Highlights of our recent visit to Iran.

In the current article, my wife and I would like to share with you; dear readers, highlights of our recent visit to Iran. The article is divided to two parts. In the first part, I will talk about my personal perspectives as a male visitor. On the second part, my wife will give you a glance of her perspectives on highlights of our trip.

In recent visit that I had to Iran one of the things  that caught my eyes was how much prices have been increased from last time I was in Iran; imagine one Kebab and Ric (Chelo kebab) is minimum 10$ , Meat 18$ per Kilo. Prices are almost identical or even more than in compare with the price of same item in U.S. With the removal of governmental subsidies a lot of pressure has been put on people’s lives in a sense that the level of people
anger is noticeable. As an example, I was passing from pedestrian line one day in Tehran and I thought the passing cars would slow down because this is a line for pedestrians but I was wrong.   A careless driver was signaling me with his headlights during daylight so I would not pass and when I did, he almost run me over.

It was interesting how my old memories were renewed just by my social interaction with the public. One was if you want your work to be done fast and smooth in a bank or any
governmental institute , you need to have a friendly  relation with an insider( an  employee who works in that institute/organization). In my example; I was in a bank in one of Tehran’s main streets .There was a bank teller who would exchange Toman for Dollar and when I was there he mentioned that by law theycan give currency 1K currency per ticket but the ticket holder has to be there,(in this case my wife was not there) .But at the same time one of his female friends showed up as a costumer and he sold currency to her for 5 tickets. I said “Sir please could you do something for me too”. When he saw I have noticed that he has gave exception for his female friend, he then bend the rule for me too.

I am originally from Isfahan.  In our journey we spent five days in Isfahan. In one side, I had fabulous time spending with my family members. But on the other hand, it reminded me the past time when I was very young living in my dear home city. From that time, many things have been changed destructively. For example, my home town river (Zayande rood) has gone dry. This was something I already knew but the level of devastation and depression it caused me was out of ordinary when I saw it.

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Based on all challenges I shared with you, it has become deeply clear for me that I should try my best to create a high level life in a western country and just dream good old days when I was living in Iran as a resident. Lets read my wife (Mitra)’s opinions about our recent visit to Iran.

For me as a female Persian in her early 30s, It was really sad to observe young females
showing off in public by their Hijab .Based on governmental regulation in Iran, all females regardless of their religious background, should cover their whole body (except their face) when they show up in the public. Females want to battle with these social limitations. One of the accessible ways for them is by the way they dress up and make up in the public. When you go in the public, it is like you have entered a fashion salon. Females wear very tight Manteo and a small color-full scarf to cover their hair. You can see Manteo in different models (fashions) and various colors. This is really sad to observe all these young females spending the young years of their life just to dress up and make up just in order to show off and take attention of the opposite sex. These young people don’t have pubs or other places to get know each other unless otherwise mingling in parties. So, they really use their sole opportunity to show off on the street in a wish to catch up the opposite
gender attention.

The other overwhelming social issue I observed was about marriage. It was like young females who have just in their 20s been waiting to get married. Yes, it is a norm for females to get married in their 20s in most cultures, but what was remarkable was the perspective of females about marriage. Many of these youngsters are dealing with several social pressures and limitations. They assume that by getting married, they will not only being entitled as a ‘married’ female which is highly desirable in Persian culture. But also, they will get rid of their parents’ control. Six years ago when I left Iran I was in my mid 20s. At that time, most of the female friends who were surrounding me had full-time jobs. They had personal goals other than marriage. I mean they liked to get married but not by all means just to be no longer entitled as SINGLE. But those friends, now a days, all desire to get married just only not to be entitled as SINGLE.

We invite you as the reader of this article; to share your ideas about social challenges which people face in Iran nowadays. And it will be interesting to challenge each other ideas about the social challenges. In this way we may have access to practical
solutions for our country-mates.