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...Islam, the religious leaders tell us why it’s so IMPortant to keep women in their place. And...
A frank and intimate portrayal of women and Islam in this controversial and defiant land. Iranian women worshippers still kiss the holy shrine where Ayatollah Khomeini is buried but in private many more are not so enthusiastic about the Islamic laws women here must suffer.
...annual production. Despite world-wide IMPlications of smuggling, Iran receives little...
The Golden Crescent is the source of 80% of the world’s heroin. We join the Iranian drug force fighting to stem the flow of heroin that is creating a huge underclass of addicts in Iran and flooding on into Europe and beyond.
...abilities, allowing them to force sharp IMPlements into their heads and bodies without...
The holy men of Kurdish Iran, known as Dervishes, can dance themselves into a trance that appears to make them immune to pain.
...movement is growing and providing much of the IMPetus for reform. A speech at a student rally...
Reform in Iran has been mandated by elections in 1997. However extreme Islamic sentiments are still present - but from older people. The young are driving the new movement by illegal activities which have been prohibited by the Mullahs.
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...work before a conservative backlash led to his IMPrisonment. At a university in Tehran,...
This week's documentary is the remarkable tale of how one man's passion for movies nearly revolutionised Islam in Iran. Cleric Ali Afsahi grew up believing that cinemas were dens of inequity that posed a grave threat to the Muslim faith. However, after he saw his first film, he became convinced that they held the key to promoting and understanding the essential premise of Islam: love. Keen to sp…
...in Iran. This week's documentary offers a glIMPse at different side of Iran's inhabitants. ...
Beirut filmmaker Dimitri Khodr set out to Tehran to discover how Christians live in a fiercely Islamic state. His trail for clues leads him on a poetic and moving journey across the country to unearth the testimonies of the 175,000 Christians who still live in Iran. This week's documentary offers a glimpse at different side of Iran's inhabitants. Whilst some have completely acclimatised to the…
...to the rule of the Shah. "There might be an IMProvement for men but I can't say that it is...
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, normal teenage pastimes are strictly forbidden. Drinking, dancing and dating all carry the penalty of at least a beating. But the generation of young people born after the Islamic revolution is fighting back. This week's remarkable documentary explores the tensions tearing apart the Islamic Republic. We speak to the teenagers defying the mullahs and hear from the …
...country where criticising the regime can lead to IMPrisonment, questioning the official version of...
In a country where criticising the regime can lead to imprisonment, questioning the official version of history is unheard of. But that's exactly what one artist's doing.
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