This is a common narrative I’ve been hearing about Iran in mainstream spaces since I started following politics. What exactly is the truth here? How much of it is overblown and what a life of an average woman actually looks like in Iran?

  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 个月前

    Probably not. You can see women without any head covering even in the pro-government rallies that are currently happening. Especially in the big cities it is not uncommon to see that fairly regularly.

    Now, rural areas, sure they tend to be more conservative and therefore it is more likely to encounter repression there around this issue, but it’s not the government doing it, it’s the families and local community.

    Ideal? No. But far from what is claimed in western propaganda.