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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Wed Oct 8, 2014, 06:16 AM Oct 2014

Iranian youth sure looks ready to split with conservative regime

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/rich-kids-of-tehran-instagram-_n_5947578.html

While those are just some rich kids showing off on Instagram, I can confirm from personal experience that young Iranians do like to party.

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Iranian youth sure looks ready to split with conservative regime (Original Post) DetlefK Oct 2014 OP

Even in the midst of the revolution and the the Skidmore Oct 2014 #1

Skidmore

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1. Even in the midst of the revolution and the the

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Wed Oct 8, 2014, 06:54 AM

Oct 2014

sanctions and during the height of the Iraq war and with borders closed, you could still find Western liquor, cigarettes, and clothing. They cost quite a bit. You could find almost anything as long as you could find a black market merchant. What you didn't want to happen was to be caught with items forbidden by religious law. It is still true.

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