Divorce Iranian Style

A documentary by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir Hosseini

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jasonrobardas

Back to the middle ages

by jasonrobardas on Mon Jan 04, 2010 03:12 PM PST

      In the 21dst century , Islamists  have turned iran into a nigtmare for women  . Male dominated laws in action .  backward laws that are a shame  . Shame on us all .


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rbkk19

George Carlin on Religion

by rbkk19 on Mon Jan 04, 2010 09:22 AM PST

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit! But I want you to know something, this is sincere, I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up. Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say "this guy", because I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it has to be a man. No woman could or would ever fuck things up like this. So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he's at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn't give a shit. Doesn't give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results. So rather than be just another mindless religious robot, mindlessly and aimlessly and blindly believing that all of this is in the hands of some spooky incompetent father figure who doesn't give a shit, I decided to look around for something else to worship. Something I could really count on. And immediately, I thought of the sun. Happened like that. Overnight I became a sun-worshipper. Well, not overnight, you can't see the sun at night. But first thing the next morning, I became a sun-worshipper. Several reasons. First of all, I can see the sun, okay? Unlike some other gods I could mention, I can actually see the sun. I'm big on that. If I can see something, I don't know, it kind of helps the credibility along, you know? So everyday I can see the sun, as it gives me everything I need; heat, light, food, flowers in the park, reflections on the lake, an occasional skin cancer, but hey. At least there are no crucifixions, and we're not setting people on fire simply because they don't agree with us.

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Fatollah

STONEDGOAT

by Fatollah on Mon Jan 04, 2010 02:35 PM PST

believe me if you were born female in Iran where your whole upbringing is based on religious traditions, Islamic or none Islamic, call it what you want! where they treat you like dirt as grown up and as a child who need to be taken care of by an adult "a personal property, if you will", than you would behave no differently! The laws are against them and add poverty on top of that! See, what "maajoon" it becomes! 

No, they are just victims of a sick society, culture and they deserve more. and that's a shame, our shame!

-F 


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STONEDGOAT

what are they saying

by STONEDGOAT on Mon Jan 04, 2010 08:24 AM PST

HOW ABOUT SOME SUBTITLES!?  all it looks like to me is wife getting what she deserves....BUT with subtitles maybe i could be more sympathetic


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Fatollah

Iran judiciary is a farse

by Fatollah on Mon Jan 04, 2010 01:29 PM PST

Iran judiciary is a farse at best, it's also a breeding ground for corruption like no other institusion in Iran or anywhere else I've been. I feel so sorry for my fellow Iranians who have to endure these people from the "darbaan", secretary to judge himself while seeking justice in these courts.

Iranian "men" in particular are guilty as hell, so I don't just blame the son of bitch Mullah judge in the clip!

Funny how these "men" talk about namoos, sharaf while they themselves have none. I've been around long enough and seen all that first hand.

Look what we were struggeling to achieve prior to IR era, and where we ended up today! I blame the mullahs for their greed, because they lost so much influence and their role reduced after 1963. so they had to destroy Iran to get all that back !


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پیام

Tragic.

by پیام on Mon Jan 04, 2010 05:54 AM PST

Islam in action. Time to revisit our beliefs.


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reRa

they turn the country to $ ... hole for more than 30 years...

by reRa on Mon Jan 04, 2010 04:14 AM PST

same here ... I know and lived enought ther to see life is a misery for women in there ... thats the big reason every one want to run a way and go any where but not there to live ....

its not the answer .. but at least they dont have to face all these there any more ...well some how ...

if i had big power and would be able to run the rules there ... the first thing i could do was to hang all mullahs from their bum and .... well i leave some for angry imagination ... thats what they deserve and the rest of idiots who kiss theier &%$ b.... ts ... as well ... and at least poeple can have a better life after all ...

 


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HollyUSA

mehrdadm

by HollyUSA on Mon Jan 04, 2010 02:06 AM PST

Thank you for posting this. I watched all of it, begining to end. I don't know which I feel the strongest: sadness or anger.

To all the men and especially the women, who to any extent at all, however slight, support the IRI or even the notion of a legal/political system based on religion: SHAME ON YOU.  And you know who you are.


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SIMONEH

Dammn!

by SIMONEH on Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:05 AM PST

DAMMMMMN it!

akheh beh in ham misheh goft ghazi?...zooresh miad dokalameh harfeh dorost bezaneh.."ba ham berin besazin!" faghat hamino baladand az kalameh talagh!

ey khoda! in tarzeh negah beh zan key tamoom misheh. mageh ma choobim?, sangim?...ageh zaneto doost dari chera azyatesh mikoni?..agaram doostesh nadari raahatesh kon bezar bereh digeh..lamasaba! bikhod nist hameh yejooriyaee ravani hastan. delam mikhad sar beh taneh hichkodoom az in masoolineh dadgaha nabasheh!


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gitdoun ver.2.0

what the hell ????

by gitdoun ver.2.0 on Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:34 PM PST

Dysfunctional, Broken, FAILED GOVERNMENT !!!!!!!!!! DONT THEY HAVE COMPUTERS ????? Is this still the 1835 to have everything written on papers and filed in cabinets ??? i bet the clerks couldn't find a form even if they wanted to !!! it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. these mullah's spend millions on weapons and bombs but dont spend anything on infrastructure to run a country !!!!!! Damn Mullahs are so inherently sexist in their DNA and so biased and such bigots that they ignore women's rights 90% of the time during the whole divorce procedure. These mullahs should be executed twice 1) for committing injustice in the name of religion 2) for oppressing women in her universal right to divorce. At the beginning of the video women are screened to see if they have makeup and are wearing chador ??? Where in the Quran says a woman is forbidden to wear makeup ?? Where is the word chador in the Quran ?? And where does it say it must be Black and resemble a funeral shroud ???  This whole damn government was formulated and created based on 1 man's intepretation on Islam; Khomeini!!! And since 1979 till today the country has gone to $hit. Not only is the country not islamic it can't even be called a fully operational functioning government !!! Everything takes 15 days or 20 to 30 days to get anything done !!!!   All these phucking mullahs can do is shoot rockets into the sky and order their basij animals to kill. DAMN ALL THESE KHOMEINIST-MULLAHS AND THEIR BASIJ DOGS THAT WORSHIP THEM !!!!! AS LONG AS THERE ARE IDIOTS WILLING TO KISS THE GROUND KHAMENEI WALKS ON ----DEMOCRACY WILL NOT PREVAIL IN THE COUNTRY!!!!  ---this video has made me so mad!!!!!


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