Hardline regime? Not for Iran’s youth:

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[h=1]Hardline regime? Not for Iran’s youth: Photographs reveal how country’s teenagers enjoy partying, blowing their wages on plastic surgery… and rolling joints from pictures of the Ayatollah[/h]

• Teenagers pictured drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana joints, both of which are illegal in Iran

• Images reveal how some of the country's teenagers use small acts to defy the hardline Islamic government

• Young women pictured with plunging necklines and in strapless dresses - flaunting the country's strict dress code

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Six teenagers are pictured drinking shots of vodka at a house party - another is photographed smoking a marijuana joint in a city park.



There would be little out of the ordinary about this set of photographs, except that they were taken in the cities of Iran - a country run by a strict Islamic government.



The images reveal how some of the country's teenagers really live, hidden from the disapproving eye of the country's hardline regime.


They are seen partying, blowing their wages on plastic surgery... and rolling marijuana joints from pictures of the Ayatollah.

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Rebellious youth: A young woman, her head covered by a scarf, smokes marijuana in a corner of a Tehran park that is safely hidden from the public

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House party: Men and women - pictured with their heads uncovered - drink vodka shots together. Although illegal, alcohol is smuggled into the country

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Secret beauty: A young woman applies glossy red lipstick in a mirror while in a kitchen at a private house party in Shiraz, Iran

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Plastic makes perfect: A man arrives at his shop in Tehran after undergoing plastic surgery on his nose. Procedures cost six times more than the average monthly salary


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Behind closed doors, teenage children of the country's elite - who live and study in cities such as Tehran, Shiraz, Esfahan, Busher, Kerman and Ahwaz - are behaving in ways that, until recently, were considered un-Islamic.




Young people meet each other in the hidden corners of city parks, throw parties in the privacy of their homes and find ways to travel out of the city centre - moving out from the government's oppressive reach.




Some girls wear make-up. They push their veils farther and farther back on their heads showing some of their hair, which conservative Muslims consider risqué. Unmarried couples hold hands in public. Teenagers listen openly to Western pop music.


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The changes are subtle, in a country where Iranian men and women still must abide by a strict Islamic code.




Women must wear the familiar, frumpy chador, a black flowing robe which translates into English as 'tent' - though when they are at private gatherings, as some of these images show, they dress in revealing western-style clothes.




At these secret meetings girls dress freely, alcoholic drinks are poured and drugs - which are becoming increasingly common in the country - are shared.

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Watchful gaze: One young Iranian rolls a joint on a 5000 Toman banknote, featuring Ayatollah Khomeini, who in 1979 made Iran the world's first Islamic republic

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Fireside music: Youths escape to the country to get away from the oppressive government rule of the cities. One man plays a violin as another smokes a marijuana joint

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Ready to party: Two women flaunt their figures in plunging tight white dresses while at a private gathering in Shiraz, Iran. Their outfits go against government dress codes

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Slinky in silk: A young woman wearing a hijab stares wistfully at bejewelled satin lingerie from outside a store in Tehran




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And, while men are still officially prohibited from accompanying women other than their wives and female relatives, the photos show groups of young male and female friends mixing freely.




Facing family pressure at home and government punishment on the streets, young Iranians turn to the internet to escape.




It is while they are online that they are exposed to - and virtually explore - a more progressive global culture.




Something that is striking in the photos is the teenagers' pride in their appearance. In one image, two women are pictured browsing make-up stands, while in another a woman is seen applying glossy red lipstick - her eyeliner and mascara already carefully applied.




One man is pictured with a bandage on his nose - a small reminder of his recent plastic surgery operation.




Plastic surgery in Iran is popular among young men and young women, despite the fact that every operation costs around five or six times more than the average monthly salary.




In several of the images, women are pictured with their heads uncovered. Though control over the wearing of headscarves - policed by special forces in Iran's cities - has decreased since the election of President Hassan Rouhani, it is still considered risque by conservative Muslims.




These images are just one example of young - and bold - Iranians flaunting the rules.

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Blushing bride: The plunging necklines and strapless dresses worn to this wedding on the outskirts of Bushehr are far removed from what is legally expected

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Daring relaxation: Men and women hold take part in a yoga class on the beach. Mixed-sex yoga classes are banned by the government

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Morning after: Male and female campers doze next to a burnt-out fire on Hormuz Island, Iran. Officially men are only allowed to accompany their female relatives

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Ladies who lunch: Two young women have lunch on the top floor of Azadi cinema, above the Tehran skyline



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Last month, a group of Iranian dancers were arrested for making a 'vulgar clip' to Pharrell Williams' hit song Happy. They were later released on bail.
The friends were arrested after police took offense at the video, which shows three men and three unveiled women dancing in the streets and on the rooftops of Tehran.
This sparked the creation of the Twitter hashtag #freehappyiranians and finally Iranian authorities caved to the pressure. It's not clear how much longer the director will be detained.



The video titled 'Happy in Tehran' features the group dancing in various locales just as in the original and is one of hundreds of covers of the hit made by fans around the world.



But after the video hit YouTube and racked up close to 200,000 views with the help of Western news sites like the Huffington Post, authorities hunted down its stars, interrogated them in footage seen across the country and threw them in jail.



Islamic law stipulates that women must cover themselves in public. The video appears to show three women dancing exuberantly to the hit on Tehran rooftops, sans headress.




The arrests occurred despite Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spearking publicly in support of loosening the state's cencorship of the internet.

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln

 

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[ScottL]

You just know these cocksucker clerics are grabbing tech experts and putting all these pics in Google Image Search to find these "apostates." God help them. This mullahcracy is decades past its exp date.

 

[scottcarter]

there are people the same all around the world. peace, love and freedon will never be repressed no matter how hard they try.

 

[ScottL]

^^^You can't strangle the whole of humanity. But unfortunately you can still suffocate a lot of people. That's dictatorship for ya.