Azadeh

First Shot:

These days wearing hijab and being modest with Islamic Republic of Iran scale is one of the hottest topics in Iranian blogstan and news. A video of arresting a girl for her “immodest” attire and her pathetic objection to the police forces and a picture taken by Maryam (which was spread by Masih) showing a little boy crying and begging for his mum’s release were on top of the news for a while.

Second Shot:

Yesterday after a student drew a bald angel in a class in Arts faculty of Tehran University a discussion happened between the instructor and a female student who was wearing hijab (see). It was ended by an unwise act from the instructor. In order to make a funny connection between being bald and wearing hijab, he pulled a portion of the student’s hair from beneath her veil and told the other students “no! she does have hair”. The mocked embarrassed student said nothing in the class and her husband is going to file a case against the instructor. The eighty-year-old instructor is expelled and students are protesting in front of Tehran University.

I don’t want to say that what was happened in Tehran University could be a foolish action from an old instructor who has tried to make his students laugh. Or how embarrassing the situation was for the veiled female. Or choosing the clothe is the everybody’s obvious right and no one can force the others to wear a special attire. To my understanding both cases are different faces of the coin: Not respecting the privacy of the people in their very personal matters.

The astonishing point for me was the comments of the Pasdaran blog readers for what happened in Tehran University:

leave it to us his throat and the blade
(ما ميدانيم و تيغ و حلقوم شما)

Anyone who has a word and supporting the … instructor give me his address, I have a word with him. Swear to my ancestor if no one wants to do something I myself know what to do. Dear Abazar give more information
(هر کسی حرفی داره و طرفدار اون استاد فاسد کثافت هستش یه آدرس از خودش بده خودم باهاش حرف دارم… به جدم قسم اگر کسی نخواد برخورد کنه خودم میدونم چیکار کنم…اباذر جان بیشتر اطلاع بده)

Dear Abazar, just give the name of the instructor. Swear to the God I kill him myself. Just the name
( فقط یه اسم از استاد مربوطه بگید ابوذر جان… به خدای لاشریک خودم میکشمش… فقط یه اسم)

I was wondering how these guys can justify murdering a human being even if he has deliberately satirized the girl. It is noticeable that the second and the third guys have not even read the blog carefully to see the instructor’s name there. I know these kinds of comments are frequent among this generation of religious guys, but they are still shocking and for me. I don’t know if the female student has ever thought of what the girl of the movie or that mum has felt when facing brutal impolite police forces.