Controversial new movie "Circumstance" explores the lives of lesbians forced to live in the shadows. Omid Memarian talks to women in Iran who say the movie doesn’t do their predicament justice.
As I was flipping channels, I landed on a real-life love story of sorts. It was a segment about young Iranians who were finding their spouses with the help of a hip-looking, bearded matchmaker clad in a turban and robe.
You thought your nagging mother was bad... Kidding aside, this bit of news is all kinds of terrible: a state-owned Iranian gas and petro company is concerned about prostitutes and has ordered employees to marry by September or take a pink slip, reports the Feminist Daily News. It's illegal to have sex outside of marriage in Iran.
An Iranian man that was known for his penny pinching ways is now being required to pay his wife's dowry. And it's a doozy. A court has ruled that he owes her 124,000 roses. Iranian law dictates that his property can be seized to pay the dowry or he can spend time in jail. Let that be a lesson.
Iran's morality police are cracking down on young lovers. Public displays of affection are outlawed and so are fun outfits.
