IRAN

Nick Carthew

I was typing an opinion on countries like Iran, but I removed it in order to keep tis forum cosy...

I think we’re adult enough not to create a war within our forum.

There is a big elephant in the room that hasn’t been mentioned. I truly believe that the ‘normal’ people of Iran (and other Islamic countries under sharia law) are very nice, hospitable and incredibly welcoming, but and it is a very big but for me. When the regime that is running the country treat their women as second class citizens, I’m afraid I have no interest in visiting that country.

My brother lives in Turkey, now Turkey is a much more tolerant country that isn’t governed under sharia law, but still, the menfolk look down on their women.

Women in Turkey obtained full political participation rights, including the right to vote and the right to run for office. But despite this ruling, Turkish women only have rights as much as their husbands or families bestow upon them. Although some of them are treated well, a good percentage suffer in silence from domestic abuse, violence, forced marriages etc.

I travel everywhere with my wife, we haven’t visited my brother and I’m sad to say that we’re never likely to.

Just to balance things out, I have another brother that lives in Israel and we’ll never visit that country either, but that’s for a whole different reason

Robert Laudensack

@Rob-Kelley i refer to personal experiance not whats written somewhere

Con Hennekens

@Nick-Carthew said in IRAN:

I think we’re adult enough not to create a war within our forum.

Yes certainly, and I agree with the rest of your reply.
My less-cosy statements I did NOT make were specifically NOT targeted at the ordinary people in the streets

Adrian Avram

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