Inside Iran

Today my wife (Leila) and I went to a coffeeshop with a friend. In Iran and specially Tehran, coffeeshops are considered as a “meeting” place. I mean if I want to go somewhere with my girlfriend, coffeeshops are one of a few choices where I will be able to spend a couple of hours without disturbance of police or the government.

In a coffee shop, you can go and sit with your girl, spend a couple of hours and pay around 5′000 Tomans for each person (that is around 5USD). Practically you are not paying for the coffee or the ice cream. You are paying for a secure time with your friend! Coffee shop owners pays the police and they will let you have a free talk with your gf/bf.

But this time a new thing happened. We were there for a Hot chocolate after the daily work at the office but suddenly the worried owner came to our table and said:

- Moral police is comming! please check your Hijab!

The girls were fixed their scarfs. Same thing happened for the other tables too. Not 30 seconds later, two polices came in. They talked with the owner for about 5 minutes and then left. When leaving the coffee shop we found out that they’ve issued a penalty bill/ticket for this coffeeshop because of serving Bad Hijabs!

Here is the version which published in Iranian newspapers:

There is something fishy in this photo! Are they wearing trousers under their skirts ?! Google delivers the original photo:

Woww! So the problem is pornographic legs and that RED flag. You know? China is one of Iran’s best allies and Iran -being an pro Islam state these days- is one of the most anti-communism counties!