22 May 2013
Monday, 26 December 2011 19:00

Ironic Captions

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Remember how I always say nothing goes unnoticed in Iran? The fact that Iranian people are so critical of their own government, and are aware of the contradictions and hypocrisies of the government’s version of Islam forced upon them, must be held in mind when looking at Iran.

As you might remember, followed by the attack on the British Embassy, the officials claimed that the act was carried out by a minority of angry students who had no ties with any religious, official or governmental agencies:

I came across a series of pictures captured by ISNA, Mehr and Fars News and thought to share the captions Iranians have been adding to them. While these captions are sarcastically explaining the behaviors of the subjects, they are demonstrating the distrust Iranian people have of their government and state-run media.

 

"For a university student, there are only five spelling and grammatical mistakes in one sentence!"

"As Prophet Mohammad says seek knowledge, from cradle to the grave, here is a “student” who has listened to his prophet."

"Well done, brother praying on a Ghasbi ground (i.e. a public park)." [in Islamic laws, a Muslim cannot perform religious duties on a land that does not belong to him or is taken by force. Such piece of land is called Ghasbi]

"Cruel and heartless crackdowns of the protesters by the police."

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About the Columnist: Parisa Saranj

Parisa is a journalism graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is currently a MFA Creative non-Fiction writing candidate at Goucher College. She began writing about her native country, Iran, at her personal blog IranStories.com to share everything she loves about Iran and Iranians, minus all the politics (if that's possible).

Tired of being asked the most basic questions about Iran, all based on stereotypes and lies, Parisa just wanted to provide a pure image of what life is like in Iran...what is it like to be an Iranian woman. Now, Parisa brings her I Heart Iran section from IranStories.com exclusively to Aslan Media.

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