Nice eyeopening photo's

those pics certainly didn't look "evil" to me, maybe I will look at Iran differently from now on, I honestly didn't realize how beautiful of a country it was. Thanks

This is AWESOME - thanks for sharing.

What a beautiful area - I had no idea. We 'assume' it looks just like Iraq.

Yeah i've seen a few reports from Tehran, it looks like a beautiful city.
Their markets and stuff look like alot of fun, and I personally find
the architecture beautiful. Seems like the the peeps are nice too!

Thanks for that.

I was watching the news last night and that Sting song came to mind about the Russians loving their children too....and I tried to make it work with Iranians, but ti didn't sound right...

We needed this today. Thank you very much.

I can get outwardly callous and seemingly unsympathetic when I envision the next round of fights the US is going to get involved in. It helps to have some reminder of the reality of the people of nation that is vilified so readily.

I suppose the actions of the Iranian regime are as much a fault of the average Iranian as the actions of the US regime are the responsibility of HER people.

Thanks for bringing some humanity back to the table and reminding us that real people live over there, with kids and love and dreams of their own.



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Interesting. I think it's unlikely the world will take military action against Iran because they'll not actually build a bomb. They can use our own history of thousands of aging nuclear warheads now sitting in secure nuclear storage. Cooler heads prevail and the weapons once built must eventually be disassembled and recycled.

There is no justification for nuclear attack except survival and anyone who puts another nation in that position is asking to get nuked, circa DRNK.

We had options at the end of WWII we chose not to use and we did it once. I don't think it will be done again. My best,

As is typical in most nations and countries, it's Not the peoples, it's the damned governments that foment the issues, hype and media mentions we encounter from day to day.

Otherwise, we're all just folks trying to get by, make a living, enjoy life to it's fullest.

Originally posted by ChemicalSubstance
Nice eyeopening photo's

those pics certainly didn't look "evil" to me, maybe I will look at Iran differently from now on, I honestly didn't realize how beautiful of a country it was. Thanks

Just a note... pics of the usa didn't look evil while bush was in power either

gotta seperate the people from the government..

Originally posted by 12m8keall2c
As is typical in most nations and countries, it's Not the peoples, it's the damned governments that foment the issues, hype and media mentions we encounter from day to day.

Otherwise, we're all just folks trying to get by, make a living, enjoy life to it's fullest.

12m8keall2c I salute your post sir !! Exactly, people on the street are no different than us.

great pictures!
the way the media has it turned around made me think they were still riding around on camels over there but it is really a beautiful place and i had no idea iranian women looked that good.

What a beautiful country......shame the west will make a mess of it

DON'T BE FOOLED PEOPLE!!!

Try looking at Nazi Germany pictures. It might look like a great place too.

The Iranian government is very evil. I could give many examples, but I'll just mention persecution of minorities (Bahai leaders are executed, coverts to Christianity are tortured & sometimes killed, and even the native Zoroastrians have been persecuted.)

Sure, it's a beautiful & well-developing country, but if you're not a Shiite Muslim who follows all the insane laws and support Khomaini & Ahmadinejad, you will be persecuted. . . similar to Nazi Germany.

Iraq was wealthy & safe/stable up until the Ba'ath (Saddam's party) came into power. At least they were secular. Iran's government now is NOT secular, which means it is potentially more dangerous (to their own people) than Saddam's Iraq.

I'm not saying Iran should be bombed to hell. I say they need a new, more secular government, with more freedoms. That's what the people want. That's why there were protests & riots. Iran's government should be more like Turkey's, because the people are secular. Instead the government is more like Saudi Arabia, with strict religious Islamic law.

For sure, it is all about seperating TPTB from the people and filtering out the images the mainstream media pushes into our heads. I was genuinely shocked when I saw these. To be honest some of me was pretty dissapointed in myself, I mean... of course there are going to be beautiful parts.

Something about the song made it pretty effective too, I don't usually fall for that sort of "let's get some nice pictures and a lovely song" rubbish unless I'm a bit drunk but this was definitley something different. I'm currently on Google Earth looking for other nice places in inconspicuous places.

Originally posted by bettermakings
DON'T BE FOOLED PEOPLE!!!

Try looking at Nazi Germany pictures. It might look like a great place too.

The Iranian government is very evil. I could give many examples, but I'll just mention persecution of minorities (Bahai leaders are executed, coverts to Christianity are tortured & sometimes killed, and even the native Zoroastrians have been persecuted.)

Sure, it's a beautiful & well-developing country, but if you're not a Shiite Muslim who follows all the insane laws and support Khomaini & Ahmadinejad, you will be persecuted. . . similar to Nazi Germany.

Iraq was wealthy & safe/stable up until the Ba'ath (Saddam's party) came into power. At least they were secular. Iran's government now is NOT secular, which means it is potentially more dangerous (to their own people) than Saddam's Iraq.

I'm not saying Iran should be bombed to hell. I say they need a new, more secular government, with more freedoms. That's what the people want. That's why there were protests & riots. Iran's government should be more like Turkey's, because the people are secular. Instead the government is more like Saudi Arabia, with strict religious Islamic law.

Exactly what I was thinking. Nazi Germany was a great looking place at the time. No one, regardless of any difference, should be treated the way Iran treats Non-#es.