

The Western perception of Iranian women is that they live difficult, oppressed lives. Yet these pictures taken by the British photographer Olivia Arthur show Teheran's young women to be independent, party-loving, and leading surprisingly liberal lives. By Isabel Albiston

In April, the Western media carried reports of an Islamic crackdown against women in Iran, aimed at enforcing strict dress codes on the streets of Teheran and across the country.

Thousands of women were cautioned; many were arrested. Teheran's public prosecutor declared that women who dressed immodestly 'endangered the security and dignity of young men'.

After Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was elected president in 2005, he sought to reverse the liberalisation of the state that had happened under the previous president, Mohammed Khatami. Every year, as summer approaches, Iranian state television announces that the police will take action against women who dress inappropriately, defying Sharia law.

[abadani69]

siamak, axaye mobtazal gozashty chera ?in thread janbeye bad amoozi dare,makhsoosan axe avalish loooooool

[iraniandudeee]

I believe woman shouldn't be wearing burkas hijabs or roosaris but they also shouldnt be westernized or wearing cloths like skanks and sluts that have their arses sticking out like idiots. becouse that is as bad as forcing a women to be wearing a burka or to cover herself up all the time in a burka.

just becouse a country is modernized it doesnt it needs to be westernized. we should say no to arab culture and no to western culture. but encourage persian culture and behaviour,and take the good things that the western cultures have and stay away from the bad influence of western culture.

[Dokhtar Bandari]

It should not be any one's business what they wear, to each its own agha jaan. How would you like it if we were to restrict men on the attires? Plus the more you restrict someone the more they want to spring out ot it. Just a simple laws of physics.

[Dokhtar Bandari]

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Mesleh yek mosht khalagh sia khobeh???

[indian_blues]

watever they wear Iranian women are beauitful and sexy

[indian_blues]

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Mesleh yek mosht khalagh sia khobeh???

wat a contrast... i feel none is right among 2

[gg666]

nemidoonam chera too in masael hamishe kami we go to the extreme. Masalan in axi ke dokhtare bandari gozashte ke hame ba chadoran ro toye ye hamchin public site-i, hame fekr mikonan tamame madarese iran injoorie. be in sakhtiha ham ke migan nist. man to madresei ke iran baoodam, hamishe mooham bedoon pooshesh bood. chon behemoon sakht nemigereftan. heif ke axi nadarm bezaram. vali khob nabayad hamash nimeye khali ro did va inghadr tablighe bad kard. madarese iran har cheghadr ham bad bashe, tooye eduaction va level-e darsi az kheili jaha jelotar hast.

ama az bazi masaele dige, bayad keshvaraye digaram did ke hamin moshkelaro kama bish daran.

[iraniandudeee]

It should not be any one's business what they wear, to each its own agha jaan. How would you like it if we were to restrict men on the attires? Plus the more you restrict someone the more they want to spring out ot it. Just a simple laws of physics.

dokhtar bandari I never said force them i believe people should be free to wear whatever they want what I meant was that we should encourage iranian women and men to respect theirself their body,culture,and people threw media,school,and daily life,

Am saying we shouldn't let the youths models be people that dont respect theirself or rappers that encorage pimping,stealing,joining gangs etc etc..

[indian_blues]

u r good at 17 iraniandudee..