Is it true that the iranian govt are making people wear armbands according to their religion?
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This absolutely not true! And I'm surprised the BBC broadcast this... I had a look on their website...and there was no trace of this story.. probably because it was baseless..\n\nSo let me tell you a little about the origins of this story..\n\nIt was first published in Canada Post on May 19th based on a story given by Anti-Iranian exiles, about a bill that has passed through the Iranian parliament about a new dress code. \nThis bill was first suggested in 2004..but then got stalled....The bill only calls for stricter regulations for the hijab..and mentions nothing about any distinctions for different religions\n\nThe Canadian post has now back tracked on it's claims..and they have been public statements from Iran (including Iranian Jewish MP's denying any truth to this rumour..\n\n\n\nOK I will add a little from personal experience. \nAs you know in Iran it is compulsory for all  women to wear a hijab. In recent years this as been very lax ..and you will see women on the street wearing tight fitting clothes, and head scarfs that show alot of law..and nobody bothers them...this bill is meant to combat it (also it mentions a men's hijab - no tee-shirts or long hair) But what is likely to happen is that there will be a periodical crack downs. Then everything goes back to normal because this law is really unpopular.\n\n It is bad because it denys women the hope that one day the hijab law will be abolished. But I really don't think the law will be sucessful in making everyone wear the same clothes. All women hate that too much!\n\nAs for freedom of religion..Iran respects that very much. There are many churches and synogogues. And every religous and national minority has a quota seats in parliament reserved for them. The Christian minority for example even has a special mixed sports club for them..and they can drink alcohol at home..and have parties with mixed dancing All these things are banned for muslims in Iran but not for religious minorities. And the police are much more tolerant of Christian girls floughting the dress code then muslim girls.
452050
yes it is.. im nuetral as anyone .. the koran speaks of violene against people who do not believe islam. look at Iran .. just today the pres said he was going to cut off the hands of people who try to attack islam .. thats an actual quote form the koran. God tells us that religions will be known by their fruits.. islam has produced 1400 years of violence and chaos. and dont tell me that  its just a few extremists... its 10 percent of the entire religion around 10,000,000 people .. including the entire country of iran!
376271
Iranian women dunno what they have to do ,what they have to wear what they have to think,feel....act....even if the government let them be totally free in what wearing ,doing,thinking their culture will hang them up...
615945
these are not 'bush claims'.  rather they are boasts from the iranian government itself, and reports/warnings from the IAEA.
1023746
I love how some Muslims say, "They are not forced to wear them, they wear them by choice." But what happens to the women who choose NOT to wear them? They get beaten with sticks... it's no wonder they all "choose" to wear them. And don't even try to tell me I'm wrong, I've seen it with my own eyes in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and even Jordan and Egypt. Aparently Arab men cannot control their lustful thoughts if even a strand of hair is poking out where they can see it.
866914
I can't give you an exact date, time, or anything, but if nothing short of revolution happens in at least 20-25 years, either it's overdue or 90% of Iranians love their Islamic fundamentalist overlords.
169989
The best I can do is give you a website for iranian news and politics.  There may be a link there for the iranian government.
298214
Hi I have been living in Iran as a christian for the rest of my life. Iran is a great country. The image that they have represented to the world has been false. There are some obligations regarding to the law.women should wear scarfs in the streets but not like the ones which are wearing the arab muslims. Girls are so fashionable the scarfs are coming in different colors such as pink blue...\n The girls should wear the same scarfs in the school. Every year 65 percent of the ones who are entering the university are women. They are occupying some high ranking jobs in the society. There are police patrols with the new mercedes benz cars  everywhere and I could tell that the traffic is Irans worst part.\n I'll be glad to tell you more.
1159800
Those armbands are part of Muay Thai tradition. They are called the Pra Jiad and fighters wear them for self confidence and good luck in their matches. They don't necessarily have to be made out of rope but also from some other materials that hold special meaning for fighters.
741930
In a theocratic government, there is never the freedom of faith. In most of the Islamic countries, no other religion than Islam can be freely practised.
399223
Lots.  They have a sizable military.  However, as in the case between the Iran/Iraq war during the early 90s, Iran is capable of recruiting thousands of civilians as religious zealots that don't mind the role of bullet catcher.  Rather scary.  In the past war, they were not given weapons and carried their own death shawls with them.
251940
News Max is excellent, also "The weekly Standard" magazine. Are you serious or are you joking? I hope so much Iran gets rid of their President and gets a leader that lets Iranians be free. I went all thru high school in the 60's with an Iranian boy named Sam and that was his prayer back then. I sure liked that boy and his family.
437209
...Iran has a "governer"?
587047
no they have\nyou can check this\nwww.samiyusuf.com\nit contains songs for islam\ni hope u enjoy it
689549
I'm glad someone noticed that! Especially about the religious president - although I definitely agree with the list above as well. It's a bit scary, isn't it?\n\nThe main difference, though, is that a lot of your fellow citizens agree with you that it's not a good thing... No, actually, I don't know what Iranians think about it, so what I just said is stupid. Plus, they don't have the same privileges Americans have.\n\nPS: I hope this is not going to come off as anti-American. I'm not. It's just that there are things I don't like in your country - just like there are things that I don't like in mine or in any country!\n\nAs for Europe being a continent of "godless hedonism"... Well, do you even know what hedonism means? Do you say that because we have naked women on TV and on billboards? Come on!
402801
The idea here is that systems are created by people and not single individuals. The Iranian people by whatever reason rosed against the regime of the Shah in 1979 to usher in the current system.For the past 26 years the story has been to change again, one wonders whether Iranians have not understood their action well when the topple the Monarchy in 1979. At any rate it seems the current govt is having as much support and enemies from in and out side. With the current deadlock one could but only think the regime can survive if the people fighting it continue to be divided. The strength of any sysytem lies in the unity of its people and thier loyality towards the establishment.
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It depends on how free you think people should be.   In spite of the rancor of the liberals about the Patriot Act and the MCA, our freedoms have not been affected, one iota.\n\nTry practicing Catholicism or Atheism in Iran.\n\nTry asking a question like this in Iran.