31 pointsby binning3 hours ago8 comments
  • Bender3 hours ago
    Former Iran used to be mini-skirts and it was not that long ago. Could it feasibly or realistically go back to that? Asking for a friend.
    • esalman3 hours ago
      > Former Iran used to be mini-skirts

      You mean just in a few cities like Tehran and only in 60s and 70s?

      • Bender2 hours ago
        Yeah Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan at least. Not very practical otherwise as it was a fashion thing. I would imagine as other towns grew it would have spread. Only point being they were not killed for it.
    • almosthere3 hours ago
      It can if Trump topples the regime. This kind of regime doesn't just "walk away".
      • turtlesdown113 hours ago
        The reason the Iranian theocracy exists is because the US toppled Iran's democratic government and put the Shah in charge. What makes you believe that regime changing the current government will lead to liberal reforms?
        • tingling168an hour ago
          If the US did it before (regime change), couldn't it do it again?
      • mindslight3 hours ago
        Trump is only effective at toppling the governments of democratic societies who foolishly welcome him in. Seemingly inapplicable to Iran, since as you say the current regime won't walk away.
        • Bender2 hours ago
          And the hardest part is ensuring the new regime can stay in place. That would suggest boots on the ground for a while ... and a while could be several decades. I think the question is whether it would be worth the cost and effort. We still have 28K troops in Korea. I think Iran would require more troops.
      • lifestyleguru3 hours ago
        Topless and miniskirt policy applies on lolita express jet, back home they have to comply to domestic rules.
  • ReptileMan3 hours ago
    The rumors of the death of the Iranian theocracy unfortunately have been grossly exaggerated.
  • zeristor3 hours ago
    Reran it and have a working access:

    https://archive.ph/HIZ1S

  • dyauspitr3 hours ago
    If you hear on the ground reports it doesn’t look like the islamists are going anywhere.
  • bryanlarsen3 hours ago
    standard archive.is workaround not working for me.
  • bartonfink2 hours ago
    Politics. Flagged. Inappropriate for this site.
  • ck22 hours ago
    The pile of 10,000+ bodies pretty much deems otherwise?

    mothers went out with their children knowing their children would be murdered

    to get bodies back from the morgue the regime makes the families pay for the bullets used to kill them

    US telling protestors they would be covered and then doing nothing was beyond cruel

    Imagine if North Korea had internet access (or even just electricity)

  • almosthere3 hours ago
    In many interviews people keep saying that in Islamic countries the Hijab is totally optional, but that the woman want to wear it.

    Now we're finding out the woman that don't want to wear it get shot.

    • 9dev2 hours ago
      Overgeneralisations like these are just lazy, and most importantly not helpful. There are a lot of predominantly Muslim regions in the world. Reducing all of them to the Iranian regime is like concluding Christian women all wear string Tangas because that’s what you’ve seen on a beach in Brazil.
    • jananas2 hours ago
      I know this is just a troll. Nevertheless: Iran was always known to enforce some level of covering a woman’s hair. There are other Islamic countries that do so, some more strictly then it has been the case in Iran. And there are plenty which don‘t, like Egypt, Turkey or Marocco.
    • epolanski3 hours ago
      In most muslim-majority secular countries it's more up to tradition than religion. You won't find wearing hijab that common in Albania, Kosovo, Indonesia or many of the central asian stans.

      In Turkey or Jordan you will often see hijabs, but most women don't wear it.

      Hell, most muslim women in western countries do not wear it.

      Thus, I don't know what kind of data backs such comments.

      Of course many like wearing it. As a muslim female friend of mine says "it's very convenient when you don't have time/energy to do your hair to just wear an hijab". My female, christian, SO liked wearing the hijab too in muslim countries (even in those were it's not common) because she finds them fashionable.

      But I don't think women want to have to wear it and given the choice it seems clear most don't.

    • mittensc3 hours ago
      they want to wear it because they dont want to get shot or arrested and tortured
      • dyauspitr3 hours ago
        Not true, I’ve lived in middle eastern countries where it’s not as draconian and it’s definitely not mostly involuntary.
        • mittensc2 hours ago
          perhaps they want to wear because they dont want those slightly better consequences?
        • almosthere2 hours ago
          > as draconian

          So its draconian, just not "as draconian".

    • tty4563 hours ago
      Many times it is not "optional" within a family or even in public. Men in those countries often enforce this.