I would love to see a secular Iran....better yet I'd rather see them return to being Persian. The one thing I do know is that this isn't the pendulum swing that westerners are hoping it is.... no matter who is president it's still a religious state that innately hates the united states.
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On a related note, one of the best graphic novels I ever read was entitled "Persepolis". It is the story of a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. This particular gal catalogs her family's experiences, including her parents sneaking a punk rock poster into the country, her friend being brutally raped and murdered by the military guard, and the riots and cultural deluge that followed.
The illustrations are simple yet poignant, the stories heartbreaking. One of the best comics I've ever read.
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Whoa! So apparently they made a movie type thing out of this. I was searching for a photo of the cover to show you all, but found that out instead....I cannot vouch for the quality of the film [which is animated
] but the comic is superb.
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