LaCulotte
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Mar 3, 2013 7:58 PM
LaCulotte
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OverCapacity
Wait wait wait, you telling me there are people in Iran who are just like me?!
Catfishninja
Is it cold there most of the time? Everyone in the pictures are bundled up.
whatspaulplayingtoday
Thank you for sharing, OP. Beautiful awareness.
JakeBasil
Why is everyone so damn fashionable and more stylish everywhere else.
jonbob
oh my GOD! The women there have style and class! Our women have swag and drinking/tanning problems...
Devilsclarinet
The Iranians are a beautiful people stuck in the middle of political theater. No different then any American
djulie
this is the best
boringaccountant
Beautiful mountains
BenCampbell
These Iranian women...are....beautiful....
kilroyishere
...how do your stop lights work?
cjordank
I want to know too
PepperidgeFarms
Im sad to say that the media has tricked me... I would never have guessed that Iran looked like this.
euendo
Damn, hella stylish women over there!
digimuk
I wonder how it would be if the media showed all of Iran, similarly, if other countries saw the very poor parts of US
ChicagoBadger
Every country has a 1%....
XDitaXDarkXLotusX
I wish i could rock a headscarf like those girls do
heyitssal
I understand that it is a nice place with real people, but all THIS gallery really proves is that there are big glasses, money, chanel & LV
Shannerwren
and perhaps a touch of elitist hypocrisy?
Falyyn
I think Persian gardens are sexy. Thanks for the photos!
Senorpoopypants
AND IRAAAAAAAAAN IRAN SO FAR AWAAAAY!
bobana
the ladies are a lot classier that's fo' sho'
arivdubb
Why is everything Coach brand or Louis Vuitton? Everything those women have, the shoes purses belts wallets, scarves....weird.
sweetgreerchic
What better place to get knock offs?
DontBeSuchAQuack
Lol, you would be sadly mistaken if you were to think they buy cheap knock offs.
baronridiculous
There's huge wealth disparity. Rich people in Iran are fucking hellish rich, and they spend a lot on fashion.
planethalia
I'm betting a lot of these are by fashion bloggers, but Iranians I know are VERY fashion conscious.
nerdmom
Everyone knows Gucci is the preferred brand, at least that's what my Persian friend says every time we go to the damn mall!
TheAllenMan
As an Iranian, Iranian people are very materialistic.
porcelainThrone
So, you guys are like South Koreans?(materialistic wise)
veryfawnydeer
Is this an awkward time for me to point out that those are Chanel, not Coach items?
arivdubb
Not awkward, I can't brand name very well, I just knew they weren't your average accessories.
The2020ElectionWasStolen
Those aren't your average Iranian women.
RxPro
My in-laws are from Kuwait and the USA/life/money/taxes was a big change. There they could just drop $3k in a day shopping and its nothing.
AnnaKendrickLamar
What kind of pays like that?
RxPro
One was an engineer, but IDK it doesn't make sense to me but they just say they never even thought about money. Its like being born into $$$
RxPro
2/2 and they would only work maybe 20 hours per week and make far more than they make here.
AmateurPhilosopher
Ummmm, so why are they in the US?
RxPro
Saddam
TheyToldMeThatICouldBeWhateverIwantedSoIBecameAUsername
But..That's not what the media said, and the media always tells the truth.
chansuke
The truth, usually, lies somewhere between the two extremes. This ISNT all of Iran. Neither is what CNN says.
boone1504
This right here. Yes, Iran has attractive people on motorbikes, but they also elected crazy-ass. You can't reduce a country to a soundbite.
GoodOlZR
Just remember that no culture, religion, or ethnic group is homogenous.
TheLotusEater
I guess you haven't been to Japan.
BlackOrchid
As an illegal immigrant in the US, Iran into the wrong country.
Wuz314159
Truth is subjective.
WickedSteak
There's parts of Afghanistan that look like new york city. Granted, they are the educated ones who don't try to blow us up.
Shaunny
Especially Fox, they provide 100% accurate news!
beepbeepmuthafucka
*sigh* nobody has a problem with the Iranian people. Their leadership is jacked though. To say the Holocaust never happened...beyond dumb
Whabs
This!
tondelayo
Ahmadinejad's absurd holocaust-denying statements were not much reported other than on FoxNews, proof for some that FoxNews makes stuff up.
Marscountry
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/anti-semitism-zundel-down-ahmadinejad-to-go/article1070734/
beepbeepmuthafucka
Yeah he hasn't spewed other hate speech either though right? Oh wait nevermind he has.
tondelayo
You are quite right, there are numerous examples, yet the danger represented by this regime is largely ignored.
thepayne78
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8264111.stm
thepayne78
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/meast/iran-khamenei-speech
thepayne78
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/25/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iranian-leader-denies-holocaust-on-cnns-piers-morgan_n_1911821.html
washboardwinters
Where'd ya come from? Iraq. How'd ya get here? Iran. hhhhheeeeyyyoooo
BattosaiSlayer
Iran so far away!
MrChurch
Iran is a great place filled with great people. The Iranian gov't? well...let's just say it's not such a great place.
komaka
Some of these pictures are REALLY old. Like, pre-Islamic revolution old. Iran was a VERY different place back then.
CheeryCherryCat
Actually, this is 47 carefully selected snapshots of Iran, chosen to tell a specific story. Just a different 47 shots and story to the media
jeturcotte
How is a that any different from what we in the US (or anyone anywhere) do (does?) We're not exactly flaunting Detroit or Cancer Alley, LA
ryback
And 2 of those are even of the Sha and his family.
ChainCommandBreaker
The story of Pre-Islamic Iran. You can't have an album showing the "freedom" of Iran, both Pahlavi Shah and the Islamic Gvt are against it.
MasterOfEntropy
Iran looks like a really cool place. Too bad it's run by a bunch of retards that want to bring it back to the middle ages.
DontBeSuchAQuack
if the main religion practiced in Iran today was still Zoroastrianism, those people would be viewed much more positively by the world.
WilfredPGrundlesnatch
If the US hadn't overthrown its democratically elected government and reinstated the Shah in 1953, Iran would be a much nicer place.
Jess2b
-1 for the use of that word. Please hear that it's outdated, meaningless and ignorant. "Extremists" would have fit.
DontBeSuchAQuack
I wouldnt necessarily call a dictator an extremist. Iran before the spread of islam was Zoroastrian, very wholesome and peaceful 1/2
DontBeSuchAQuack
country, not to say islam is bad, just trying to shed some light on what conformity does to people. 2/2
Jess2b
Use whatever word you want to prove your point but that one is my hope. Not a political plea at all, a plea to rid the world of that word.
P90XMadeMeHateMyself
Jess2b is referring to the use of the word "retard." Dictators made their choices to be shitheads, whereas the literal application of 1/2
P90XMadeMeHateMyself
the word in question was not a conscious choice on the mentally handicapped. It's not fair to them to be lumped in with dictators. 2/2
DontBeSuchAQuack
Oh Im aware, I was referring to his usage of the word "Extremist" though is what I was disagreeing with.
wetmore
don't mean to be a jerk, but could this be representative of a small part of Iran?
Cataetna
It is, and youre not being mean
RoJack
Watch the "Color of Paradise" it's an Iranian film that shows you a different side of Iran.
IHadMyHeartSetOnQuadrupleTree
Yes, but it is similar to having only seen parts of rural Texas and believing it is representative of the U.S. and then seeing NYC
wetmore
right?
dontcallmeplath
I wondered the same thing.
glasseyelashes
still doesn't take away how beautiful it is.
hadabadtime
might do, still worth sharing as most people have a skewed view of the whole country
P90XMadeMeHateMyself
But to say the same thing of America is just silly...
hadabadtime
to be fair american's are to blame for the image the world has of it, whereas Iran aren't to blame for the image the world has of it
tondelayo
Not being a jerk. Asking a good question.
DontBeSuchAQuack
Tehran is one of many cities in iran, but I think OP was trying to shed light, that not all middle-eastern countries are stereotyped as 1/2
DontBeSuchAQuack
having camels, sand and poverty everywhere. there are very beautiful places to visit in Iran. 2/2
ChainCommandBreaker
Well it isn't an Arab country with much deserts but a mountainous country with similar landscapes to California.
DontBeSuchAQuack
well first things first Iranians =/= Arabs, and secondly, OP was just posting pics of Tehran, the capital of Iran, Not the entire country.
DontBeSuchAQuack
Which there is a lot of poverty and desert area in Iran, but the point of OP's post was to show that, not all places in Iran are poverty.
ChainCommandBreaker
Tehran is like Los Angeles, there's a joke about Tehrangeles
arivdubb
They all look like a lot of extremely wealthy hipsters...wtf?
mrmcspicy
how does being fashionable make you a hipster? not everyone likes wearing plain shirt/jeans...
lifehacksimmediately
If your clothes aren't plain shirt/jeans, you're a hipster. Been called one for dressing nice, and for dressing in non-nice old clothes.
DontBeSuchAQuack
If you live in Tehran, you're most likely going to be wealthy.
FireproofFlyingSpider
The richest of hipsters live in the nicest place no one has seen in the worst place people hear
hallow90
the rich part of Iran?
lordsleepyhead
Indeed, the upper and middle class of Iran. There's quite a substantial lower class too, but they aren't in these photos.
SpaceForceRanger
I feel like this is just a small part of Iran..
kittenassassin
Probably a very, very, VERY small part.
Blackfyre95
Yep
jern
yeah, it's beautiful alright, now how bout the rest of it?
BubblesLoverOfKittehs
nigga stole this shit
BubblesLoverOfKittehs
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?136875-The-real-Iran-may-different-from-what-you-see-in-the-media/page44
Piccolo
yeup. i lived there as well its a beautiful country, but like any other country it has lower, middle, and upper class..
trob749
Nailed it, this is like assuming all of America is like Orange County
crazycatladystarterkit
definitely.....when my family went to iran, my mom got stones thrown at her (and she's mexican.....)
IAmLiterallyRightBehindYouAtThisVeryMoment
Why did she get stones thrown at her?!
IWasTryingToMakeSomethingFunny
She was pretty high...
crazycatladystarterkit
no idea..my dad is iraqi so we went to visit family that migrated to iran. the people treated us (especially her) so badly. it was awful.
IAmLiterallyRightBehindYouAtThisVeryMoment
That's terrible. I'm very sorry to hear that.
crazycatladystarterkit
holy shit. how did you know where i live?!
DontBeSuchAQuack
Not to agree with stones being thrown at your mother, but typically you'll find, especially in middle-e
subtlemrs
I had the same thought.
StuckonanIsland
me too :)
fencerman
So, the rich part of the country is cool and secular, the poor part is religious and seemingly backwards... in other words, it's the USA.
mrsc0tty
And the government is dangerous. So nothing like Ameri-Holy shit get out of the way it's a drone!
simonisme
*applause* Got it in one.
deadmoscow
Seriously. Don't kid yourselves, people.
Muffinburgler
3. stoned, legally fired for their sexuality/gender/looks? Iran is a beautiful, diverse country, accept the bad AND the good.
The2020ElectionWasStolen
stoned in WA I hear
lordsleepyhead
They do have a lot of poor though. Quite religious and superstitious, they form the basis for the extreme influence of Islam on government.
Muffinburgler
And so does the US. Every country has its gross parts, it's not fair to judge Iran only on the bad.
Muffinburgler
2. But EVERY country has its very, very, VERY bad areas. Should I point out the places in the US where minorties are hanged, beaten, raped
Muffinburgler
1. This comment confuses me. It feels like it's saying "there's a shitty part of the country, so it's still a shitty overall country."
Muffinburgler
/end late night rant.
FinalBackwardsGlance
Why the downvotes? I mean, you haven't said any offensive thing. I don't get Imgur sometimes.
Muffinburgler
I dared to say America isn't perfect/Iran isn't the ultimate evil.