Questions for mindful
 

Mindful, I am curious as to how much exposure you get to Western culture. Are American/European television shows rebroadcast in Iran? CNN? Movies? Sports?

of course! iran newsnetwork is constantly referring to american/european media ..everyday....CNN,FOXNEWS,CBS,ABC,BBC,SKYNEWS, HAaretz,JERUSALEM POST, etc.. just a sample of what they feed us with .
the funny thing is ..i mostly recieve provocative news from our media (referring american media) which cause me to stick to internet to learn about it more !
as far as movie industry goes ..they are plenty of american,european movies around.
you might like this fact that i used to watch NBA long time ago ..they would air it at weekend and i used to love Uta jazz..witout knowing it ,that destiny would bring me in here ,hanging out with utah folks.

Very interesting. I'm glad to hear we have another Jazz fan! Are you a big soccer fan?

Any favorite American movies?

well,i like soccer, specially when it comes to national team ..but never go crazy about that.
and movie ...oh ,yeah..one of my favorite is "Autumn in NewYork" :)

Are you allowed to go to the Soccer games?

if the stadium could provide a suitable place for women to settle and watch the match ..yes ,why not .
the only thing we care about would be avoiding to endanger women's respect and value due to the language and behavior which is unfortunately dominated in soccer games,

i wonder if you might be interested to know about "iranian women soccer team"
http://www.payvand.com/news/07/may/1144.html

Are you required to wear a burkha, as in Taliban, and Saudi Arabia?

Are you allowed in mixed confines with men?

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Do women ever complain about having to wear a burkha?

I'm not asking if you complain, but do you ever hear others complain, or it is simply accepted?

In most Western countries, you'd have civil war if that were ever imposed.

we arenot obliged to wear chador (iranian version of burqa). no ..but yes some women who arenot able to embrace hijab concept might complain..

well,i am a professional complainer too,but not becuase this is what i am committed to wear ,on contrary ,becuase its my serious concern that women should be meritorious enought to put on a chador ..as it used to be in "ancient iran ". No low-class ,uneducated quivery believer women would be allowed to pick up a chador to make hijab ,it was absolutely dedicated to religiously devoted, respected ,well-off families .
since wearing chador isnot just about clothing rather remarking belifes and behaviors.

ps:i was definitely not going to devide people to poor and rich since it has NO place in islam so to speak.

well ,your women did fight to achive the vote right, they could fight to remove hijab law too. wheras iranian women had the definite right to vote from the very first after islamic revolution..so they might be willing to fight to ban hijab law.:)