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Popular Local Customs | Other Local Customs Tips | All Tips (20) If you really want to see Tehranis relaxed and enjoying life, the place to head for is the teahouses of Darband. The road up the mountain to the north of the city is lined with them and this is where the locals make for whenever they want to unwind, day and night. Friday (the weekend) night is especially busy with people of all ages eating, drinking (tea and juice - this is the Islamic Republic remember), enjoying the atmosphere and the clearer air up here. Things don't really begin to get going until quite late - 10pm or so - but the teahouses are open all day and it makes a pleasant change from the crowded city to come and sit by the river for lunch or an afternoon break.
Getting here is easy - all the taxis know the place. The higher up the mountain you go, the more expensive the places become - some are very smart indeed. Leave a Comment
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Yes, you do see women wearing the chador in Tehran. But they are much fewer than you might expect. You are more likely to see fashionable young women strolling through the city's constantly busy streets in styled costumes which completely fail to achieve the aim of the chador: to hide the shape of the female body. And although every woman wears a hijab or head covering, many of the younger women wear them far back on the head to reveal fashionable hair styles.
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don't be surprised when you see this kind of scenes in the public views!
you know that in iran it's not allowed to have releation closely in the public views.but it's very funy that young people in iran are very brave and ignor it !!
if you would realy like to reach the true meaning of this issue read this poem :
"Blue of the sea is forbidden
The desire to see, is forbidden
The love between two fish is forbidden
Alone & together is forbidden
To have a new love, you should not ask permission
To have a new love, you should not ask permission
Whispering & murmuring is forbidden
Dancing of the shadows is forbidden
Discovering the stolen kisses,
In the middle of your dream is forbidden
To have a new dream, you should not ask permission
To have a new dream, you should not ask permission
In this homely exile
Write the simplest poems
Say what you have to say
Say long live life,
Say long live life
To write a new poem, you should not ask permission
To write a new poem, you should not ask permission
To write about you, is forbidden
Even to complain is forbidden
The fragrance of a woman, is forbidden
You are forbidden, I am forbidden!
To start a new day, you should not ask permission
To start a new day, you should not ask permission"
i hpoe that one day you understand me.
but :
hame ye bacheh haye iran khub mifahmand ke man chi migam! ok? Leave a Comment
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Political murals are all over Tehran, often depicting scenes from the Iran/Iraq war as well as showing religious messages. Whole sides of buildings are covered, with what often amounts to fairly gruesome pictures. I am not entirely sure what purpose they serve. Leave a Comment
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It is not appropriate for men and women to touch each other in public. This includes the shaking of hand as a greeting. As a westener this strikes me as odd, but if this is the custom who am I to argue with it. Just respect it if you happen to visit.
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The walls of the former US Embassy was covered with anti-American graffiti. Photographs were theoretically not allowed, but I did manage to sneak a couple of photos. The building is now used for a high-security office, hence the no-photo rule. There were cameras pointing to the pavement in various places, so you had to position yourself carefully to avoid detection. Some of the slogans were quite amusing:
“United States of America is the most hated state before our Nation.”
“A portrayal of great Satan from state stroke of 19th August to November 1998”.
“Down with USA”
“We will make America face a severe defeat.” Leave a Comment
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A woman is best dressed in pants and shirt, blouse, coat that covers the behind properly, and a head scarf that doesn't need to be tightly tied or very big. In Tehran you get away with more than in other cities without people looking twice. Leave a Comment
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PHOTO : ONE OF THE SUPERMARKET
UNLIKE some other countries practicing Islamic law, women are allowed to drive vehicles in public. Females should use the *Women Only* services of the public transportation. There is also *Women Only* service in swimming pools, public beaches, ski slopes and other sport facilities. If you jogging in public should not evade the dress code which applied to male and female. Leave a Comment
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This next Info was taken from the website Khomeini Information
Ayatollah Khomeini
(1902- 1989) Iranian religious leader and politician.
His name was Ruhollah ibn Mustafa Musawi Khomeini Hindi (meaning the Indian). The name Khomeini was taken from the town where he was born.
Two titles have been used for him, 'Ayatollah', which is the title of a religious leader, but not the highest in Shi'i Islam. This was Khomeini's title at the time of the Iranian revolution, but he soon took the title 'Imam', which is definitely the highest position in Shi'i Islam. Actually this title is so high that this necessitated a a new interpretation of Shi'i theology.
Khomeini became a highly respected religious teacher, based in Qom, but his position was not a leading one, when he in 1963 was arrested for opposing land reform and women's emancipation. He was exiled, and moved first to Turkey, then to Najaf in Iraq, where he lived for 13 years.
For a short period Khomeini moved to Paris in France. At this time, in the 1970s, Khomeini had begun to be a symbol of the opposition facing the Shah.
Khomeini's fight against the Shah was even more effective when conducted from abroad than it would have been inside the country. His message was recorded, and duplicated to music cassettes, which where smuggled into Iran. These cassettes where duplicated over and over again inside Iran with normal equipment, and Khomeini's message was quickly spread over all of the country.
Radio broadcasting of his message was another form of urging people to disobedience. Leave a Comment
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You'll find many statues in the streets of Tehran. Or from Khomeini or from past cultural persons such as painters of poets that people still today seem to admire. Leave a Comment
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Shahid Chamran Expressway Evin, Tehran, Iran - Engelab
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Dr H Fatemi Ave PO Box 14155-1771, Tehran, Iran - Esteglal East Wing
Shahid Chamran Expressway, Tehran, Iran - Homa
51 Khodami Street Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran
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