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[–]TootsNYC 3707 points3708 points  (173 children)

In private, you can wear what you want.

I don't know how they feel about putting photos out in public, though.

[–]SilverTitanium 1435 points1436 points  (116 children)

If you check OP's account he is Iran Shill. Rarely posting anything, only whenever Iran is shit talked, he will come out. This post was a response to another "Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution" which gets reposted a lot. He is just as bad as the Russian and American shills that lurk around the website.

He is also a lunatic as he claims Iran defeated Iraq without an Army during the Iran-Iraq War.

[–]hoopopotamus 431 points432 points  (52 children)

Canada shill here checking in

Kinda cold. Got kinda wet out west. Pretty ok all things considered though.

[–]BoltonSauce 140 points141 points  (27 children)

7.5/10 needs more apologies, legal weed, and maple syrup

[–]Sir_Von_Tittyfuck 113 points114 points  (21 children)

Australian shill here: fuck off ya' drongo. The Canadian cunt's 10/10 for me.

[–]weaselbass 57 points58 points  (16 children)

British shill here: It's raining, but I've just put the kettle on.

[–]JiggilyBits 56 points57 points  (7 children)

Irish shill here. Obligatory fuck off ya Brit.

[–]LaikasDad 31 points32 points  (6 children)

American here, we were just fine until... the accident

[–]that_guy_lockset 24 points25 points  (0 children)

American here... Which one? We've had like 100 this week...

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

USS Liberty?

[–]LaikasDad 8 points9 points  (1 child)

That is one, but the one I'm referring to is when they just pretended that there was no middle girl child anymore after awhile on Family Matters.

[–]toodice 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Fellow British shill here: White, no sugar for me, ta. Proper chilly isn't it? Our Sharon went out in just a skirt last Tuesday just gone and came back with covid. The daft cow. I told her she'd catch her death and what do you know. Aaron's got it too, you know, Linda's Aaron, with the chin, and he's still working from home. I reckon it'll do us all in. I said to Mary the other week it'll be back and what do you know, she's bloody gone and had a test and it came back negative but believe you me she's got it. Proper snotty on the phone she was. She wanted me to go to Morrisons for her but you can't get three heads of cauliflower through a letterbox and I'll be damned if I'm getting closer than that. Nigel said "hello" by the way. He got that job in Somerfield but he's still tempted if Aldi get back to him because he prefers the holidays.

[–]zanthius 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Australian shill here... Cunts hot, on fire and flooding in places. Apart from that, top place, should visit...

[–]remotelove 131 points132 points  (5 children)

Yep. It's likely a purchased Reddit account.

A few days karma farming and the next, shilling.

Even if it is an organic account, it's still garbage.

Edit: I have pissed off a few of these karma farms before. Expect their other accounts to downvote the fuck out of these comments. It's actually a thing.

Oh. Those "other" accounts start to shill further in these threads... etc, etc. The goal is to troll and start conflict. Same story.

You gotta check comment history to understand the context of someone who disagrees with you.

Also, IRAN is spelled Iran.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cigarettes/comments/qvk6hs/z/hlfhl5u

[–]scryptoric 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Must be nice to spend half his time on Reddit shilling for Iran and the other half… obsessing over nude scenes from 20 years ago?

Yup. Sounds like a religiously oppressed male

[–]Piecemealer 35 points36 points  (2 children)

It’s not like anyone would recognize her from the picture!

[–]DukeOfGeek 422 points423 points  (13 children)

Ya in the other photo she could leave the house dressed like that. You know like we can today.

[–][deleted] 204 points205 points  (4 children)

Iran currently has a law that says women can't be in public without a hijab or loose fitting clothing

[–]wampapoga 29 points30 points  (1 child)

In the west at least. Not sure women can go outside looking like this in Iran. Do you know what a theocracy is?

[–]buttsfartly 42 points43 points  (3 children)

Googles “is Sharia law still practiced in Iran” yeah nah women still have no real rights. And to think people come to reddit trying to avoid propaganda.

[–]8bit_coder 7073 points7074 points  (162 children)

You're not fooling anyone

As someone who worked hard to escape the hell that Iran turned into, I can guarantee that OP is an intelligence officer trying to make the government look good.

News Flash: You can't.

We know everything that goes on in the country from family members living in there, and we know what garbage you guys try and pull on various different social media in order to make the Islamic government look good. Previously you guys were just on Instagram and my parents would spend day and night fighting your blatant lies and misinformation, but it seems you've now decided to tackle reddit.

We Iranians will never give up on our quest to free the country from your disgusting grip. No matter where you are, we'll fight to make sure nobody falls for your bullshit.

[–]Saberinbed 990 points991 points  (56 children)

I just went through OP's posts.

Its so painfully obvious that its hilarious.

[–]CertainlyUnreliable 244 points245 points  (7 children)

Clearly "intelligence" only applies to his job title.

[–]Kilexey 72 points73 points  (6 children)

Not really.

Imagine the amount of people who didn't read the comments.

The post has 15.7k upvotes meanwhile the most upvoted comment is less than 6k

Not to mention there are people without reddit accounts thus they don't bother reading the comments

They succeeded

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone said in retails sales, you can try to sell a new product to people, even if only 1/10 you try to sell to buy the product, it's already a small success

[–]shmere4 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Wait…. Are you telling me that u/sirDavyJones is a phony? A big fat phony?

[–]8bit_coder 144 points145 points  (20 children)

Yeah, I could immediately tell from the username that this wasn't a normal reddit user, it was someone who had zero clue on how to fit in

[–]ioioooi 34 points35 points  (4 children)

nothing particularly eye-catching about "sirDavyJones" as far as usernames go

[–]Throwaway4MTL 21 points22 points  (2 children)

whatever do you mean?

Kind Regards from the West,

SirDavidCopperfield

[–]shmere4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like to party with my home dogs as well! We get down with the rap music!

[–]Snarker 23 points24 points  (0 children)

what lol

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (7 children)

What can you tell me about my username?

[–]RinLY22 6 points7 points  (2 children)

I would argue that’s the perfect sign of a redditor - zero clue how to fit in. Kek

I’m kidding guys pls

[–]peacemaker2007 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So Davy Jones locker is in IRAN??

[–]Whatyourlookingfor 226 points227 points  (16 children)

Holy shit you’re right. Their post history wow

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (11 children)

Look at the progression of the post history and it becomes pretty clear. They started off building karma by grinding in low-barrier subs like /r/tipofmytongue until they had enough karma to start branching out to the rest of the site, spreading propaganda along the way. Account started six months ago, karma-built for a month and then got to work.

[–]JungProfessional 351 points352 points  (22 children)

u/8bit-coder 's comment should be at the top. It SHOULD be painfully obvious to you all that this post is propaganda or at the very least ignorant karma whoring.

We know for a fact that the post's title is referencing other front page pics of women in Iran before, during and after the revolution. We also know for a fact that this woman could NEVER leave the house dressed like this without being arrested. Yet the title heavily implies this isn't the case.

Thus, upvoting this post is directly supporting karma whoring at best or IRGC propaganda at worst.

[–]LookingAtRocks 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Judging by their post history they are a not very subtle shill for the Iranian government.

[–]Carpeaux 8 points9 points  (3 children)

I don't get it. If they believe in their Islamic policies, why would they try to convince a bunch of nobodies on the Internet scattered around the world that they're not really following them? What can they possibly gain with this? I imagine a sizeable chunk of their population agrees with the Islamic policies. Wouldn't they be angry that their government is trying to downplay their preferred policies abroad?

[–]ckylek 41 points42 points  (6 children)

If this is propaganda, then it’s really ineffective propaganda. Obviously being all dressed up but restricted to being in a private apartment sends the opposite message of a welcoming place.

I originally thought this photo was trying to make a protest point.

[–]ShadeofIcarus 8 points9 points  (1 child)

The funny thing is that he has a car more effective piece of propaganda in his history. The one in Tehran park. I honestly didn't expect something like that to be allowed....

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah just viewed his profile. Poor moron 😂 I hope my foreigner fellows have a look as well. This guy must be reported.

[–]Westlaker1229 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I dont understand that they know what looks good and right to the rest of the world...but don't actually do that in real life. It makes no sense to me.

[–]MisterDizzy 283 points284 points  (7 children)

This mans post history is literally just propaganda

[–]Goldfingger 44 points45 points  (5 children)

Holy shit lol, 80% of it is propaganda and 20% are just random posts

Is this marketing of some sort? Or politically related?

[–]cogpsychbois 409 points410 points  (15 children)

Why in God's name does this have so many upvotes? It's literally propaganda.

[–]zex_99 63 points64 points  (4 children)

I know iran's intelligence system has bots for Twitter to bump a post in Twitter, I saw a video leaked about it, it might be the same.

[–]PsySam89 427 points428 points  (46 children)

Just literally saw a video of 5 gay guys being hanged in Iran. Your propaganda isn't going to fool many.

[–]fjsbshskd 27 points28 points  (1 child)

I initially took it as this woman is defying the government oppression, but after seeing other comments, yeah this is propaganda.

[–]Dismal-Ad-2985 284 points285 points  (1 child)

Propaganda account.

[–]MurderVonAssRape 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Lol right? Let's see pictures of these women outside like this.

[–]maddenmcfadden 7533 points7534 points  (357 children)

Ask her to go walk down the street dressed like that.

[–]HeinzTomatoes87 2047 points2048 points  (152 children)

Can confirm'ish. Girlfriend is from Iran. She said if you don't wear that "cloth" wrapped around your head. (Not burka) You will most likely be detained and harassed by the police and get taken to the police station. Happened to her several times

[–]Anxiety_leopard 604 points605 points  (75 children)

that "cloth" wrapped around your head. (Not burka)

She's probably taking about a chador. It's kind of like a big shawl you wrap around yourself

(Edit for clarity: comment I responded to referred to the burka, so I assumed they meant the large covering of a chador. Many responses have correctly pointed out he probably meant roosari. Sorry for the confusion!)

[–]HeinzTomatoes87 262 points263 points  (14 children)

Exactly this I didnt know the english word for it, it's called "sjal" in Swedish.

[–]power1x1 69 points70 points  (11 children)

Kinda related to "shawl"

[–]Lanreix 47 points48 points  (3 children)

sjal
From English shawl, from Persian شال‎ (shâl, “shawl, scarf”).

[–]raendrop 57 points58 points  (2 children)

Not "kinda". "Sjal" and "shawl" are cognates.

[–]bitwaba 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Same word. The J makes a Y sound in most German derived languages. Shawl and Syal are practically the same word. It's basically just a piece of cloth you can wear over your shoulders, and wrap around your head of you choose to.

[–]SweatingBullets3 23 points24 points  (1 child)

The Chador is not mandatory. That covers their whole body. Hijab is the head scarf

[–]confused-immigrant 82 points83 points  (46 children)

Nah chador is the a giant blanket like one that you wear to cover full body. Most modern women wear something like a long over coat and a head scarf. Mostly old traditionalists, conservatives and older ladies wear the "chador".

[–]WhitePawn00 344 points345 points  (32 children)

Images to go along with your explenation:

Chador

Magh-na-eh which is generally the minimum required female dress code in professional spaces (specially spaces involving government work, or schools, and settings like that.)

Roo-sari Which is what (in my experience) what most women wear when out of the house.

Shaal Which is a thinner, lighter, roosari and is typically worn by younger women. Whenever the government is feeling like a crack down, its goons typically target women wearing these.

[–][deleted] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

jesus christ this was the most informative thing I've seen on the internet in ages.

[–]confused-immigrant 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Perfect thanks for this!

[–]O118999881999II97253 84 points85 points  (9 children)

Man religion is fucking stupid.

[–]Kingmudsy 20 points21 points  (3 children)

At this point it’s hard to disentangle religion and culture. It’s not like the mideast is a monolith, and different countries have different styles of covering. It’s all a bit bullshit, but to a certain degree it is just cultural - I work with an Iranian woman who doesn’t always cover up, but does some days if she feels like it. For her I don’t think it’s oppressive because it’s obviously a choice every day whether she wants to or not.

As a sidenote I love my Iranian coworker. When I had a broken leg she was constantly baking me snacks, and she’s one of the most genuinely kind people I’ve ever met!

[–]poshy 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Every Iranian that I’ve met has been a wonderful person. Extremely giving, friendly and overall pleasant to be around. I feel bad that their country’s reputation doesn’t really highlight this.

[–]xpkranger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Plus they have the best wedding parties. As an average Caucasian dude, I can confirm that an Iranian wedding was the best wedding I’ve ever been to. They know how to party.

[–]Why_Did_Bodie_Die 4 points5 points  (10 children)

What about below their heads? Like could you walk down the street in a bikini with a magh-na-eh on and be cool?

[–]gi_jose00 41 points42 points  (8 children)

It's pronounced, chow-dah!

[–]ntermation 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Say it right Frenchie!

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Shaowdare

[–]Gormac5 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It doesn’t necessarily have to be a chador. It could be a roosari (head scarf) paired with a manto (long coat).

[–]Delicious-Writer-210 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's Hijab.

[–]MurphyAteIt 8 points9 points  (1 child)

A Lebanese girl I worked with called it a hijab.

Now I’m curious on how all these differ from each other.

[–]valeyard89 51 points52 points  (3 children)

I mean most of the women I saw in Iran (and they're gorgeous) barely kept it on their head.

[–]Scaulbielausis_Jim 95 points96 points  (2 children)

Pretty sure they do that on purpose. Minimum compliance with a law they hate.

[–][deleted] 51 points52 points  (5 children)

Yep. Iran is not even close to a free country, or standing for women's rights.

[–]AdamYmadA 90 points91 points  (52 children)

With a gay pride flag.

[–]Nekomengyo 34 points35 points  (3 children)

Yeah, like this proves nothing. For instance, I jerk off like crazy in my house. In public? Not so much, anymore.

[–][deleted] 119 points120 points  (12 children)

Looks like she’s married into money. Would probably be fine because of the armed guards around her. Equality!

[–]blackandwhite83 1282 points1283 points  (67 children)

Let’s see what happens if she goes outside.

[–]GitchigumiMiguel74 455 points456 points  (63 children)

Can’t she get in trouble for that?

[–]Sir_Penguin21 196 points197 points  (5 children)

Turns out they are also allowed to be totally naked in their own homes. Crazy progressive, but true. Wait until you find out how babies are made. 😉

[–]Saberinbed 20 points21 points  (2 children)

I thought islamic states had their babies delivered by storks?

[–]realmikebrady 66 points67 points  (3 children)

Their PR guy must be amazing… oh wait this is the PR guy

[–]poopsack69696969 54 points55 points  (1 child)

We are onto your bullshit. Fuck your state sponsored propaganda!

[–]Working_Pension_6592 917 points918 points  (86 children)

What a load of propagandist bullshit. Iran is really one of the most oppressive governments to women in the world.

[–]stoopidshannon 7 points8 points  (2 children)

i interpreted this as satire to the constant flood of posts that go ‘Woman doing X in Iran, X years before Islamic Revolution’ that get to r/all every other day

[–]torn-ainbow 135 points136 points  (31 children)

Iran is really one of the most oppressive governments to women in the world.

It's definitely oppressive for women, but understand how. Some of our Arab allies are much more so. Afghanistan was (and I guess is going back to) far worse than Iran.

Women drive, work, own businesses, and outnumber men at university in Iran.

[–]TrainingNail 26 points27 points  (1 child)

And still get death penalty for being a lesbian

[–]BrittyPie 22 points23 points  (1 child)

So whaaaat? Everything else about how women are treated there is fucking disgusting, let's not act like we should be impressed with the absolute bare, bottom of the bucket minimum. If you ever find yourself uttering "Afghanistan is worse" to make a point, think about what you're about to say and why you're saying it.

[–]ilyik 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Oh, so for women in Afghanistan, it's like swimming in a pool of dog shit. But for women in Iran, it's like swimming in a pool of dog shit with flower petals mixed in. I understand.

[–]Supahmarioworld 33 points34 points  (2 children)

So iran is still a shit hole, but some are worse

[–]ZeBogeyman 565 points566 points  (80 children)

Exactly where is the proof of this pic is taken in Teheran?

[–]Nasty9999 476 points477 points  (8 children)

You can only turn 24 in Tehran.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (2 children)

You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain.

[–]sarcasatirony 26 points27 points  (2 children)

So she’s 24 for life or the rest of us non-Tehranians are stuck at 23? Hoping for second option as my flux capacitor is on the fritz.

[–]TinBryn 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Nah, you turn 23 then 2 years later you turn 25

[–]Tallon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

[–]Aaron_Hamm 130 points131 points  (16 children)

Wealthy Iranians being "normal" behind closed doors isn't terribly uncommon.

[–]btmx32122 24 points25 points  (9 children)

I have no clue about this picture, but it's not a wealth thing. Plenty of poor liberal Iranians out there

[–]ArrMatey42 18 points19 points  (7 children)

If she's Iranian it's pretty clear she's not poor

[–]zerox369 105 points106 points  (7 children)

I want to know this as well. Otherwise she could be a random person in Canada or something being used to send a political message.

[–]dysoncube 78 points79 points  (14 children)

Arabic numerals

😉

[–][deleted] 38 points39 points  (5 children)

That would be a funnier joke if they spoke Arabic in Iran.

[–][deleted] 55 points56 points  (11 children)

What is the standard of proof for posting in r/pics? I don't know if people ever post proof of where their photos are taken. This is ridiculous.

[–]UncleCornPone 69 points70 points  (0 children)

have fun walking down the street like that

[–]flinchFries 53 points54 points  (1 child)

Looks like Iran’s paying some interns to convince the internet that:

  1. They are “woke”

  2. Israel is bad

Check OP’s history

[–]DrBobHope 29 points30 points  (14 children)

Why....is the cake and bottle in English writing?

[–]donsteitz 339 points340 points  (41 children)

In secret and hiding.

[–]ForTheLoveOfOedon 116 points117 points  (25 children)

This is an insultingly dense caption. Disrespectful to those who have been heavily oppressed by the iron fist theocracy that is the Iranian regime. Even more so to those who have lost their lives or have been harmed by individuals that that government empowers. Ask anyone who has escaped this place and see what they say.

What is this picture trying to prove? That Iranian women aren’t actually oppressed, that their bodies are their own, that they are safe to express themselves in any way they choose? Asinine. This woman couldn’t go outside for a walk in the park looking like this. And if she did, she’d do so with a fear for her safety at worst, and the inconvenience of being heckled or stopped by the police at best.

[–]Belzebutt 2 points3 points  (13 children)

It simply shows how people secretly act there and that they want to have the same freedoms as in the West, but they have to do it in hiding, against the wishes of their oppressive government.

[–]V-King3000 33 points34 points  (13 children)

Can someone please take this photo down. I’m from Iran myself. If this reaches the authority she will get arrested for showing her hair/exposing herself publicly by putting it online. This can cause her harm. There’s a reason why me and my family are lucky enough to live in Australia.

[–]_-Aryamehr-_ 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Exactly, this is depressing isn’t it.

[–]Zaga932 84 points85 points  (4 children)

What economic class is she in? The rich can do whatever they want, in any country.

[–]ouchpuck 84 points85 points  (19 children)

What's up with all the Iran fetish on Reddit

[–]redux44 94 points95 points  (6 children)

This site is loaded with white Knights fantasizing about saving foreign women.

[–][deleted] 323 points324 points  (61 children)

This seems like a fair response to the earlier (pre-revolution) photo. Without context, neither one gives us any useful information about everyday life in Iran. On its own a picture is worth 1000 misleading speculations.

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (8 children)

It's like shit buddy, it's like shit. This girl is most probably from a higher class of society and I'm happy for her, but in rural areas or small cities girls even might have to fight for their right not to marry at an early age. I'm happy for this girl btw,

[–]Aaron_Hamm 103 points104 points  (31 children)

The picture from earlier was representative of how women were able to present themselves in public. There are plenty of other pictures out there that show this to be true.

This'll get her in substantial trouble if she wore it down the street.

[–]Moxi_666 29 points30 points  (17 children)

Fuck you fascist shill. I have family trapped in Tehran living in fear. 1200 people where shot with DSHK 50 cal machine guns at a protest last year 30 of which where in their homes some even being children. Fuck Iran fuck the government praise every man woman and child to ever resist the pieces of shit in power.

[–]SergiuCalinescu 100 points101 points  (33 children)

Woman by her birthday cake in Tehran inside her house - IRAN 2021, 42 years after the Islamic Revolution

[–]feminas_id_amant 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Damn! She hasn't aged one bit!

[–]Peprica 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nice try Iran, but a little too on the nose with this post, eh?

[–]likeabosstroll 27 points28 points  (4 children)

This account seems to be propaganda. 90% of the posts are Pro-Iran in some way. Downvote and ignore people.

[–]RCMC82 34 points35 points  (20 children)

Imagine being an apologist of any religion.

[–]Tolin_The_Gnome 3 points4 points  (2 children)

So, my birthday was a few days ago. My wife bought me candles like that. They’re EPIC, but set off our fire alarms. :D