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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
TS, I lived in Iran and my eldest son was born in Iran but we were in a beautiful town near the Caspian sea and rarely ventured into Tehran. It was very civilized where we lived but everyone was afraid of the regime. And you're right, its steeped in history and culture. Its not that many years ago when women could walk around the holiday resorts in bikinis.
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From what I know of it it's sort of flipped and flopped between the two? Periods of being quite liberal followed by periods of extreme conservatism, and then back the other way again. It must be such a confusing way to live for many people. From what I've seen on other forums (from liberal people who live there) there's also a bit of a dual-world going on, with things like people hosting private parties where you can wear / eat / drink what you want but women have to travel there "in disguise". Also married couples who live a very equal / "normal" (by western standards) existence at home basically having to fake a different relationship dynamic when in public, and again, people who have lived through various eras saying how easy it is to "forget" and slip up in public sometimes (public affection, etc.).
I don't think it's too late for the country to flip back "the right way" and hopefully maintain it, though
. Hope not, anyway.