>they are too busy policing artists. It wasn't until 2000 thatIranian authorities permitted Googoosh, the most popular Iranian singer of the prerevolutionary era, to resume her career—albeit from abroad—after 21 years of forced silence. Their best Persian-language literature is still suppressed and only written and published abroad. Their media is still suppressed - the publication of any anti-Muslim sentiment is strictly forbidden - although they are guaranteed freedom of expression. Oh gosh, stop me now before I get started on women's rights :o)

Them being a theocracy, they're among the last places on Earth where I'd live, or even visit. I guess Persians, just like anyone else, have the government they deserve.

But I figure they're doing nothing bad enough to deserve goffing.