Comment by lukan
4 hours ago
If you ask iranians, it also strongly depends who you ask, whether they confirm or debate the claim that they are repressed.
4 hours ago
If you ask iranians, it also strongly depends who you ask, whether they confirm or debate the claim that they are repressed.
I remember watching a TikTok Live from someone walking the streets of Tehran a couple of weeks before the big protests started and it reminded me of those photos [1] of the Middle East from the 1970s. Most women were without any hair coverings, and it looked like the much more Westernized Arab areas. It was clear that the authorities had started to lose religious control of the major cities or had simply let it lapse at that point. You'd be hard pressed to see anyone who looked repressed on the surface at least.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47032829