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Life in Iran (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Comrades, I'm stuck working on some university bullshit and thus I am bored. So, let's shoot the shit. I am an Iranian computer engineering graduate student (have a bsc degree in CompSci) and I have noticed that my country Iran is completely... opaque, so to speak, to even leftist of various denominations from the outside. So, let's talk comrade to comrade. Ask me shit about the daily soulcrushing grind of life in Iran...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What is the position of women? Are divorces, abortions and birth control accessible?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pretty decent, especially compared to how it was under the shah (and oh boy, it was shit) in terms of literacy rates, participation in society, participation in economy, etc. (definitely MUCH better than any US ally in the region lol)

Abortions are only permitted in special cases, I think? Before 4 months of pregnancy but I'm remembering this VERY loosely

Birth control is readily available (although to the dismay of fundamentalists) and divorce is not my area of expertise so I don't know how hard it is etc, but the woman in the marriage can ask for an arbitrary amount of money (mehriye) from the man upon termination of marriage who can even go to prison over this (obv, there is no marriage other than man/woman under the 'Islamic' Republic).