Iran before revolution

[Hibbo]

This has fascinated me as I wasn't alive before Iran turned in to a Islamic State. Seemed like a pretty swinging place.

iran before revolution - Google Search

 

[FCBarça]

We're trying to plan a visit in the next couple of years, have had family visit not long ago - group tours are quite popular in France & Switzerland. My best friend is Iranian and I've seen quite a bit of pictures - extremely diverse country & geography + amazing food

 

[chrismpw]

It's an astounding difference. It's amazing how so many otherwise sane people can allow themselves to become repressed by the chunterings of any mad loon who claims to be in contact with an imaginary friend.

All religion is a means of repression and control, with the promise of jam tomorrow, as far as I can see.

 

[Frang]

It's an astounding difference. It's amazing how so many otherwise sane people can allow themselves to become repressed by the chunterings of any mad loon who claims to be in contact with an imaginary friend.

All religion is a means of repression and control, with the promise of jam tomorrow, as far as I can see.

I sometimes wish Everton didn't baptise me.

 

[bol-uk]

Persepolis, one of my favorite books (graphic novel) touches on this briliantly. It is also a film now if you get bored.

Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi's growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.

 

[Philw]

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Persepolis, one of my favorite books (graphic novel) touches on this briliantly. It is also a film now if you get bored.

Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi's growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.

Never realised this revolution had ever occurred, just assumed Iran had always been that way. Really interesting reading about it, will have to check a version of this out.

 

[BNJ1878]

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Persepolis, one of my favorite books (graphic novel) touches on this briliantly. It is also a film now if you get bored.

Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi's growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.

Great film

 

[abelard]

ah yes, the nostalgia trap

on one hand, a failing economy, soaring inflation, a stupefyingly corrupt and moronic dictator, an arbitrary and brutal CIA-trained security force...

but on the other hand, tits

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Bungle]

 

[Groucho]

It's an astounding difference. It's amazing how so many otherwise sane people can allow themselves to become repressed by the chunterings of any mad loon who claims to be in contact with an imaginary friend.

All religion is a means of repression and control, with the promise of jam tomorrow, as far as I can see.

Scary isn’t it?

 

[degsy]

This has fascinated me as I wasn't alive before Iran turned in to a Islamic State. Seemed like a pretty swinging place.

iran before revolution - Google Search

Yeah but they weren't free were they, they were oppressed by the Shah, a US backed depot...good job those Ayatollahs came along to sort it.

 

[Methuselah]

It was known as Persia.

 

[degsy]

It was known as Persia.

I wondered why so here it is

In 1935 the Iranian government requested those countries which it had diplomatic relations with, to call Persia "Iran," which is the name of the country in Persian. The suggestion for the change is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to Germany, who came under the influence of the Nazis

 

[davids]

Traveled there a fair bit in the 70s,friendly people interesting hotels where you could sleep outdoors.Thought I'd get a bus from Abadan to Tehran to get a good look at the country.Seems the bus drivers enjoy a game of chicken,so after taking stock of the amount of burned out wrecks of buses and lorries either side of the desert road,I got off at the first stop and took a train instead.

 

[d34noj]

I wondered why so here it is

In 1935 the Iranian government requested those countries which it had diplomatic relations with, to call Persia "Iran," which is the name of the country in Persian. The suggestion for the change is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to Germany, who came under the influence of the Nazis

I've heard of them. Apparently they were quite naughty.