Misc

I learnt a few things

Were they showing IRI?

what amazed me the most - the liberal social policies: HIV clinics, free needles, Homosexuality/ subsidize sex change??, Jewish hospital, and the Holocaust series.

we were glued to the TV.. I have not been back to Iran over 35 years. we are thinking about changing our Spain trip to Iran trip this summer after this show.

dairus45

People do talk about these issues in Iran. In here many are thinking Iran 1979.

My version of move on...

Three issues that I am sick and tired of listening to are Woman's dress code,Movie censorship, and screening of political candidates. We know the problems, it is time to move the discussion beyond it. Lets talk about real issues in Iran: increase production, improve health care, reduce pollution, exports....

Dress code: Every society has a dress code. A woman can't walk topless in New York city. She would be arrested. A man can. Why? Society has some wired sense or morality and dress. Each society draws the line differently, and the line change as time goes on. There is nothing interesting about it. In some places, say a primitive tribe, woman may go topless. It may be interesting to analyze the dress code to get a sense of morality standards in the society, but it has very little meaning beyond that.

Movie Censorship: In Iran there are no Hollywood type studios, and hence no executives to approve your movie. In Iran, the government does the same job. Sure you can make a youtube video, but in US, you can't make a real movie (with any real chance of distribution) about plight of Palestinians but easy to make a movie like 300. There is an ideology that the studio executives enforce on your movie that is far more controlling that anything Iranian government has ever been able to do. The best you can do in US is like Fahrenheit 9/11 or Sicko. I think Marmoulak and Dehnamaki's Outcast (and many others) movies were far more interesting than what Michael Moore did.

Screening of Political candidates: In the rest of the world it is called party and money. In Iran the process is still in its infancy. I would be glad that someday the guardian council would let the parties and money be the filter. Even then, the end result would be the same.

How come no one talks about reducing pollution? Fast rail system in Iran....

Or better yet you can watch

Or better yet you can watch it on the embedded version on Ali's blog and forgo my ghetto copy and paste link:)

You can watch the entire

You can watch the entire program on datelinenbc.com  I only got the tail end too.  It's pretty in depth.  There are around 8 parts.  

//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31156080#31156080 

Nice Job...

I only caught the tail-end of this last night, but was pleasantly surprised to see the focus on Iran's AIDS care program and such a caring female doctor who her patients loved as their mother. Although am not fooled much by the words signaling "change" and the focus on Khatami...was pleased to see some english-speaking, articulate interviewees for a change.

Good program overall.

what a great program

Thanks for posting this. I don't watch regular TV much and I miss this type of programs.  It was a great treat to see these brave ladies who spoke of people's daily struggles and their hopes. 

IRANdokht