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Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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Re: Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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Former Iran used to be mini-skirts and it was not that long ago. Could it feasibly or realistically go back to that? Asking for a friend.

> Former Iran used to be mini-skirts You mean just in a few cities like Tehran and only in 60s and 70s?

Isn’t 90% of the population in Tehran?

Re: Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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If you hear on the ground reports it doesn’t look like the islamists are going anywhere.

Yeah it seems the leadership’s response to the Portugal’s been to brutally beat the protesters to death. Tens of thousands of people have been killed.

Re: Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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If the US did it before (regime change), couldn't it do it again?

That's not the question, the question is why would the outcome be better.

If at first you don't succeed...

Re: Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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> Former Iran used to be mini-skirts You mean just in a few cities like Tehran and only in 60s and 70s?

Yeah Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan at least. Not very practical otherwise as it was a fashion thing. I would imagine as other towns grew it would have spread. Only point being they were not killed for it.

I think you need to do some research on it. Secular modernization was forced on Iranian population by pre-revolution rulers. There's in fact records of police tearing off veils and actually killing protesters of veil ban. I'm not saying the current regime is very democratic either, but facts are facts.

Re: Women rejecting the hijab have doomed Iran's brutal regime

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Former Iran used to be mini-skirts You mean just in a few cities like Tehran and only in 60s and 70s?

Isn’t 90% of the population in Tehran?

Exactly.. it's like claiming the whole US should adopt far left ideology because that's what prevails in New York and Los Angeles.
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