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  Peer reviewed content is half assed, copy that.  There’s plenty of research , just Google it.  
  You’re like one of those flat earths where you shove facts in their face and they still refuse to believe…
context: truly disgusting regime >
  
  Religion.
  Not just Islam >
  
  edit : agree with you, i was just going for shock - montheism - i am a bit more lenient (personally obviously yall can do what the fuck you want) with polytheism, but i feel monotheism and cultures built around it to be the doom of the earth >
  
  Can't think of anything more meaningless then locking them up >
  
  Locking them up because a few strands of hair above the allowed limits is showing. >
  
  
  How dare they expose themselves like that!
  Totally /s >
  
  Maybe edit out the last bit, peeps don't rock that vibe.
  Maybe no punishment at all coz it's a fucken stupid law, would be better, I feel. >
  
  They're both so young and they're going to spend the best years of their lives in a fucking Iranian prison. >
  
  And from what we’ve heard about Iranian prisons I worry for them >
  
  To be fair there’s very few countries prisons that I’ve heard rave reviews of. >
  
  I’ve heard Norwegian prisons are fairly nice. Comparatively of course. >
  
  Finnish and Norwegian prisons are nicer than some apartments >
  
  Those photos you see of the super nice Scandinavian prisons aren't the standard cells. Those are for people on good behavior who are finishing out the last years of their sentence. The idea is to prepare them to reintegrate into society.
  That's not to say their typical cells are garbage, they're still pretty nice, but they aren't the apartment-looking rooms you see on the internet. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of more than 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran's main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists have said.
  Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, were arrested in early November after a video went viral showing them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower.
  A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as imposing bans on using the internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said.
  
  
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  Nothing says "shithole" like a government arresting people for harmlessly enjoying themselves. 
  The people of Iran deserve soooooo much better. >
  
  It's amazing how much of cowardly snowflakes authoritarians are. >
  
  For those who were struggling to interpret the above comment, I think it is supposed to convey:
  It's amazing how many authoritarians are cowardly snowflakes. >
  
  What a stupid fucking place to live >
  
  Most people don't get to choose. >
  
  I know. Doesn’t mean the place is not cool to live in. >
  
  Double negative there champ, means the place is cool to live in. >
  
  Fuck >
  
  Kevin Bacon needs to do an intervention in Iran... >
  
  Footloose 2 - Iranian Boogooloo >
  
  Fuck you >
  
  Most progressive Iranian court >
  
  Religion,  a continuing scourge on humankind. >
  
  Dancing should never be a crime, let alone punished with 10 years in jail. >
  
  On the plus side, they weren't sentenced to death. >
  
  What do you think happens in Iranian Prisons >
  
  You can almost bet she'll probably be raped while serving her time, it happens to women who are simply arrested then released. >
  
  Isn’t sex outside of marriage frowned upon there? >
  
  They don't condone sex outside marriage, don't stop men from committing it tho. Men there view women as property it seems. >
  
  I'm an Indian in Canada and I attended a Latin Salsa concert with my Colombian friend. The audience was mostly Latin but I saw this couple set the dance floor on fire. They were passionately twirling each other around and leaping into the air to thunderous applause from the audience. 
  At the end of the concert I learnt they were Iranian and I was like 'WHAAAAT'. They just expressed everything they were repressing throughout their lives on the dance floor and it showed.
  Edit : Wow i didn't expect this comment to be so controversial! To clarify, yes India and Iran share a lot in terms of language and food but there are not many Iranians in India or Indians in Iran. I've been in Canada for less than a year and I have met several Iranians here. At last count I know people from Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Kerman, Kermanshah and of course Tehran. I have met Persians, Kurds and Azeris from Iran. Not once did a national obsession for Salsa come up in our conversations. I have attended a couple of birthday parties where I have heard Persian pop being played and my friends dancing, but again I saw no Salsa or other similar intimate dance forms being performed. My surprise was for this reason alone, how an Iranian couple out danced the majority Hispanic audience at that concert in a dance form that is not native to Iran. To me, it seemed their passion was driven by their newfound freedom to express themselves artistically in a public place that, as this article suggests is not possible in Iran. >
  
  I know you only meant well with your comment but...my dude...Iranians dance, like a lot, even in Iran. Yes the government is repressive and absolutely insane, but people never stopped dancing in their private homes.
  I got sad reading your comment, like wtf do people think about us. And you're also Indian/Canadian, I felt like you should know us better, we have so much in common. Anyways, your story made me happy to read but the assumption you had going into it...I wonder how much western people think we're all from some backwater. >
  
  I don't think you're being entirely fair to our friend above. 
  How is an indian-canadian supposed to know what happens behind closed doors in private homes?
  While of course I would assume Iranians can and do dance ... it isn't exactly a culture that's famous for it's wild dance parties in the same way as southern and central america clearly are. >
  
  Bruh our parties are off the chain with dancing >
  
  For real. Iranian parties are kuns going crazy, shirini and clapping. Only a person who doesn't truly know Iranians thinks they don't dance. >
  
  But do they SALSA dance.  That's the question here. >
  
  Maybe? I haven't done a comprehensive poll of the dances Iranian people like. If someone were to tell me Salsa scores high on the list of dances, Iranians enjoy, I wouldn't be surprised because I know Iranians love dancing. >
  
  It would shocking if there were NO Iranian salsa dancers. 
  It would be equally shocking if salsa dance contest championships are dominated by Iranians.
  It would be a reasonable guess that a small minority of Iranians can salsa dance and that an even smaller minority of them excell at it.  
  Again, that's not racism, that's just how statistics work. >
  
  cool country you got there bro >
  
  yeah we feel islam deep in our butts >
  
  Eventually the headline will read: "Whole family sentenced to death for talking while eating. "We will not tolerate rude behavior" Iranian Warlord stated. >
  
  "To ease the burden on the courts, there will be no more trials, for those accused of a crime against the Republic. Only sentencing shall take place." >
  
  A government without dancing is a government not worth having >
  
  Any leader willingly doing business with Iran should be viewed as evil. China, Russia, and Turkey all have a close relationship. As much as I prefer Lula over Bolsonaro, he has shown much support for Iran too. >
  
  To be clear, Lula is interested in Brasil. That's it. That is his agenda. It's dirty and wrong, but that's his policy direction. >
  
  
  A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.      
  
  V for Vendetta. >
  
  The way countries like Iran are destroying their own "human capital" it is a wonder they can carry on. But never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. >
  
  Russian and Chinese money can support a country through a lot of bullshit. >
  
  It's when I read news like this I wish I could turn into Doctor Manhattan, split myself into 2000 bodies, and free all innocent prisoners. And jail all guilty people (kidnappers, rapists, murderers). >
  
  The Iranian people need to rise up and destroy this evil theocracy. >
  
  They have tried. Many times. Unfortunately the people opposed to the theocracy don't have the guns. >
  
  Wow...This regime is fucking crazy. >
  
  Wow, all cause of a head scarf and a woman dancing romantically with a man in public. Humbling and sad. 10 years...what a disgusting regime. >
  
  I’m getting a footloose vibe from this. >
  
  Keep dancing and your head might get loose >
  
  Right wingers want a Christian version of this in a country near you >
  
  Yeah he is exaggerating a little bit. For now the ones in our country are content with banning education and are still in the book burning phase. We're getting there though. >
  
  Never seen a username fit so perfectly to the written comment >
  
  I gave your recent history a look since you insulted my name(how dare you) and it seems like you have trouble grasping Hearthstone. This topic might be a little bit outside your wheelhouse. >
  
  Bro you didn’t have to literally annihilate the dude like that lmfao >
  
  From any ethical philosophical standpoint these Abrahamic religions tend to be a product of their time, not divine inspiration. 
  If they were indeed divinely inspired they would not have practices that have since been so unambiguously unethical >
  
  Jailed for dancing?  Someone get Kevin Bacon on the line. >
  
  There’s no future in negotiating with this regime. They exist to exterminate their own people for the privilege of the religious elite.
  Hopefully the people can be freed from their religious tyranny one day. >
  
  This may be an unpopular opinion, but when nations start to behave like this, maybe the world community just needs to go in and remove its leaders. >
  
  As we’ve seen in Afghanistan, that doesn’t work. The people have to want democracy, if they want it enough they can start a movement that would be supported by the west. >
  
  A movement like protesting for 5 months demanding human rights in our country? >
  
  No, a movement like civil war. You guys are holding signs up at an authoritarian government as if that’s going to do something.
  You skipped a step, and that’s actually HAVING a Democratic government to pressure. >
  
  I mean they're also throwing molotovs at: seminaries (which seems weird if you don't consider that akhunds are the oppressive class, so don't look at it through a western lens look at it through our lens), basiji bases, police stations.
  It's not just holding up signs, it's genuine civil unrest too. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of more than 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran's main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists have said.
  Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, were arrested in early November after a video went viral showing them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower.
  A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as imposing bans on using the internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said.
  
  
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  We desperately need a full scale alien invasion, like now. >
  
  The boiling pot of anger against such craziness from the regime in Iran is not only going to boil over, it is bound to explode. Totally disgusting. >
  
  Christians love to act like this isn't what would happen if our government continues to get more religious >
  
  For real, a lot of those evangelical republicans sound like Christian mullahs to me >
  
  How is this even defensible? Like for any pro-iran people, how can you even justify this? >
  
  It's not the religion it's the regime. You can do this dance in many other Muslim countries and nobody will bat an eye. >
  
  This is why you vote and one of the many reasons we need seperation of church and state! >
  
  Do.. Iranians actually like their government? >
  
  What exactly is the charge they're filing against them? I'm fascinated by how they justify this >
  
  No fun allowed >
  
  What was the specific charge they were given?
  Exciting wholesomeness? >
  
  Man it’s just heartbreaking what’s coming out of Iran lately. >
  
  I feel for the people of Iran for such a revolting infection of religious nut bags. Sad and disgusting >
  
  “Dancing in Tehran as a couple believe it or not jail” >
  
  I'm absolutely dumbstruck. I truly can't wrap my head around this. Dancing??? This is fucking awful and disturbs me that this actually happens somewhere. >
  
  I hope  the leadership in Iran has a quick demise >
  
  How have these people not overthrown their backward government yet? >
  
  The government has all the guns. >
  
  they can't execute everyone >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of more than 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran's main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists have said.
  Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, were arrested in early November after a video went viral showing them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower.
  A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as imposing bans on using the internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said.
  
  
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  Baptists in government are never a good thing >
  
  So religious nutcases who not only have a thing about women and their hair, they hate dancing too?
  Are they going to froth at their mouths just because tik tok exists? >
  
  The young people are revolting!
  What do we do?
  I know! Let's put them all in the same place and prevent them from leaving. 
  So revolution school?
  Sure, that seems wise. What could go wrong? >
  
  Soke people talk about parrallels between Orwells' 1984 and the pandemic world and antipandemic measures (masks, vaccines, limited public and personal gatherings etc) but 1984 was happening for many years in the other part of the world. >
  
  Imagine being born there or as a woman in Afghanistan :( >
  
  So when is the freedomTM tour coming their way? >
  
  I look forward to the end of this disgusting regime. >
  
  CIA needs to get rid of this regime just like Chavez. >
  
  The CIA got rid of the Iranian regime once before. The people revolted and overthrew them and put this government in it's place. >
  
  Agreed but this can’t be the CIA had in mind. >
  
  Can’t wait to see Iran‘s Regime getting obliterated in the future. >
  
  I definitely take my freedom for granted.
  I just can't believe the tiny dick energy of some countries. >
  
  I’m yet to read a post about Iran on Reddit where Americans don’t instantly make it about themselves in the comments. >
  
  It's weird that some Americans on a primarily American website will sometimes bring up American things. >
  
  Yeah I guess it’s quite impressive that a nation can harbour so many insular individuals, that even on a subreddit specifically not about American news, offer up sich insightful comments about the US without so much as mentioning the country in question. God forbid you empathise with another country, right? >
  
  People relate things to what they know. The top comment is literally a Canadian relating this to one of their experiences. 
  
  offer up sich insightful comments about the US without so much as mentioning the country in question.
  
  And instead of adding any insights about Iran, you just came here with "America Bad." >
  
  It’s not relating to a situation when you completely ignore the situation to talk about yourself. Is it so hard to offer up any kind of comment without making it about yourself? 
  
  And instead of adding any insights about Iran, you just came here with "America Bad."
  
  Because I can’t be bothered. I’ve spent the past 4 months posting about Iran and it’s disheartening because people are ignorant and leave the same shit comments on every post. So I left an observation instead, that seemingly some other people agreed with. >
  
  I've looked at a few of your posts and I just don't see much of what you're talking about; most of the top comments I saw where very sympathetic to the Iranian people. The internet has never had a shortage of bad takes, low effort humor, and outright toxicity, and I hope you won't let them get in the way of you fighting your cause. >
  
  Theocracy is evil. This is what republicans want here in the US. >
  
  In Iran you can't dance if you want to. >
  
  Their friends can’t dance, and if they do dance then they’ll go to fucking prison >
  
  I would totally support a invasion or Iran.  Treating people as sub-human in the name of religion and to protect your fiefdom simply isn’t on. >
  
  I get it, but shit like this was used as justification for EVERY useless war America got itself into. 
  If a country doesn’t value democracy, they will not get better. We can’t force it from the outside unfortunately. >
  
  Congratulations, you won today's racism! >
  
  Inbreeding or consanguineous marriage is a common traditional practice in Middle Eastern cultures. Studies from various countries and communities of this region showed that the frequencies range up to 70%. 
  I didn’t know facts were racist. >
  
  
  Inbreeding or consanguineous marriage is a common traditional practice in Middle Eastern cultures. Studies from various countries and communities of this region showed that the frequencies range from 70%.
  
  You have no data about the specific country we're talking about, just a general study of birth defects and possible morbidity causes affected by consanguinity in Middle-Eastern countries, published 27 years ago. The abstract of that study mentions that the range of consanguinity is 20% to 70%.
  You took that study you added in your edit, which doesn't mention cognitive impairment at all, as a factual proof that the vast majority of a country is stupid. That is called confirming your racist biases with half-assed research.
  Edit: I even noticed that you removed the end of the sentence you quoted so people wouldn't know that the last 2 words were " to 20%." That's just... Ew.