Maybe if they paid us to go and not the travel companies? I would go if it was a paid vacation. Although, I wonder if females would have to wear conform to the "dress code".

it's because all the hotels and businesses charge three times (or more) to foreigners. They tried to charge my family it because we didn't look persian enough.

I think the dress code for women is fairly relaxed, at least compared to a place like Saudi Arabia or Yemen. You'll probably have to cover up more than in Jordan or Egypt, but as long as you've got a scarf over your hair, you should be fine. Iran is ruled by religious nutjobs but it IS an industrialized semi-modern country. Probably depends on where exactly you're intending to go. And of course you'll have a husband with you at all times. Right?

Homos on the other hand would be well advised to stay the motherfucking hell away unless you want to end up like those two boys, or the many others. I believe the authorities crushed some gay men by toppling a wall onto them not long ago.

On the other hand this could be a Fundie nutjob's dream vacation. For a few extra $$ they might be allowed to pull the lever on the trap door.

Dare I ask what happens if you go sans scarf and sans husband? Is that where the she was askin to be raped part comes in?

That photo is incredible. And heartbreaking. And incredibly heartbreaking. Where'd it come from?

Best case scenario if you are with scarf but sans husband is that nothing happens. There is no law or cultural taboo that prohibits a lone woman from moving about freely in public. A bigger problem would actually be if you were walking around with a man who is not your husband or a close relative--then the vice patrol will
give you crap for it.

Best case scenario if you are sans scarf when moving about in public is that a more thoughtful member of the vice patrol stops you and informs you that you must veil. If you would refuse, you would face a fine or perhaps jail time for breaking the law. If you are willing to veil when asked by a kinder member of the vice squad, they will just let you go on your way. The situation gets more unsettling if you encounter a powertripping vice squad member who may be inclined to give you crap right away. The discretion of the vice squad to enforce public morality seems to lead to radical variation in the expected penalty.

The coffee shop owner next to where I work just visited Iran on a vacation a few weeks back. He had a great time.

In response to "My Family Went...'s" comment, They use cranes.

Fuck that place. I haven't even forgiven Arizona yet.
Of course these two personal boycotts are pretty convenient due the fact I have no reason to visit either.

Cranes owned by Haliburton.

Gays could still be in the closet there. I understand it's a cultural norm for two men to walk around holding hands.

They need a catchy slogan like "Say WA" and "metronatural". Maybe, "metrodecapitational" or "Not as wacky as Iraqi".

That photo made me cry.

Can I adopt gay Iranian teenagers?

There are so many wonderful places on this earth which I have not yet seen - and most of them are not ruled by an insanely power-mad theocracy of misogynists - so I cannot imagine going to Iran so long as that regime is in power. If I had any vacation money - which I don't - I'd see Europe, New Zealand, the Galapagos, a thousand other places first.

The last thing I want to do is spend one red cent supporting lunatics like that. It's kind of the same way I feel about my federal tax dollars, too, except our insanely power-mad theocracy hasn't started executing us for not conforming to social norms.

Yet.

Como se puede llamar rabeldes y terroristas a quienes defienden su patria. Aqui el unico asesino y mentiroso es bhus y blair

Dax: Vete al infierno.

Shouldn't that be: Aqui los unicos asesinos son bush y blair?

Or do the Spanish not care about noun-verb agreement?