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lose to reliving the days of the Iran-Iraq war, soon we will have to wait in line for everyday goods," says a 60-year-old, middle-class matron from Tehran. "Things are getting worse by the day," says a 57-year- old Iranian academic preparing to emigrate to North America. "It is better to get out now w
ness remains unknown to most Iranians. "This issue is a redline, the [Iranian] media can't go near it," says Jamshid Barzegar, a senior analyst at BBC Persian. "To talk about this would be considered a weakening of people's attitudes. The government only speaks of tactics and resistance, how unhurt Iran
lose to reliving the days of the Iran-Iraq war, soon we will have to wait in line for everyday goods," says a 60- year-old, middle-class matron from Tehran. "Things are getting worse by the day," says a 57-year-old Iranian academic preparing to emigrate to North America. "It is better to get out now wh
dness remains unknown to most Iranians. "This issue is a redline, the [Iranian] media can't go near it," says Jamshid Barzegar, a senior analyst at BBC Persian. "To talk about this would be considered a weakening of people's attitudes. The government only speaks of tactics and resistance, how unhurt Iran w
spect of daily interactions with Iranian officialdom, that it is no longer noteworthy. For those in the West who seek to better understand what makes Tehran tick, though, the regime's curious fixation on sex cannot be ignored. To paraphrase the late U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill, in the Islamic Republi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026553 →lars into Chinese censorship technology to create a moral Iron Dome against political and cultural subversion, with decidedly mixed results. Piped-in BBC Persian and Voice of America television are sometimes successfully scrambled, but those who want pornography have no shortage of outlets. That said, the cens
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026555 →Entities connected to both Tehran and BBC Persian

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