Tyger – I don’t know what is worse, being oppressed and hidden under “bedsheets” in the East or being sexually objectified and commodified in the West. This is my “female” perspective. I don’t expect you to agree or understand. I have realised that very few people care about the degradation of woman, so I will cut it short here.
Further to my personal experience, being of dual nationality, I have the choice to live in Iran or Britain. Naturally I chose Britain, due to the fact my family and I are Westernised and I wanted the opportunity to live independently, and escape societal pressures to marry by my late 20’s. And yes, there are problems in Iran, religious, educational and economic disparities and injustice, but what government comes without such problems, be it lies, fraud, corruption, oppression (citizens of Britain have much to contend with regards to their fundamental Human Right, Freedom of Expression, being increasingly limited for the purposes of “National Security”).
I am actually politically neutral with regards to Iran politics, at the end of the day I was born and brought up in Britain. But, I can sincerely say that I am proud of my Iranian brothers and sisters for being proactive and expressing their passion and dedication to their fundamental rights and freedoms, unlike the Brits who have proved themselves to be apathetic in the light of recent events, i.e. The BNP…