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A Texas themed restaurant in Tehran

A Texas themed restaurant in Tehran

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Serious damage to a synagogue in Central Tehran after an Israeli or American strike

Serious damage to a synagogue in Central Tehran after an Israeli or American strike

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A man posts a Tehran streets showing on one side a gathering of religious Shias mourning for Imam Hussain & next to it a cafe with lots of young women hanging out dressed with sleeveless tops and bare headed. He's captioned it, "Iran is good like this ♥️" Do you agree?

A man posts a Tehran streets showing on one side a gathering of religious Shias mourning for Imam Hussain & next to it a cafe with lots of young women hanging out dressed with sleeveless tops and bare headed. He's captioned it, "Iran is good like this ♥️" Do you agree?

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Does anyone know what's actually going on here? I would guess this is some Sufi group in Turkey. They're doing a Dervish like dance with pictures of Imam Ali, Ataturk, and Rumi on the wall (and what I think are the 12 Imams above)

Does anyone know what's actually going on here? I would guess this is some Sufi group in Turkey. They're doing a Dervish like dance with pictures of Imam Ali, Ataturk, and Rumi on the wall (and what I think are the 12 Imams above)

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Surreal scene - A child plays on a swing on the beach on the coast of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, while the city burns in the background as a result of American strikes

Surreal scene - A child plays on a swing on the beach on the coast of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, while the city burns in the background as a result of American strikes

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Least problematic region on earth

Least problematic region on earth

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Team Melli fans in Ahvaz, in southwest Iran, the moment Taremi's shot went in. Notice the sounds of happiness and celebration. Contrary to what a few loud and repulsive voices say online - Team Melli is the people's team with widespread support all over Iran.

Team Melli fans in Ahvaz, in southwest Iran, the moment Taremi's shot went in. Notice the sounds of happiness and celebration. Contrary to what a few loud and repulsive voices say online - Team Melli is the people's team with widespread support all over Iran.

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The current state of the Islamic Republic is quite strange. From a social restrictions perspective, it is utterly incomparable to when I was young or even 5 years ago. This goes far beyond people choosing to mass defy hijab laws - the restrictions against things like mixed dancing, concerts, music festivals, rave like atmospheres, drinking, recreational drugs, and all sorts of out of marriage sexual relationships are dissolved to a unrecognizable very low bar compared to the past. No it's not Turkey or Dubai (yet) and yes people still do get in trouble frequently (particularly businesses who host things - which is why you'll go to high end restaurants where everything is happening and they don't care but they'll immediately stop you if you take a picture out of fear it will go viral). But the cat is out of the bag. In every corner of the country the rules are flagrantly defied. Not just in cute underground parties at some well connected kid's house or some hippies doing drugs in a desert 3 hours from the city - no very much in the open, often advertised on social media, and not hidden at all (both videos are from the last month - the second video is in Shiraz). This was unthinkable just a few years ago. On the other hand the political atmosphere is currently closed at a level I don't remember other than the first few months after the 2009 election. It resembles the Islamic Republic of the late 80s more than what we've seen for most of my life. And from an international relations perspective all caution & restraint are gone and you see the most extremist elements (who ironically were kept in check by the older Khamenei who mistrusted them just as much as he mistrusted liberals) increasingly running the show, eagerly acting in a way that I struggle to describe in anyway other than delusional insanity. The economy is shattered to a level in which even the upper middle class are struggling to make ends meet, let alone the poor who are living through unthinkable conditions. This is a very different Islamic Republic from the "normal" baseline my generation is used to. Quality of life continues to nosedive at a horrendous level. Uncertainty is everywhere. External attacks are no longer a fear but a near daily reality. It is increasingly unclear who (if anyone) is in charge and what direction they are trying to steer the country in. The current situation might last for a bit as a transition state, but it is very difficult to imagine something this unstable, with so many contradictions, and this reckless, being durable. At some point very soon something will have to give. It can't last forever like this.

The current state of the Islamic Republic is quite strange. From a social restrictions perspective, it is utterly incomparable to when I was young or even 5 years ago. This goes far beyond people choosing to mass defy hijab laws - the restrictions against things like mixed dancing, concerts, music festivals, rave like atmospheres, drinking, recreational drugs, and all sorts of out of marriage sexual relationships are dissolved to a unrecognizable very low bar compared to the past. No it's not Turkey or Dubai (yet) and yes people still do get in trouble frequently (particularly businesses who host things - which is why you'll go to high end restaurants where everything is happening and they don't care but they'll immediately stop you if you take a picture out of fear it will go viral). But the cat is out of the bag. In every corner of the country the rules are flagrantly defied. Not just in cute underground parties at some well connected kid's house or some hippies doing drugs in a desert 3 hours from the city - no very much in the open, often advertised on social media, and not hidden at all (both videos are from the last month - the second video is in Shiraz). This was unthinkable just a few years ago. On the other hand the political atmosphere is currently closed at a level I don't remember other than the first few months after the 2009 election. It resembles the Islamic Republic of the late 80s more than what we've seen for most of my life. And from an international relations perspective all caution & restraint are gone and you see the most extremist elements (who ironically were kept in check by the older Khamenei who mistrusted them just as much as he mistrusted liberals) increasingly running the show, eagerly acting in a way that I struggle to describe in anyway other than delusional insanity. The economy is shattered to a level in which even the upper middle class are struggling to make ends meet, let alone the poor who are living through unthinkable conditions. This is a very different Islamic Republic from the "normal" baseline my generation is used to. Quality of life continues to nosedive at a horrendous level. Uncertainty is everywhere. External attacks are no longer a fear but a near daily reality. It is increasingly unclear who (if anyone) is in charge and what direction they are trying to steer the country in. The current situation might last for a bit as a transition state, but it is very difficult to imagine something this unstable, with so many contradictions, and this reckless, being durable. At some point very soon something will have to give. It can't last forever like this.

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The burned down ruins of a library that was in Elm o Sanat University in Tehran, which was bombed by Israel over the weekend

The burned down ruins of a library that was in Elm o Sanat University in Tehran, which was bombed by Israel over the weekend

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Throwback to a better time when the world was simpler

Throwback to a better time when the world was simpler

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No I don't understand why we now have biker gangs in Iran. As I've tried to explain many times, when it comes to Iranians nothing is supposed to make sense. You just go with it.

No I don't understand why we now have biker gangs in Iran. As I've tried to explain many times, when it comes to Iranians nothing is supposed to make sense. You just go with it.

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Rezaeian stayed on the pitch longer than the other players to give an interview. He got a roaring applause from the fans as he went into the locker room

Rezaeian stayed on the pitch longer than the other players to give an interview. He got a roaring applause from the fans as he went into the locker room

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Nothing on earth compares to homemade Iranian food

Nothing on earth compares to homemade Iranian food

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The entire region breathing a sigh of relief

The entire region breathing a sigh of relief

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Beautiful Isfahan in the snow 😍

Beautiful Isfahan in the snow 😍

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Team Melli fans in Los Angeles cheering the Iranian National Team after the 0-0 tie with Belgium

Team Melli fans in Los Angeles cheering the Iranian National Team after the 0-0 tie with Belgium

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Narmak neighborhood in Eastern Tehran

Narmak neighborhood in Eastern Tehran

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Iran fans gathered for an outdoor watch party of the Iran-Belgium game in the northwestern city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province

Iran fans gathered for an outdoor watch party of the Iran-Belgium game in the northwestern city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province

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Iran will always remain Iran

Iran will always remain Iran

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Regardless of what you think of Ossoff, it is remarkable to compare this to the situation just a decade ago, where Sanders basically saying "Palestinians are also humans & Israel is sometimes wrong" was seen as some groundbreaking thing. The Overton window has massively shifted.

Regardless of what you think of Ossoff, it is remarkable to compare this to the situation just a decade ago, where Sanders basically saying "Palestinians are also humans & Israel is sometimes wrong" was seen as some groundbreaking thing. The Overton window has massively shifted.

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MBS also looked uncomfortable when Trump was bragging about having bombed Iran

MBS also looked uncomfortable when Trump was bragging about having bombed Iran

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Online haters: Muslims don't integrate into American society Meanwhile 97% Muslim High School in Dearborn Michigan:

Online haters: Muslims don't integrate into American society Meanwhile 97% Muslim High School in Dearborn Michigan:

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Street sweepers from the Tehran municipality working hard to clean up the debris from recent strikes and keep the city clean and livable

Street sweepers from the Tehran municipality working hard to clean up the debris from recent strikes and keep the city clean and livable

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He's speaking English, but the entire interaction is in Farsi

He's speaking English, but the entire interaction is in Farsi

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Mehdi Taremi: - In these past 2-3 years, from up above, from wherever you can think of they are ruining football. - How is it possible only 2000 people go to the Zob Ahan-Sepahan derby? Azadi Stadium not be finished for 4 years? Esteghlal Persepolis have to go play in Shahrestani Qods ... - Why? So that 50-60,000 people don't gather in one place. If this is the idea then what do you want ... to ruin football? - Is it possible that Tractor's field is always ruined? Our 4, 5 big teams have ruined pitches always so what? So people don't gather? - If the country has tensions or whatever, our football shouldn't have to suffer from it - If you want to get something (good results), you need to give something. Is it possible to play football in bad pitches? How many good fields do we have in our entire league? Zero. - How many players do we have that can play on these fields? Zero.

Mehdi Taremi: - In these past 2-3 years, from up above, from wherever you can think of they are ruining football. - How is it possible only 2000 people go to the Zob Ahan-Sepahan derby? Azadi Stadium not be finished for 4 years? Esteghlal Persepolis have to go play in Shahrestani Qods ... - Why? So that 50-60,000 people don't gather in one place. If this is the idea then what do you want ... to ruin football? - Is it possible that Tractor's field is always ruined? Our 4, 5 big teams have ruined pitches always so what? So people don't gather? - If the country has tensions or whatever, our football shouldn't have to suffer from it - If you want to get something (good results), you need to give something. Is it possible to play football in bad pitches? How many good fields do we have in our entire league? Zero. - How many players do we have that can play on these fields? Zero.

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I thought Throwback was exaggerating here, but no they legitly poisoned them and then stoned them. They were lucky no one was seriously injured. Shahdari Noshahr should be banned from having spectators until the end of the season. At bare minimum.

I thought Throwback was exaggerating here, but no they legitly poisoned them and then stoned them. They were lucky no one was seriously injured. Shahdari Noshahr should be banned from having spectators until the end of the season. At bare minimum.

Alireza Talakoubnejad

529,691 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

A kid plays Metallica at his school's start of the term talent show in Iran. How times have changed ... this was not a thing when I was a kid

A kid plays Metallica at his school's start of the term talent show in Iran. How times have changed ... this was not a thing when I was a kid

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In an ususual event, the MEK published a video yesterday of a street rally some of its supporters had in Karaj. According to Fars News, all people in the video were subsequently identified and arrested. Seeing such an open show of support in Iran itself for a banned group that is recognized as a terrorist organization is not something you see every day. Though it's not entirely unprecedented either there was a similar video released in February of this year. I suspect they may feel under pressure because rival opposition factions have had success showing they have some level of popular support (the lion and sun flag version with the Pahlavi crown + pictures of RP) and are trying to show they also exist too.

In an ususual event, the MEK published a video yesterday of a street rally some of its supporters had in Karaj. According to Fars News, all people in the video were subsequently identified and arrested. Seeing such an open show of support in Iran itself for a banned group that is recognized as a terrorist organization is not something you see every day. Though it's not entirely unprecedented either there was a similar video released in February of this year. I suspect they may feel under pressure because rival opposition factions have had success showing they have some level of popular support (the lion and sun flag version with the Pahlavi crown + pictures of RP) and are trying to show they also exist too.

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Celebrations in South Lebanon after Iran beats the US in the 1998 France World Cup

Celebrations in South Lebanon after Iran beats the US in the 1998 France World Cup

Alireza Talakoubnejad

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Trailer for "Nime Shab" (Midnight) directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian. The film revolves around the 12 Day War. It has been showing in some theaters in Iran despite wartime conditions.

Trailer for "Nime Shab" (Midnight) directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian. The film revolves around the 12 Day War. It has been showing in some theaters in Iran despite wartime conditions.

Alireza Talakoubnejad

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Most normal moment on the Tehran metro

Most normal moment on the Tehran metro

Alireza Talakoubnejad

149,036 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Why is he taking notes like that? That's not a look befitting of a president. You're not his student. And there's a million aides you have that can take notes for you ...

Why is he taking notes like that? That's not a look befitting of a president. You're not his student. And there's a million aides you have that can take notes for you ...

Alireza Talakoubnejad

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