Because the attitude of people compells me to say all this.
I think reading this in 5-7 minutes would be better than listening to the news in a lifteime.Plz don't think I'm a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.
My question is: what percentage of what I say is acceptable to you?
This article has three parts: 1.Cultural and general info 2.music and 3.political, so plz read it from the top to the bottom.
Hi.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.
The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians would be some of the most liberal people in the world (liberal meaning not obeying laws that they don't like).Thousands of millions of strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it's a kind of immitation, but still it's got an unique Iranian style. People wear fashionable scarves to make themselves more attractive and most part of their hair is out, also it's a part of our culture.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics! People do whatever they wish to and some of the things they do, don't fit our culture at all, however it's normal in Iran.You really need to pay a visit to Iran and you'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! It's wonderful.The Iran you know, is related to at least 30 years ago.At present, everything's so great if you don't take unemployment and air pollution into account.So many things have changed so far.I can't even compare Iran with 5 years ago, let alone comparing it with 30 years ago!!!! After all, nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they've transformed everything.
Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! What would you tell me if I tell you that women are now overtaking Iran? They're treated very well, most of the times they're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities.They get the best jobs.They've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money which most husbands cannot afford. (so, they can simply sit in the corner of prison! lol).The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's just because IN IRAN, such places are usually full of cheeky guys who would cheek girls.I don't think girls would go there, even if they're allowed to do so.As far as I know, not many girls in Iran are interested in football!
Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourself they relate to how many years ago?Just for your information, those are from Afghanistan which was once ruled by those freaks (Taliban).I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! and that we're Persian and some Turkish not Arab! And I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media is very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more educated, intelligent and open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots and lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. A small example is this 17 year old boy who's invented 72 amazing inventions.You don't know that Iranian students and sportsmen are winning gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the media talk about them?Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran
A few weeks ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and now it's signing treaties with other countries to export it.I digged the news on the internet, but there was no single sign of that.What I found instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" The media are injustice.They'd put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they would never talk about facts! Some interesting facts:
Iran is the pionier in medicine and genetics and Iranian surgens have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects and many other diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the the best brain and heart surgens are Iranian surgens.The head of Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian.One of the best designer of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian.Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian.Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering.Holds the second place in building dams.The 4th highest tower (Milad tower) in the world is in Tehran (which you can visit in the second link).The champion weight-lifter is Iranian.The woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians.It'd be the only country that has all 4 seasons during the year simoltaneously.It means that while it's winter in one part of it, it may be summer / spring in another part! And as you all know, Iranian girls are famous for being terrific.Persian rug and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are so famous.Persian culture is now westernised and only a little has survived! According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world for foriegners with Dollars of course not for us! (Cos our rate is different: one Dollar=about 950 Tomans!) Who do you think is building Dubi?Arabs?No my friends, Iranian architectures, engineers and traders funding them, cos they don't think building the same things in Iran would be beneficial for them, Since the media scare tourists away from Iran.There are many other things.And also, Iran is a very independant country.It has nearly all the developed industries and technologies and doesn't need other countries to survive! That's why the unfair U.N sanctions don't bother us! The list is endless.
Some charactristics of Iranians would be: Proud, greedy, hard-working, intelligent, ambitious, not realistic, not so religious, not so generous, not punctual, impatient, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly and hospitable.
Some people think, Iran's a desert! Iran's a modern country with very beautiful nature and lots of historical places to visit.Please take a look at the following links and see if Iran looks like what you think or not! (Surely it doesn't!)
This is a photo of Tehran: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran
If you like you can visit these too, hope you like them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jhcfj...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariu...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kish-...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariu...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
Some people think music is forbidden in Iran.Did you know that Iranian pop music has won the prize in France in 2005? All Iranian songs are current pop /Trance/ DJ music.I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all admit that it's the best music they've ever heard.They specially love the beat.
You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.You'll love Iranian style.It's nothing like what you expect! You can read the translations in here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
(I just want you: pop%26amp;Trance 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...
(The window: pop%26amp;Trance: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...
(Stop world:pop 2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...
(Hold my hand:pop 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...
(The wind's kiss:pop%26amp;Trance 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...
(Keep me in your memory:pop 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...
(Reveal your visage:pop 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...
(It's beautiful:pop 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...
(My bride: DJ 2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...
It's now 2007 and people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!!!!
See how the media are fooling people? None of the things you hear on the media about Iran are true.If you think I've been admiring Iran too much, that's because you'd do the same thing if you were looked down nearly everyday for some false reasons.
I think it's better to clarify some political issues as well:
Some of the Americans I chatted with, said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The media are good at putting comments.It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us.For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life?The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it agaisnt Iran. like picking up some specific sensitive phrases from among a long speech (without reffering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and putting so many bad comments on that.No sane person would take it serious.
First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone.If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? We hate neither Jews nor Americans.They're both nice people.If their media are fooling them, it's not their fault.If I were in their shoes, I would hate Iran too regarding all the terrible lies they keep hearing about it nearly everyday.Although ordinary Iranians don't care about world affairs, I've got to say that for us Israel is not equal to Jews! Israel is a govt.Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians.No difference.And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force the others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem knocking at your door asking you to do so?That's so funny. Christians and Jews are both God believers and respectful to us.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing. It means that where you come from and what your religion is, are not important to us at all.And I wonder why some Muslem countries think there's a problem between Shiites and Sunnies. It doesn't make sense in Iran.
I wonder Iran is a threat to whom? How is it possible for Iran to nuke somewhere while it doesn't have any nukes?!!!(The media have never been intelligent liars).Has Iran ever attacked any countries?There's no proof on that.That's even what nuclear agency says.Only Iran's oppositions are pulling Iran's leg.What we're doing is legal.What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal and nonsense.
Some say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? If you know a little literature, you know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! And he wasn't talking about destroying Israel.He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they both could live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the rest of it and it's mistranslated deliberitely.Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.While some countries which have nukes are clearly threatening Iran to nuke her! Good, isn't it?
Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! again this is a single phrase from among a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so.If 6000000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all! Over 650000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 69000000 population within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nakazaki and vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a mith.Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind?
Obviousely, some countries are using Iran as a victim to put the blame (their own faults) on Iran.And which country is better than Iran to be a victim?They've made the whole world believe that Iran isn't a peaceful country and represent false image of Iranians by making insulting movies like "300" .
Let me predict their next propaganda against Iran: Now that they've let Iran into the negotiations in Iraq, if the level of peace goes up in Iraq, they'll say Iran's co-operated with us to imply that it was Iran's fault that extremists in Iraq were killing each other! And if the level of peace goes down, they'll say Iran didn't co-operate with us! In both cases Iran will be in charge! What a great victim! I wonder when people are going to understand that the media is a political game?! I know Americans don't like these either, but what can they do?The media are so biased.I hope someday the media would end all this instead of playing a negative role in the world.
Thanks.
How many people would spend about 10 minutes to educate themselves?
Isn't this like, at least the fourth time you posted the exact same article and links. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you could at least come up with new content.
Reply:Ohhhh... well, thanks! I have a friend who is from Iran so I've heard good things about the people there, good luck! Report It
Reply:Oh thanks for sharing I love the power of the internet. Well it maybe be posted 4 times ...it cannot be posted enough since this is the first time I see it I am from Belgium. Beautiful. Well I have allot of thoughts going on now... :) Report It
Reply:Do you have an executive summary? I don't have the patience to read all that. Just give me the point, okay?
Reply:Please...get off your soap box. I understand your intentions...but to challenge people to read this post under two different questions is getting a little tired.
The other point is that you have submitted a letter posted by one Iranian citizen. I am not doubting the content, necessarily, but it can hardly be taken as empirical fact. If you are a University student, as you suggest, surely you know that. And flogging this message so strongly only suggests that you are naive.
Reply:Ok, I read the whole thing and here are my comments.
1) Not everyone thinks Iran is as backward as you imply we think. Yes there were some interesting points you mentioned that I didn't know, but for the most part I never thought Iran lacked scientists or women's rights or anything. In other words, this article didn't really change anything as I didn't have a backward view of Iran to begin with.
2) While your article is informative, it's wise to never blindly accept ANY article (whether it's yours or anyone's elses for that matter) as the whole truth. Because I believe there is bias in writing. I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, but in general, I would tend to think this article is biased.
Reply:I've spent more than that educating myself. You obviously have not, and this is the second time I've seen this post in 15 minutes.
Reply:The social and cultural aspects of your article were very interesting and informative. However, I do have a few comments about the political section.
Genocide in any form is wrong, whether it takes place in Nazi Germany, Iraq, Bosnia, or Darfur. There is lots of evidence available that shows that the Holocaust did exist, but many people choose to ignore that evidence. Since the nation of Israel did not exist at that time, it seems like logical to assume that a denial of incontravertable evidence has to be linked to a prejudice against the Jewish people.
I think we can both agree that over the years both the Israelis and the Palestinians have suffered as a result of geopolitical decisions that were not well thought out. However, physically expelling the Israelis does not provide a satisfactory solution to the problem. Some kind of accomodation has to be made to allow both sides to live in peace.
And how exactly would you characterize the Iranian government's support of Hezbollah? Supporting a clearly terrorist organization does little to paint Iran as a peace-loving nation.
Reply:The majority of Americans don't have a problem with the people of Iran and I personnally never thought of them still riding around on camels. The problem is Mahmoud Ahmadinejahd, your president and the Quds force. They are actively promulgating civil war in Iraq by supplying weapons to insurgents. Sorry, but my brother is in Iraq and has seen the evidence first hand and I will believe him over anyone else.
Reply:I guess they have kool aid in Iran too.
Reply:I couldn't agree more with your narration. Today's America, under the present administration, wants all other countries, especially those aspiring to be like America, want to turn them into their puppets, as they have done in Iraq! I admire the Iranian president for his courage in standing up against that kind of attitude on the part of America, and I only hope the Ayatollahs or Mullahs in Iran will give him all the support he needs internally to project Iran's independent image! And, hopefully and eventually, America will give in and Iran will become a responsible nuclear power too!
Reply:OK ayatolla Blah Blah, so whats your problem?
Reply:Thank you for your well thought out and informative narrative. I agree with you on some issues and disagree on many others. There is no question that Iranian and Persian cultures have and continue to contribute greatly to humanity. We simply disagree on political and economic policy. Thats OK, people within the US disagree strongly on these issues also.
Have you travelled to other countries? Perhaps you should study for your masters degree in the US or Britain and I would be curious to see what you have to say after that. Why do you think your greatest scientists, architects and entrepreneurs are leaving your country when they can?
Reply:Yes, Bush always lies about our Persian friends. Student Demonstrators in the 70's Iran revolution held illegal US insurigents as prisoners for 444 days in an attempt to regain control from US hegemony.
Bush lied about that too!
Reply:not me
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