Beautiful Iranian girls 25 years old. There are miracles there, the devil wanders there. Iranian celebrities: Homa Rusta and Foruzan

Iranian model who is known for her unique look. Born in 1989 in the city of Isfahan. Fans think she looks like a girl from a Persian miniature. Mahlaga has an older sister, also a model, although less famous and in demand today. That doesn’t stop the girls from being close friends and supporting each other in everything. The sisters currently live in San Diego, California. Both speak Farsi and English.

Shermin Shahrivar

Winner of the beauty contests "Miss Germany 2004" and "Miss Europe 2005". In 2008, she became the face of the American clothing brand American Apparel. Known for being the first Iranian woman on the cover of Playboy magazine in Germany. Actively works in advertising. Currently lives and studies in New York, where he studies acting.

Nazanin Mandi

American singer, dancer and model of Iranian origin. Participant in many music competitions.

Claudia Lynx

Model, actress, singer of Iranian origin. When Claudia was three years old, her family moved from Tehran to Oslo. There, the girl immediately began acting in commercials and received the title of the most charming child in Europe. Later, her family moved to Toronto, where at the age of 15 Claudia began appearing on magazine covers, advertising the Levi's brand. At the age of 18, she made her debut as a singer, releasing an album called "Shaghaeg". Claudia the actress has filmed in several feature films: the series “The West Wing”, the films “Priestess of Death”, “The Devil in Female Shape". And even though she is rarely in Iran, in her homeland they are very proud of her, consider her a style icon and even turn a blind eye to photographs in dresses with a neckline and swimsuits

Farah Pahlavi

The last empress of Iran. She was born in one of the largest cities in Iran, Tabriz. By nationality - Azerbaijani. From a noble aristocratic family. At the age of nine, after the death of her father, her mother took Farah and left for Tehran. The future empress studied in Tehran and Paris. In 1959, she met the Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. For several months the couple kept their relationship a secret, but by the end of the year Farah was already the official wife of the Shah Pahlavi. Their wedding became the most discussed event of that time. It should be noted that this was the third marriage of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. But it was Farah who gave birth to the long-awaited heir to the ruler of the country. Even two, and two more daughters.

The popularity of the young wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi grew steadily. They loved her so much that they joyfully welcomed her husband’s unprecedented decision to crown Farah as empress, shahbana. Thus, she became the first and only woman in modern history country awarded this title. The beautiful and very magnificent coronation ceremony was remembered by the subjects for a long time. In addition to the title, Farrah received the right of regency in the event that, after the death of her husband, the heir to the throne would not have reached 21 years of age. The revolution of 1979 put an end to the beautiful story. On January 16, 1979, the family of Iran's first it-girl left the country forever.

29 October 2014, 17:47

The women's issue in Iran is considered painful in the "civilized world". Stereotypes say that the Islamic Revolution drove freedom-loving Iranian women into blind bags, making them powerless executors of men's will, dark shadows against the background of bearded men chanting evil slogans.

But when you start to take an interest in the female lot of Iranian women, a completely different picture emerges. Blogger aniase made a post about, there are a lot of photos of modern Iranian women.

Here I decided to collect information from various sources. There is not much difference of opinion between them.

So, Iran through the eyes of a foreigner. First story:

The Iranians themselves are not averse to crying about their sad fate. In the summer of 2009, demonstrators wearing green scarves wrapped around their high hairstyles held out their palms to the cameras of Western photographers with touching inscriptions “Zan = mard” (i.e. “a woman is equal to a man”). In the films of dissident Iranian directors, longing, hair-eyed beauties casually throw out pretentious phrases: “Oh, you understand that a woman in this country is deprived of the right to vote!” Directors like to insert such lines into their films to increase their chances at Western film festivals: feminism is a sign good manners. After all, it is generally accepted that Iranian women are languishing under the yoke of the “inhumane medieval Sharia.” And that terrible Iranian men constantly oppress and squeeze them.

Imagine the surprise of a person who comes to Iran and discovers that everything there is exactly the opposite. That it is not tough dominant males who suppress timid females wrapped in burqas, but, on the contrary, intelligent, caring men are afraid to offend their powerful, decisive “commanders in black veils” with even a word. And that women’s rejection of Sharia is also very selective.

Thus, not a single Iranian woman, even a secular painted fairy with a scarf on the back of her head, will object to such Sharia laws as the bride’s right to a dowry (mehriye), to full content and refusal to do household chores. Yes, yes - working Iranian women (and these are the majority today) legally do not cook, wash or clean: they believe that it is too much to work like a bee in the office, and then still stand at the stove. The problem is solved by inviting a housekeeper, or the family orders food or has lunch in a cafe, or, due to lack of money, the man is forced to take care of the house himself. And Iranian husbands meekly clean carpets, wash floors and dishes. Unemployed women, however, try to run the house. But they also have the right to refuse this if watching TV series seems more exciting to them.

The Iranian Constitution guarantees women many rights. This suffrage(with the exception of the position of president, but there are women in parliament and government), economic rights (in marriage, money earned by a woman, inheritance or gifts received by her are considered her inalienable property, which neither her husband nor children can claim), the right to education , the right to professional activity (in Iran there are many women doctors, teachers, doctors of science, journalists, artists - actresses, directors, writers, artists, etc.)... In Shah Iran, most women were illiterate, and today girls occupy the majority of places in universities, and even in offices they are more willing to hire representatives of the fair sex. The level of medical care provided to women and programs to improve reproductive health was assessed by WHO as exemplary - despite all bias international organizations towards Iran!

Most of the laws mentioned above are based on Sharia law, gleaned from the fatwas of Shiite jurists. That is, it was not women who won such privileges by fighting against the Islamist dictatorship - it was the Islamic Revolution that gave them such rights.

There really is a dress code in Iran, but not everyone likes it. Theoretically, all women in Iran are required to wear a hijab in public places - clothing that covers the entire body except the face and hands. In practice, many Iranian women wear something that cannot be called a hijab: they have half of their hair open (according to Islam, hair should not be visible), sleeves barely reach the elbow, instead of trousers under short coats (cardigans) they wear tight leggings, and flashy makeup completes the look. For this, they are periodically fined by the morality police, but the scale of their “atrocities” is exaggerated by the Western media.

The reasons are clear: being a Muslim is not a nationality, and just because a person was born in the Middle East does not mean that he believes in the tenets of Islam. According to Islam, the doors of this religion are open to people of any nation and skin color, but, at the same time, not every Persian or Arab is a convinced Muslim. A sincere Muslim woman will wear a hijab in any country in the world, but if a woman is far from Islam at heart, she will immediately throw it off as soon as she leaves the country...

Along with this, there are also religious women in Iran, and there are a lot of them too. They wear the hijab, and many also wear the veil. There are quite a lot of rumors surrounding the latter: people far from Persian culture perceive its meaning incorrectly. Watching the reports, they see endless women in black, and they think that these are representatives of backward, uneducated circles. And they are surprised to discover how many of those who wear the veil are doctors of science and even ministers.

The Iranian black veil does not cover the face. The niqab (a mask with a hole for the eyes) in Iran is worn by a few, no more than a percent - and those, as a rule, are Arab women from the coast of the Persian Gulf.

The veil is neither obligatory nor desirable in Islam. This is precisely the Iranian national form of hijab, and its wearing is encouraged not so much for religious, but for patriotic reasons. The veil was worn by aristocrats in Zoroastrian Persia long before the advent of Islam. And from the depths of centuries comes this subconscious, genetically triggered attitude: a woman in a black veil is a mistress. In Iran, women are generally respected; this is deeply embedded in Persian culture. But if a lady puts on a veil, this respect triples, giving way to almost irrational reverence. All doors easily open in front of her and heads bow; she is practically not inspected at airports and at checkpoints.

The veil indicates not so much religiosity (many convinced Muslim women in Iran simply wear a hijab), but rather status. A lady in a veil is either the wife of a man with a position, or she herself holds a high position. Members of the government and parliament, police officers, intelligence officers, wives of officials and government officials, many TV presenters mostly wear the veil. Therefore, women in veils are respected and feared.

Ordinary girls - students, office employees, secretaries, representatives of creative circles - prefer to wear jeans with coat cardigans, creative scarves and bright shawls. True, preference is still given to black, but this is a cultural nuance. I remember the ironic review of one traveler who, having come to an Iranian bachelorette party, complained that “everyone took off their black veils and black coats and put on black minis and black necklines.”

Hijab in Iran (and in Islam in general) is obligatory only in public places, in front of strangers. At home, in front of your husband and relatives, you can wear whatever you want. On closed women's sea beaches (of which there are many), Persian beauties sunbathe and swim topless. On the streets of Qom - a city where 99% of residents wear veils - an outlandish contrast strikes the eye: women wrapped in black, and store windows where mannequins display seductive evening dresses of bright scarlet color - with a neckline and sleeveless, emphasizing every curve figures. They are worn at weddings, where women, gathered in their circle, take off their veils, dance and have fun...

An Iranian wedding is a sensitive topic. Islam encourages getting married early and being content with a small dowry, but Iranian women are mercantile. In addition to the right to content (no less than in parental home), they are also entitled to a dowry (mehriye), which, contrary to the usual pattern, is paid by the groom. The prescription for mehriyeh exists in the Koran and Sharia. But at the dawn of Islam it was a symbolic, modest gift. Things are different in the Middle East now. Iranian (and Arab) brides ask for giant mehriye. At a minimum, immediately after the wedding, the husband must provide his wife with separate housing, a car, a bank account, and a romantic trip. The remaining amount is stated in the marriage contract, and the husband owes it “in installments.” And there are huge numbers - 100-300 thousand euros. Of course, no one is demanding that they be paid here and now. It is rather a “marriage bond” (which often turns into a fatal trap!): the husband is obliged to pay this money during a divorce, although de jure the wife has the right to demand it through the court at any time. Thus, the dowry turns into a win-win tool for female manipulation: the man is afraid to say a word against his wife’s will, because the amount specified in the contract hangs over him, like the sword of Damocles.

The general scheme laid down in Sharia law is as follows: the husband is obliged to pay the full mehriya if the divorce occurs on his initiative or fault (for example, he treats his wife poorly, or denies her maintenance, or discredits her reputation, or suffers from addiction, or hasn't slept with her for more than 4 months...).

If the husband has not stained himself in any way and treats his wife well, but her feelings have passed or her husband is disgusting in bed, she can divorce, returning to him that part of the mehriye that she has already received.

That is, contrary to stereotypes, it is easier for a woman in Iran to get a divorce. It’s not easy for someone to tear acquired goods from their hearts, but at least it’s something tangible, and not a sum on paper that it’s unclear where to get it from. And there are enough divorces on women’s initiative: working girls are not afraid to return the mehriye, because they know that they will feed themselves by restoring financial losses.

Iranian women have a strong-willed character and try not to miss theirs. The Iranian-British documentary film “Divorce Iranian Style”, filmed in 1997 and dedicated to divorce initiated by a wife, is impressive. One of the heroines, a 16-year-old girl, got married at the age of 15, and a year later successfully divorced. And everything would have been fine, but the mekhrie had to be returned. It was hard to go through this. The young and tender creature handled her knowledge of the laws and her own rights with such dexterity that her peers in Russia can only be amazed: our girls at that age think about eternal love and romance, and not about how to “cheat a man out of money.” Ziba - “beauty” translated from Farsi - insisted that her husband had understated her age (I wonder if she looked at his passport when registering the marriage) and that he had taken her virginity (unheard of, in marriage!), in due to which her rating on the bride market has now fallen (although Iranians are not particularly bothered by this, and they marry divorced people). She screamed and gesticulated so emotionally that even the judge had difficulty getting a word in edgewise. Ex-husband stood with his head down. Stormy fights between families continued at Ziba’s house. In the end, she received the money and only then calmed down.

Someone will complain that they allegedly gave the child away in marriage, but in Iran the voluntariness of a marriage is an important condition for its validity. According to Islamic law, a girl cannot be forced into marriage against her will. Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, an authoritative Iranian theologian, gave a fatwa that in the case of a forced marriage, the girl has the right to leave the house of the husband imposed on her without a divorce, because such a marriage is not valid. This is Iranian law. If the bride is innocent, the father's permission for the marriage is required; if he objects without reason, the daughter can challenge his veto in court and have the marriage registered. If a woman was previously married, she makes the decision about marriage independently; father's consent is not required.

According to Islam, mehriye belongs only to the bride; her family has no right to claim it - unlike the dowry, for which in some regions fathers sell their daughters. Thus, Ziba tried to return the money to herself. After all, for many Iranian women, marriage is a profitable business.

This commercialism is paradoxically combined among Iranian women with an amazing infantilism in perception family life. Perhaps this is due to the character of Iranian men: they are gentle and caring fathers, and they raise their daughters like princesses.

The Iranians themselves claim that polygamy is not common in Iran and is alien to their culture. Diplomats and officials delicately avoid this topic, hinting that it is not relevant for Iranians.

Iran is an Islamic republic, and polygamy is formally legalized here! However, there is a tricky loophole. When concluding a marriage, a woman can set conditions: for example, that her husband has no right to forbid her to work, or that he will not take her from the capital to Tmutarakan. These conditions are legal from an Islamic point of view. As for the ban on taking a second wife, as Shiite jurists say, such a condition is invalid. But the influence of women in Iran is so strong that such a law was nevertheless introduced: in order to take a second wife, the consent of the first is required. This condition is not even written down - it is in the law a priori. This de facto means a veto on polygamy.

An Iranian woman never resigns herself to learning that her husband has a second family. “I will kill my husband” is the standard reaction. And this is not always a metaphor. A phrase from an Iranian criminal case comes to mind: “I killed my husband with an ironing board after learning that he had secretly taken a second wife.”
In the late 90s, the following law was generally adopted: if a man takes a second permanent wife without the consent of the first, both he, the second wife, and the mullah who registered the marriage receive a prison sentence of 6 months to a year.

A second wife in Iran can only be temporary. And, taking into account the attitude towards this type of marriage (it is encouraged in Shiism and extremely condemned in Iranian society), in practice her position is not much different from the position of a mistress.

The topic of polygamy constantly comes up in Iranian TV series: a naive, kind wife and her terrible husband, who treacherously took a second wife (she, naturally, is a vile creature). The funny thing is that these films irritate both men and women. Iranian women consider them instructions for husbands on where to hide their second wives and what kind of nonsense to hang on the ears of the first. Men are outraged that such series teach their wives to read other people's SMS and mail, create scandals and be jealous out of the blue...

After the 1979 revolution, Iranian women began to increase their presence in power and governance. And it was through their efforts that birth control measures were taken. They say that we are not machines for producing children, but we want self-realization...

As a result, the demographic situation in Iran has changed dramatically. For the generation that made the Islamic Revolution, it was the norm when girls got married at 15-17 years old, and families had 5-6 children. Moreover, this did not put an end to women’s education: in Iran it is customary to study all your life, and the family is not an obstacle to this, because the state helps students. Today the picture is almost European. The other day, on one of the Iranian state channels, a concerned doctor emotionally explained to a pretty presenter: the fact that the average age of Iranian brides has risen to 28 years, and that they give birth to children after 30, is nothing good either from a medical or social point of view. The film “The Divorce of Nader and Simin” is indicative: we see a typically Western family model, where a forty-year-old couple has only one daughter, still a schoolgirl. This is typical for today's Iran: most young families have one child, two at most. And many Iranian women do not want to give birth at all, preferring to take care of themselves and their careers.

Supporters of traditional family values believe that Iranian feminism and the women's lobby are becoming a tool of the West, with the help of which it is trying to destroy the Islamic system, Iranian society, and the family. And confronting this is more important than implementing a peaceful nuclear program.

Second story:

Meet Muhammad - our guardian angel in Iran... In the past, he was a military translator, translated Soviet documents during the Iran-Iraq War, and during our journey he was a guide, driver, and companion. And this is not his main job, he still works as a translator, and he also grows citrus fruits somewhere in the north of Iran.

By the way, did you know that you can make jam from orange blossoms? and the fact that it is also made from carrots? We did not know. I saw carrot jam only in the cartoon "Masha and the Bear", and nowhere else. But in Iran it is quite popular, as well as orange tree jam... The taste - I personally liked the carrot one better))

Muhammad is married and has two sons. His grandmother introduced him to his wife; she knew the bride’s family very well, and when Muhammad decided that he was ready to get married, the grandmother invited the girl with her parents and Muhammad to visit her. The young people liked each other and got married about a year later. I asked our guide what would have happened if we didn’t like it, or if the girl was against it? It turned out that no one persuades anyone to marry against their will; the desire must be mutual. Yes, it is not customary for them to meet people “on the street”; this is mostly done by relatives or friends. But they usually don’t marry people against their will or give them away in marriage. Well, really, what could you expect from the Islamic Republic of Iran... But what happened next was even more interesting.

Basically, before the wedding, a contract is concluded, according to which, in the event of a divorce, the wife receives a fairly large amount of money (Muhammad mentioned figures of about 100 thousand American dollars). If the husband cannot pay this amount of money, he will face prison. Unfortunately, he did not specify how many such men there are in Iranian prisons.

Yes, polygamy is allowed in Iran, but there are “rules” for this. A husband cannot marry a second time without obtaining the consent of the first wife, a third time he cannot marry without the consent of the first two wives, and a fourth time, accordingly, he needs the consent of three wives. In addition, he is obliged to support them all equally, and the wives may not agree to live in the same house. If the first wife has a house, then all the others should have a house no worse, no better. If the husband gives one a car, then he is obliged to give everyone else cars no worse and no better. If he gives diamonds to one, then be so kind as to give the same to the others. Well, he must spend the same amount of time with each of his wives. I wonder how many men in the world are capable of living like this with four women? But you won’t be able to deceive... A woman goes to the police or can complain to relatives and then a scandal, trial and prison are guaranteed for such a husband... Therefore, there are very, very few polygamists in Iran...

When a woman wants to work, her husband has no right to forbid her. But... if she doesn't want to work, her husband is obliged to support her. There is a small caveat here: women are not hired for hard, “dirty” and “dubious” jobs. And a woman cannot be a politician, but aren’t there other interesting professions? ... and you can’t sing solo... it was strange, two or three in a choir - please, but solo - no... Although on the other hand, if you don’t have a voice, it helps a lot...

If a husband wants his wife to cook food for him, wash things, clean the house, she can ask her husband for payment for this and he is obliged to pay her, while such money belongs to her, and only to her.

Muhammad said that when their second son was born, he asked his wife to stop working and raise the boys. For this, he pays her a monthly amount equal to her previous salary, and she previously worked as a teacher. And the money that her husband pays her belongs only to her. “She’s a very rich woman now,” said Mohammed.”

I have probably never seen such a reverent attitude towards women anywhere in the world as in Iran. Are there many countries in the world where a woman can absolutely calmly go home alone in the evening, without fear of being treated incorrectly by strangers? Iran is one of them. Strangers often approached us on the streets, just to ask where we were from, how we liked their country, what interesting things we saw... But not a single man approached me with any question, and accordingly, not a single woman started first conversation with my husband. These are the rules of behavior in this country, and I won’t say that I didn’t like them - on the contrary, I felt very comfortable, calm and safe.

Iran is very beautiful women... Angelina Jolie nervously smokes on the side... Since the face is the most open part of the body of Iranian women, it must be perfect, and no matter how much I would like to say that Ukrainian women are the most beautiful, Iranian women have surpassed them.

There are also practically no thefts in Iran... When I forgot my sunglasses in one of the Tehran restaurants, the waiter caught up with us for three blocks to give them back.

I wanted to write that Iranians are very friendly... but this can be said about most of the people I met in different countries... How can we characterize them? Friendly - yes, patriotic - very, sincere - undoubtedly... but they also have incredible openness and faith in the honesty of others. Very often we were stopped on the streets by complete strangers to us, we talked with them about Iran, about Ukraine, and finally they had one single request for us: “Tell your friends how you liked it in Iran, tell them that Iranians are not terrorists, tell them that we are always glad to see them as guests." For them, every guest (and it doesn’t matter that it’s a tourist, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s an American, an Israeli or a European) is a messenger of Allah. This is how we were treated in Iran. And at most of these meetings, Muhammad did not accompany us.

Street style:

Well, a couple of photos with Iranian men)))

The other day, news spread around the world: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has revived the tradition of his grandfather and father and started his own harem, the “Garden of Delights.” The harem seems to the European to be a kind of abode of young and beautiful women from the Arabian fairy tales “1000 and one nights”. Meanwhile, interesting photos of the harem of Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar, who ruled Iran at the end of the 19th century, destroy existing stereotypes. In our review you can see the beauties of the Iranian ruler's harem with your own eyes.

Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar, the fourth Shah of Iran, gained power in 1848 and ruled for 47 years. His reign was the longest in Iran's 3,000-year history.

Historians say about Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar that for his time he was well educated and was known as a sybarite, so much so that he subsequently displeased his associates.

One of Shah Qajar's many passions was photography. He liked photography as a child, and when he came to power, he decided to create the first official photo studio in his palace. In the 1870s, Russian photographer Anton Sevryugin opened his studio in Tehran, who became the court photographer of the Iranian ruler. Sevryugin created a photo chronicle of Iran and was awarded an honorary title for his services.

A Russian photographer could photograph the Shah himself, his male relatives, courtiers and servants. And Qajar, an ardent admirer of photography, reserved the right to photograph his harem, in which, according to historians, he had about 100 concubines.

It is known that Nasser ed-Din Shah printed the photographs himself in the palace laboratory and kept them in satin albums in his Golestan Palace, where the museum is currently located.

The extraordinary nature of the photographs of his concubines lies in the fact that according to Shiite laws at that time it was prohibited to photograph people’s faces, and especially the faces of women. And only the most powerful man in the country could afford to break the law.

Looking at the photos of the ladies from the harem, you understand that they look quite modern for their time. Women are confident in front of the camera, calm, not timid or flirtatious.

Photographs of women challenge the generally accepted idea of life in a harem - the Shah's wives look quite modern for that time and self-confident, they calmly look into the camera lens, without flirting or shyness.

One can even assume that the wives in the harem had friendly relations - some photographs show groups on a picnic.

From the photographs one can judge the tastes of the Iranian monarch - all women in the body, with fused thick eyebrows and a clearly visible mustache. It is clearly seen that the women did not suffer from hunger and were not burdened with physical work. Experts say that Golestan’s collection even contains nude photos, but they are safely hidden.

From the title this rating one may think that we are talking about fair-haired and blue-eyed beauties of the Nordic race (like Anita Ekberg or women from the paintings of Wolfgang Willrich), which Nazi theorists called Aryan. However, the rating will focus on the most beautiful, according to the rating of the Top Anthropos website. girls and women of peoples speaking Aryan languages.

Until the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. e. the Aryans were a single people who roamed the steppes of Siberia and Central Asia. Then a split occurred within the Aryans. Some of the Aryans moved to the southeast and reached India, while the other part populated the Iranian plateau. Perhaps the reason for the split of the Aryans was a religious conflict, traces of which are visible in the difference between the names of good and evil beings in Hinduism (the religion of the Indian Aryans) and Zoroastrianism (the now almost extinct religion of the Iranians). For example, gods in Hinduism are called devas, and in Zoroastrianism, devas are evil spirits. In Hinduism, demons and opponents of gods are called asuras, and in Zoroastrianism, ahuras are gods; the supreme deity of Zoroastrianism is called Ahura Mazda.

Until the 19th century, it was assumed that there were only two groups of Aryan peoples ( Indo-Aryans And Iranian arias), but then it turned out that in the mountain valleys of the Hindu Kush there has been a third branch of the Aryans for several millennia - Nuristanis, representing several peoples living an archaic life. Until the 19th century, they successfully fought with the surrounding Muslims, preserving their ancient beliefs, but a little over 100 years ago, having lost the war to the Pashtuns, they finally converted to Islam.

Dardy(the peoples inhabiting the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region) are often considered as the fourth branch of the Aryans, and one can often find information that the Dards are Indo-Aryans.

Currently, there are 313 Aryan languages, which is 2/3 of the total number of Indo-European languages. More than 1 billion people speak Indo-Aryan languages, about 200 million speak Iranian languages, 5.5 million speak Dardic languages, and about 130 thousand speak Nuristani languages. In total, Aryan languages are spoken by approximately 1.2 billion people, accounting for half of the number of speakers of the languages of the Indo-European language family (which also includes Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages).

The most beautiful women of Iranian peoples

The most beautiful Persian- model and actress Claudia Lynx / Claudia Lynx. She was born on June 8, 1982 in Tehran (Iran) into a Persian family. When the girl was 5 years old, her family moved to Norway. Claudia Links currently lives in the USA. Real name and surname - Shagayegh Samen. At the same time, Azerbaijani sources indicate that her real name is Alizadeh, and her family belongs to Iranian Azerbaijanis. Claudia Links herself does not comment on these rumors.

Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the start date of which is considered to be January 8, 1978, Western influence prevailed in Iran, as in many other countries of the world. In those days, Iranian women were not very different from other women in the world; they followed fashion, took part in beauty contests, modeled, went without hijabs and many other things that today they are strictly forbidden to do. During the revolution, the pro-Western Shah was overthrown and replaced by the fiercely anti-Western Ayatollah Khomeini. After this, the requirements for women became sharply stricter; for example, starting in 1980, women’s wearing of the hijab began to be controlled by government organizations. A woman who dared to go out without a hijab could be beaten to death with sticks and stones. Today we want to show you photographs of pre-revolutionary Iranian women taken in the 1960s and early and mid-70s.