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Examine yourself before

Examine yourself before you erroneously and desperately try to point out the flaws of others...you suffer from tunnel vision my friend, wake up...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

As usual you are wrong.

As usual you are wrong. My generation? No it was my father's generation (khomeinis, shahs, sanjabis, bazargans, etc) that brought the mollahs to power. My generation was nothing more than foot soldiers for them.

Accusing me of being an "uninformed fundementalist" neither makes me uninformed nor a fundementalist. It only makes you look like an ignorant. Similar to a fanatic basiji who happens to be able to speak English too.

I don't think that's the image you want for yourself.

Your generation brought the

Your generation brought the mullahs to power, my generation resists...Nothing good will come of what you say...you're an uninformed fundamentalist and let's hope that future leaders are discerning enough to ignore voices like your's...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

Whatever Sadegh,

Whatever Sadegh, whatever... 

You guys, and if not you, your self-thankfully intellectual wanna be likes, yapped away in the 60s and 70s all you want, and brought us the IRI. Now step aside and let others yap for a while. Maybe things will change for the better.

Thanks brick wall...You're

Thanks brick wall...You're really living a life of delusion...stick to your silly opinions and yap away on this site as much as you like...it all ultimately comes to nought...You're just wasting my time...you have no respect for truth, evidence or reason...you're nothing more than a clean-shaven akhund...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

Re: Sadegh

"...dispense with facts while manipulating people's stupidity and ignorance..."

Are you saying that the majoritiy of this site readers are stupid and ignorant? And oh, you are here to "educate" them? How insulting, arrogant and self-thankful of you Sadegh.

You stick to your "scientific evidence" in order to justify the IRI's record, and let the rest of us rely on our own eyes. Clever Sadegh. I can see that you guys are now using a two sided knife. One side cuts in the name of religion, and now the other side cuts with "science".

So here how it goes: We know nothing since we have not read our theology books. Additionally, we know nothing because we don't have scientific evidence either.

This method that was methodically "taught" to you and others, only serves the intentional purpose of invalidating people's right to form any opinion. How could then Sadollah from a village have any opinion of anything? Or even someone with a formal education?

How are they going to fund the money and the time in order to "conduct scientific research" on every topic? So they are not entitled to form an opinion based on what they see, read, hear and experience on a daily basis?

This "evidence" and "scienitific" crap seems to be a new systematic and methodical approach by your ilk to invalidate anything that goes against you. It won't fool anyone, Mr. Sadegh.

Your argument on the "spit" is so false and childish that I won't waste my time replying to it. I know it and you know it, that I didn't spit on anyone's efforts. I only spat at the IRI for having caused so many social issues in Iran.

"by your logic increasing rates of crime the world over are because their governments MUST have done something wrong..."

No, that was not my logic. I said to you that things like inflation and crime are omni present issues all over the world. It is the "RATE" and "PERCENT" of population inflicted by such things that is indicative of a government's competence or incompetence. Do you understand this simple high school concept, or will I again find myself explaning it to you?

And lastly, repeating the false phrase "Don't lie" a hundred times in your post, neither gains you sympathy nor extra credit. It neither degrades me nor makes me a lier.

Here is your logic: You expressed your opinion. I didn't like it. My argument is not strong enough. Therefore, I am going to calll you a lier to compensate.

It won't work. Come up with something better.

My scientific evidence is

My scientific evidence is what I witness in Tehran and when I compare it to the past, or compare it to other countries like Turkey.

That's not 'scientific'...perhaps you better get a dictionary... 

You remind me of Mollahs. Whenever, they are questioned about any religious issue, instead of providing a counter argument, they would reply: "You have not studied religion and have not read the books that I have studied. You don't know the facts."

Funnily enough you remind of the mollahs...dispense with facts while manipulating people's stupidity and ignorance into believing abject nonsense. Religion is BS on wheels, as is belief in the existence of god...pure jibberish not predicated on any fact whatsoever...religion is nothing but khorafat bred out of ignorance and fear of our own mortality and inevitable demise...

Argument is based on evidence...in the social sciences, primary resources such as eye-witness accounts, historical artifacts and documentation, statistics which are framed by ultimately falsifiable theories...i.e. in light of regular invalidation, the theory of necessity must collapse and disappear into the pages of history...scientific exploration alerted us to the fact that the earth isn't flat and that the earth revolves around the sun...though social science and hard science are two completely distinct fields of knowledge, the former still operates on an evidentiary basis and it is this which you repudiate and show complete disregard for...

Just like you, saying similar things. However, this time, the facts are crying outloud in the streets of Tehran where 13 years old girls are selling their bodies to pay for their parents' drug addiction.

I am sorry but you really aren't very bright...I never denied this and see it all the time...all I said is that the situation is more complex than you misrepresented...it is not about apologizing for any regime, it is just a recognition that reality, as I have already said, is more complex...If you repeat the same claptrap again, I will just have to assume that you are a brick wall that can type, because nothing seems to be getting through...

Where did I "spit" on their great work? Show me where? You are falsifying in order to make me appear as ignorant towards the good efforts of Iranians. Typical character assassination attempts made by your ilk.

Is this something to be proud of?

The fact that you just toss the  sophistication of Iran's drug treatment programmes aside, shows me you have no respect for their accomplishments, and hence you metaphorically spit upon their achievements, which are significant and praiseworthy...

You wrote, "opiates and addiction have a long established history in Iranian culture..."

This is true, maybe go back and re-read your Hedayat and the memoirs of foreign travelers and memoirs of courtiers from the time of Fath Ali Shah and even before...From experience it also rings true...

Therefore, the IRI must have done something wrong for this tragic increase in drug addiction.

I agreed in part, but again it's not that simple...'it' i.e. the regime must have done something wrong, yeah sure, to some or to a large extent, as I said I haven't researched the matter thoroughly...by your logic increasing rates of crime the world over are because their governments MUST have done something wrong...no, there are more complex reasons i.e. increased rates of divorce, single parents, transformations in the job market in favor of highly skilled and service based labor to the detriment of unskilled labor, failure of the penal system and rehabilitation programs etc...etc...pick up a sociology journal then perhaps you might understand that the world isn't black and white like you try to depict...

"the rate of addiction is so high because the opium market has been flooded with product since the invasion of Afghanistan..."

The drug problem existed even before the Afghan invasion.

I explicitly said that this was one factor amongst many so don't lie or distort my words... 

Also why today India or Uzbakestan and others have not seen such a climb in their drug addict population?

How do you know??? Uzbekistan also lives under an authoritarian regime, so authoritarianism, if you are correct (but you are probably not), if clearly no the problem...perhaps because it's more ingrained and integral to Iranian culture and lifestyles...

Your apologies on behalf of IRI doesn't deceive anyone.

NO, NO, NO...don't lie, if you call me an IRI apologist, I can without the slighest pang of conscience call you a Stalinist, Facist, crypto-Nazi mass murdering killer of children and women...the two have about as much relation to reality as each other...STOP SLANDERING ME I HAVE HAD ENOUGH...I HAVE CRITICIZED THE REGIME IN PRINT, I HAVE CONVEYED MY SUPPORT FOR DISSIDENTS SUCH AS GANJI,BATEBI, EBADI, JAHANBEGLOO AND NABAVI IN PRINT...STOP LYING AND CLAIMING TO KNOW MY MOTIVES, YOU DO NOT KNOW ME OR ANYTHING ABOUT ME...HOW DAMN ARROGANT... 

"your ramblings is simply empty and idle pontification", "uneducated and arrogant", "your fanaticism has skewed you vision of reality", "your ramblings is simply empty and idle pontification", "you moronic insults"...

And you complain about me insulting you?!!

YOU GOT THE BALLING ROLLING...YOU CAME LOOKING FOR A FIGHT WHEN YOU STARTED THIS WHOLE THING OFF, SO DON'T CLAIM TO BE SHOCKED WHEN YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED...

You certainly don't make me laugh, you vapidity and vacuousness is tragic and depressing to say the least...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

My scientific evidence is

My scientific evidence is what I witness in Tehran and when I compare it to the past, or compare it to other countries like Turkey.

You want "comparative statistical analysis" on prostitution and drug addiction in Iran? baba boro jamesh kon.

You remind me of Mollahs. Whenever, they are questioned about any religious issue, instead of providing a counter argument, they would reply: "You have not studied religion and have not read the books that I have studied. You don't know the facts."

Just like you, saying similar things. However, this time, the facts are crying outloud in the streets of Tehran where 13 years old girls are selling their bodies to pay for their parents' drug addiction.

You wrote, "tragic how you spit on the great work of so many Iranian social workers, doctors and recovering addicts..."

Where did I "spit" on their great work? Show me where? You are falsifying in order to make me appear as ignorant towards the good efforts of Iranians. Typical character assassination attempts made by your ilk.

You wrote, "opiates and addiction have a long established history in Iranian culture..."

How old are you? Again, I tell you that the percentage of drug addicts were much less in the previous regime. Therefore, the IRI must have done something wrong for this tragic increase in drug addiction.

"Every country has its addicts"

The fact that every country has addicts is not the issue. The issue is the percent of population who are addicts. That is the issue with Iran.

"the rate of addiction is so high because the opium market has been flooded with product since the invasion of Afghanistan..."

The drug problem existed even before the Afghan invasion. Also why today India or Uzbakestan and others have not seen such a climb in their drug addict population?

Your apologies on behalf of IRI doesn't deceive anyone.

"your ramblings is simply empty and idle pontification", "uneducated and arrogant", "your fanaticism has skewed you vision of reality", "your ramblings is simply empty and idle pontification", "you moronic insults"...

And you complain about me insulting you?!!

You say all these and yet you insist in casting the image of an, oh chic intellectual, with "sturdy statistical samplings" backing his opinion.

Please don't make me laugh.

Don't you have any shame

Don't you have any shame Sadegh?

Yes...you clearly do not...as I have already said... 

I did not miss your point at all when you said, "prostitution and drug addiction are problems unique to Iran... "

You are using a general true statement to diffuse the extend of IRI's incompetence. The point is that prostitution and drug addiction is Iran is more rampant than in the pevious regime and in many other conservative countries today.

Have you compared them? Do you have any scientific evidence to prove this? Or any comparative statistical analysis which vindicates what you are saying??????? NO!!!!!!!! And no, I am not apologizing for the IRI, a regime I have criticized in the harshest terms in print...I just don't like factually basless statements bandied about by uneducated and arrogant individuals.

Why? Because of the level of poverty due to IRI's mismanagement of the economy and Iran's riches.

Aziz-e-delam I said this may well be a significant factor, but it is not the only one...and you have absolutely no grounds to ASSERT that it is...so stop embarrassing yourself...

You write, "Iran has one of the most advanced drug rehabilitation programs in the world..."

Is this something to be proud of? Why should Iran need such "advanced" program in the first place? Why should so many Iranian youth be addicted in the first place? Why Iran should have one of the hightest drug addict population in the world?

Since I never disagreed with any of these statements, I really don't have a clue what you're talking about...And yes I believe realistically confronting a problem is better than putting one's head in the sand...tragic how you spit on the great work of so many Iranian social workers, doctors and recovering addicts...Not sure whether you are familiar with Iranian literature or history, but opiates and addiction have a long established history in Iranian culture, this is not something novel...Every country has its addicts...one important reason why the rate of addiction is so high is because the opium market has been flooded with product since the invasion of Afghanistan, depressing prices, therefore making opium easily available and very cheap...in Tehran you can buy an ounce for pittance...This is only one factor among many...others as I have said are linked to poverty, deprivation, depression etc...

Clever Sadegh. Very clever. You write "poverty, unemployment, political situation" first in your list to gain a reader's trust, then you immediately follow it by apologetic reasons on behalf of the IRI, such as "global supply, increased production flow, porous borders, lack of border security" and so on.

NO,NO, NO...as usual your fanaticism has skewed you vision of reality...it is all these factors which have and you have no grounds to suggest otherwise...your ramblings is simply empty and idle pontification...

As in, "you see it's not all IRI's fault." Wrong. It is all IRI's fault. How come India has not suffered from such high rate of increase in its drug addicted population?

Any facts or yet again with bald assertions? Do you have any formal education? This is no way to conduct a debate...I have been tolerant with you in the past, but launching into me with you moronic insults without provocation are just asking for trouble... 

You want evidence? Go visit Iran. Look with your own eyes who the drug and prostitution is rampant. Need more evidence?

I am in Iran...I spend significant portions every year here...when was the last time you were here????? OMG...again I ask any formal education??? If I see a bunch of guys eating human flesh in Mumbai does that mean that all Indians are cannibals??? This is why we have methods of statistical sampling my dear...And like I said I never disagreed that prostitution and drug addiction are rampant inside in Iran or that it may in part be linked to the policies pursued by the regime - the fact is that you can't provide the slightest shred of evidence that IT IS ENTIRELY THE FAULT OF THE REGIME...the world is a complex place and I think you must first learn before you begin you silly little tirades and hollow jeremiads...this is not a political position but A STATEMENT OF FACT...NOTHING IS TO BE GAINED FROM TALKING NONSENSE, IF YOU WISH TO CRITICIZE THE REGIME THEN DO SO ON STURDY GROUND, LIKE WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, TORTURE, SUPPRESION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION...this is all being done by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and important works like Reza Afshari's Human Rights in Iran, NOT BY DRAWING TENUOUS AND SUSPECT LINKS...If a scholarly study is available which backs your claims exists, send it to me and I'll read it and see if it stands up to scrutiny...and if it does I will concede you are right, but I am pretty sure as USUAL YOU ARE GROSSLY OVERSIMPLIFYING THE MATTER...such phenomena are rampant in many other places also for manifold reasons...this is a fact....sorry if you can't come to terms with it, but it's the truth...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

Re: Sadegh

Don't you have any shame Sadegh? Apologizing on IRI's behalf, justifying the icompetence of this regime, and running to its defense at every turn is shameful and disgraceful.

I did not miss your point at all when you said, "prostitution and drug addiction are problems unique to Iran... "

You are using a general true statement to diffuse the extend of IRI's incompetence. The point is that prostitution and drug addiction is Iran is more rampant than in the pevious regime and in many other conservative countries today.

Why? Because of the level of poverty due to IRI's mismanagement of the economy and Iran's riches.

You write, "Iran has one of the most advanced drug rehabilitation programs in the world..."

Is this something to be proud of? Why should Iran need such "advanced" program in the first place? Why should so many Iranian youth be addicted in the first place? Why Iran should have one of the hightest drug addict population in the world?

Your attempts to justify this regime is appaling and pathetic.

You wrote, "this is because of poverty, unemployment, the political situation, factors of global supply and increased production flows, increasingly porous borders, lack of border security, population increases etc..."

Clever Sadegh. Very clever. You write "poverty, unemployment, political situation" first in your list to gain a reader's trust, then you immediately follow it by apologetic reasons on behalf of the IRI, such as "global supply, increased production flow, porous borders, lack of border security" and so on.

As in, "you see it's not all IRI's fault." Wrong. It is all IRI's fault. How come India has not suffered from such high rate of increase in its drug addicted population? Why should Iran?

You want evidence? Go visit Iran. Look with your own eyes who the drug and prostitution is rampant. Need more evidence?

re Jamshid

That's not a counterargument...I have been warned against engaging you by others and so have refrained from doing so...

Do you deny my statements??? Stop trying to transform the suffering of others the grist for your ideological mill with your contorted and shameless reasoning (or lack thereof)...it is disgraceful...

On another note, as usual you completely miss the point...I said it was pure fantasy that prostitution and drug addiction are problems unique to Iran as so many mentally deficients here are attempting to argue...

Iran has one of the most advanced drug rehabilitation programs in the world...

//www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0414-03.htm

//www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/27/africa/27addiction.php

On another note, I don't doubt that the drug addiction has worsened greatly under the Islamic republic...whether this is because of poverty, unemployment, the political situation, factors of global supply and increased production flows, increasingly porous borders, lack of border security, population increases etc...I am not sure since I have not researched the matter...I AM AT LEAST NOT SO ARROGANT TO ASSERT THAT THE REASON IS SUCH AND SUCH WITHOUT ABSOLUTELY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTS...You have not provided any evidence for you argument, so please keep your bilious nonsense to yourself...You are in the wrong, YOU are the one EXPLOITING THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA. You have already been warned once because of your conduct on this site, and I'm hardly surprised... 

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

Re: Sadegh

Yet again apologizing on IRI's behalf? You sold any "gheryrat" you might have had long ago...

The problem of sex

The problem of sex trafficking and prostitution is rampant across the globe - that this is somehow only unique to Iran is pure fantasy...Eastern Europe, London, Paris, New York, Beijing, Dubai, all suffer from this same malady which is above all else rooted in poverty...Very few disagree that the IRI oppresses women, but human trafficking, prostitution and the like are first and foremost based in economics...the human cost of these despicable industries are of course immense and need to be combatted...the UN only recently held a series of conferences on the matter...

Ba Arezu-ye Movafaghiat, Sadegh

asdf

You must look at the per capita. We had 35,000,000 with a great looking economy, no wars, many investments yet poor people saw no real difference in their lives. I was not sharing the same thought, but I know that's what brought many into the streets.

Today we got twice the population, no investments or western support, eight year war and still similar social issues.

No, I don't agree with this regime but we have had this problem, specially with poor and drug addicts, which we had many around our neighborhood when I was in Iran during the shah.

To me people of Iran are somehow to blame also. It's not only the government's fault. For example, people in Iran cheat the system a lot. We almost have the same social services that Germany offers but less of the Iranians in need get them. The reason is because people all back stab and cheat the system, which in the long run translates to cheating themselves.

I do not like the fact that Iranian community empties their shoulder from their social responsibilities and looks towards the government. I would say it is possible that when we as a nation become wiser and don't cheat one another (as much at least), then possibly the system will follow and respects its citizens more also. We must learn and master civility, then we have a Right to complain since we have done our part of the bargain.

Not respecting our Rights is not exclusive to IR and it won't be if we don't change certain bases of our social behavior and responsibility.

To all of us...............................

I am sure you all also share the same felling of sadness after watching this clip. Yes, this is our Iranian society, of course not all the people in Iran are like that, but poverty profound in small cities of Iran and crime and other social abnormalities are the direct consequence of this.

But I have some questions: Is Iran our homeland? Do we bother about it? It is deep into abyss of mismanagement and poverty? Is it or not? Than why don't we do anything about it? What the hell is going on in Iran? The issue of poverty and being a "third-world" country has nothing to do with time. Iran has been into such a shit from a long time ago and of course, Mullas made it much worse.

But, my dear fellow Iranians, It's the time to do something about this.Buckle down and sacrifice a little of your comfort in the west. You might not be bale to do anything directly, neither do i; but at least we can support the people inside Iran (mental support) and stop talking about advantages of IRI and the so-called srvices they have offered to Iran (bah bah che khadamati!!!!). Indedd, many of us do that after visiting Iran. Many of us go to our home after recieving a warm welcome in the airport and head toward our luxiorious houses in the north without giving a shit to the rest of the country. Then we go back to the countries we reside in and start mourning for Iran! What a shame..........

such a shamefull state of affairs

Its such a shamefull state of affairs, (forgive the pun).. I dont know what choices women have under this regime. For those of us outside of Iran, life has its problems too but not problems such as these women face.  It would be easy to blame them for making the choices that they have but having watched the video links provided by Bobak k, I understand that life offers few choices for so many women there.

It would be easy too to  blame their men for deserting them, but life there is hard for everyone. Still I think what kind of men are these that neglect to take care of thier family. And where were their families? Did they not care about these women and their children.. their nieces, nephews and grandchildren? This I do not understand. Have I been away too long? It makes me question... has the value of family been corroded so much under the IRI?

And it would also be easy to say that as long as men buy into prositution, it will continue. But prostiution has been there since time and memorial and it will always be there. Some men have  taken every advantage under the current regime to satisfy their selves without any thought about the affect their decisions now will have on the future of family and society.. they feed right into the hands of the IRI.

I cried watching the videos, those poor women selling themselves for five dollars and their children. Such is the value of survival.

Javaneh

such a shamefull state of affairs

I dont know why but my response came up twice!!

Tragic

Thanks to Fascist shia mullahs, a nation so rich with resources has come to this.

Shah vs. IRI

Islamists were furious about prostitution during shah's regime. Then it was

(1) confined to a particular part of city and

(2) were by professionals (!) like young single runaways.

(3) The numbers then were put between 10,000 and 20,000 in tehran (from islamists sources where they would often exaggerated).

In contrast: Now,

(1) it is all over the city - visitors often get proposals on almost any street corner.

(2) It is by married women as supplemental income.

(3) Numbers are put between 200,000 and 300,000 in tehran only.

A flower shop owner in iran told me that young girls often come to his shop begging and when he refuses, they offer him sex as payback.

The "Sh!tlamic Republic" - Legitimizes Oppression of Women!

There is nothing redeeming about this awful government. And their religion.

 As the director said, this government legitimizes the oppression of women.

 You have to watch the entire 5 episodes, to really get a full picture of the plight of these two women. I have pasted the links, below. Please check them out.

 What do I find disturbing about this documentar? Well, where can I start??

(1) That the women are pulled into this lifestyle because they live in a country where a woman without the support of a "man" or family cannot take care of herself; a country that has no support system for people in desperate situations.

(2) They support themselves by engaging in prostitution via "sighe", and with the help of the Mullahs.

(3) They numb the pain by using drugs. AND in front of their children.

(4) One of the women "lost" her toddler daughter . . . Apparently, the husband "took her to someone". God only knows where that precious girl now is. And what will become of her.

(5) That the women take their children on prostitution jobs. Did you see the look of fear in that little girl's face when her mother entered two men's apartment? And then left the little girl with one of the men, while she serviced the other man in another room????

(6) The "boyfriend", who had "sighed" one of the women was beating her little boy upstairs, while she, downstairs, was too afraid to intervene -- in case he stops supporting her.

 I hope there will come a day when there will be justice for the women in Iran. Even if this regime changes, and people LIKE US go back, I don't have much hope.

Here is the documentary in its entirety: 

Part 1/

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQCw9Nk5YWI&feature...

Part 2/

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxdjb42iK0&feature...

part3/

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jQU6O2w84&feature...

part4/

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOjq8SBbaas&feature...

Part 5/

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfJe74AN7vg&feature...

different than the west.

What do we expect from a regime that still mourns an imam died 14 centuries ago.worshiping an "prophet" that had several wives and even at the age of 9. This regime will bring our beautyful Iran to ashes because theyre ready to kill for power.Prostitution is a meager problem compared to what the whole nation is suffering and will continue to suffer.

Abarmard: The Difference is

Abarmard: The Difference is that the during the Shah's reign, these problems were much less than they are now. Prostitution, drug addiction, and poverty are an epidemic in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It's counterintuitive to think that an "Islamic Society" should be corrupted to this extent. You would expect a non-religious society to have these kinds of dilemmas not a religious society, especially and Islamic one.

The two era are not even comparable...Poverty level is much higher now than it was during the Shah and I think because of that there is more prostitution and drug addiction. You can't whitewash or simply dismiss the extent of social ills in the Islamic Republic by invoking other secular societies.

That's True

I agree with Abarmard, it is a good point that all these things are coming out now. With all these new technology, cameras and youtube, these things do not stay secret anymore!! It is a begining of a change, it may not happen overnight, but it will happen.

Tehran police chief was caught with his pants down!

Not too long ago there was a news about Tehran Police chief who was supposed to be a close ally of Ahmadinejad resigning amid allegation that he was caught is a room with nine naked women.I bet he was checking to see if they are following restrict Islamic dress code.
Soldier go get more viagra for me:)lIVE lOVE lAUGH

Carpenter logic

The red light district blamed on Pahlavi's. So be it.
Who gets the credit (or blame) for the visiting guests??

mahmoudg

The Islamic Republic is a corrupt system but this issues are not exclusive to the IR. Don't need to fantasize, the reality of Iran and our society has been circling in these social problems...again not exclusive to Iran.

What we are talking today against the IR, we used to say about Shah. Videos in poor places and south of Tehran... Not good for us not o have a historical memory. Have you forgotten what was said about Shah before the revolution? I remember.

Drugs and prostitution, thanks to Islam

Ills brought about 10 fold since the Islamic Revolution.  Thanks to Islam we get to ignore these ills of society.  Heck when Mohamad himself married whores what more can one expect.  Read the book, "Heirs of Mohammad" 2006 Barnaby Rogerson.

To: John Carpenter II

When are you going to get off the Pahlavi's case? What have you IRI guys been doing through the last 30 years.

sad

What you are listing happens in the villages as it does in the USA. What you are saying is no different than here.

Look up David Koresh and what he did in Waco..
Look up the Polygamist camp in Texas...
Don't even mention Utah and Arizona who marry at a young age and most of the men have over 30 underage wives.

So what is it that you are complaining about?

Let me guess? Iran is Bad USA is Great. Everything about Iran is horrible but USA I can call the police whenever I want. In the US, I can beat my husband and then blame him for him hitting me back.

People like you are so negative about everything and unfortunately I wish there were none of you in Iran. Your type along with the Mullahs bring the people of Iran down in every way because both of you are negative.

The Pahlavi dynasty brought about such evil deeds

Back during the Pahlavi dynasty there was "Shahre No". That was the red light district. The clip is about two women who probably worked in Shahre No during the Pahlavi dynasty. This is no surprise. The Pahlavis should have taken these poor women to Maryland with them.