r/iran • u/_flac Safavi Dynasty • Jun 12 '15

Greetings /r/Italy, today we are hosting /r/Italy for a cultural exchange! [12-13 June]

Welcome Italian friends to the exchange!

Today we are hosting our friends from /r/Italy. Please come and join us and answer their questions about Iran and the Iranian way of life! Please leave top comments for /r/Italy users coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness and personal attacks etc. Moderation outside of the rules may take place as to not spoil this friendly exchange. The reddiquette applies and will be moderated in this thread. /r/Italy is also having us over as guests! Stop by here to ask questions.

Enjoy!

The moderators of /r/Italy & /r/Iran

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

I didn't mean that far ago, that's why I asked about political relevance.

I was talking about pre-revolution Persia :)

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u/tinlizzey12 Jun 12 '15

Nostalgia about the good old days is limited to people who actually had it good in the old days, but most have better lives today statistically-speaking http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2013/apr/01/un-stats-life-longer-and-healthier-iran

Iran is still Iran either way.

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u/coheir Jun 12 '15

People talk about "ghabl e enghelab" (before the revolution) ALL the time.

It's the epoch for us. Even people like me who were born after the revolution.

See? Just like that. There are those who were born before the revolution, and those were born after. Those who got their diploma's after revolution and before.

EVERYTHING is relative to the revolution.