Here to indoctrinate but to listen. Plus ninety connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe now on youtube. And action packed life. Anythings possible as long as up because he and his friends can dream at its roots here in kenya stuck dob refugee camp. His life story may have grown into a. Twenty seven years ago but there is no holding back his dreams. Thank you for what cinema the dogma of sorts may twenty seventh through on t w. Forty years after the Islamic Revolution iran is a country torn between the conservative influence of the clerics and a desire for change. You can go online and find out whats going on in the world in a matter of minutes you can expect the Younger Generation to stand still young people will move on if equipment. Many are pushing back against the country strict social and cultural laws. Or theres a new law that says we can only sing in the persian but since we started out weve always aim to be international international. And many are testing their own limits in their bid for greater freedom. This is the first time weve done an off road tour that im going into the forest and spending the night away from home its great to have. A potentially wealthy country struggling with powerful outside
enemies and its own domestic problems. With iran is known to be rich in Natural Resources but the government cant even manage one i live in a. Land of contradictions at once unsettling and breathtakingly beautiful on the Mama Granites have a bitter skin but there is sweet inside just like iran if you dont. We begin our journey in the capital tehran. Home to a population of Thirteen Million its the beating heart of the country. Were
meeting a Fashion DesignerWhose Mission is to challenge irans strict islamic dress code. And in their belts to have a major that moves in the way people dress is like a Living Museum a marriage to the country that long after the Islamic Revolution there were only four colors black brown dark blue and grey though his article. And five hundred years ago you give guests colorful fabrics as gifts given. But today i had to time that i thought that in islam black is actually seen as an ugly nasty unpopular color but. If you think it shouldnt actually be worn you know. That i dont know how it came to the us at all. Muslim moneys aim is to return color to the streets of iran she scours the country collecting antique fabrics and reworks them as fresh and modern outfits. As the money is the ground ever really in fashion a celebrity. But even though she has an ambitious agenda shes also careful not to go too far. So her seamstresses take their headscarves off when theyre indoors in front of the camera so money keeps her head covered she doesnt want to trouble with the authorities. Now we are going to parliament and the parliament is the place to my partner and of that there folks. Dont all think we. Should. We accompany the designer on her weekly shopping trip to one of the citys main bazaars. Kim
and. I came back to tehran from london before the Islamic Revolution in the one Nine Hundred Seventy nine and at first i worked for a bank. There was a doorman. Every morning he tipped his hat when we arrived and greet us very respectfully. After the revolution he ordered us women to stay in our rooms and work together. Back then i decided never to be employed somewhere but rather to be my own boss and so that was a political story wasnt it but not really it was just a personal anecdote right with. The conflict over Irans Nuclear program has left the country isolated. U. S. Sanctions against tehran affect everyone the value of the Iranian Ryall against the dollar continues to decline making imported goods more expensive. Prices are
exploding on. Intimate friday than i would i say medals a few weeks ago for six cents now they cost eighty cents. I hardly have any customers left women used to come to me and pay the equivalent of Seven Hundred euros for an evening gown i mean i dont have customers like that anymore and the poor vendors here they have even bigger problems. On the good people of the former latest project milo some money has partnered with a Major Management consultancy. Her glossy Fashion Magazine Lotus is now published in english as well as persian. Exalt in iran and a number of select cities worldwide. Some money is chief editor for her backer has an International Client base. But this particular one i like it because its about culture five star. Is
a new thing and this wonderful lady is the pioneer in fashion and Shes The First designer to have a run you know. Catwalk and fashion show when you want permits by the government. That was the money spent months negotiating with the authorities for permission to publish her designs in a magazine on sale overseas islamic fashion. Clothes that comply with standards of modest dress. Now is it twenty years and. By teaching. What color and that. Is if you will of course. But the fight hasnt been won yet. The money recently signed a contract with an airline to design the Flight Attendants Outfits elegant but by
no means figure defining. The design or complains that shes not allowed to send models down a runway thats even allowed in afghanistan she says. That monica bhide. I would be so happy if i had an opportunity to present my work in public like designers All Over The World to organize completely normal runway shows so that the fashion world can get to know my work. Even if hundreds of women see me as successful personally i have no sense of satisfaction. Yet that. Small step by small step mom has a money is fighting for reform not by opposing the regime but by securing its permission to show her work. The Younger Generation in iran has less patience they
abide by the rules but they find ways of carving out small slices of their own personal freedom. We meet up with some young iranians in no shah on the southern shore of the caspian sea some two hundred kilometers north of tehran. Sealants. For seven years ago i decided to start saving up to buy my own car would i work in a cafe from nine in the morning until eleven in the evening then id work in a Garage Making Car Headlamps until four in the morning. Through the local role through goofy kind of. Like. I came across these groups of people on instagram who do off roading i was really intrigued and started thinking about doing it myself. There wasnt anyone around
here that i knew of organizing off road adventures. Did you know that we kathleen moved here the whole. Jump she did and his girlfriend should i have been together long they invite us along on one of their Off Road Clubs Tours and give us permission to film. Its brave of them to go on camera and for shes going to let herself be filmed without a headscarf. Like the war and for young people getting to know each other over whether there are a lot of or just around so this is a perfect spot of a. Coworker. Who you think that you deny usually meet up and go for a drive sometimes just for fifteen minutes or half an hour. Every two weeks well be in a cafe. Now and then we meet more regularly but weve never spent more than two hours together and thought thats had to be done and that would be to me only. One quote. Mosquito no shark is a student city and popular with tourists fleeing the stress of tehran. Down here in the north the climate is mild the air fresh and the view of the Mountain Forests are spectacular. The club members have invested a lot of money in their off road vehicles to them off roading is more than a hobby its a taste of freedom. They get together once or twice a month then head out to the countryside. Chaudhary ex father is considered a martyr he died of wounds sustained in the Iran Iraq War. Her mother and her brothers are strict with her they dont know that shes spending the weekend with her boyfriend. Come on. I am most proud that on
this earth i once told my brother the truth about where i was going but it was no good. Im forced to lie. Of course im worried ill be found out. But you know normal everyday life is no fun. The worry makes list all the more exciting it makes me enjoy the trip all the more. Feeling like you need to be secretive when you want to have a good time is actually cool. This is the first time she has come on a trip with me so i want to be as great as possible the first trip is important i want the First Impression to be good if i could. Just. See. All these young
people were born after the Islamic Revolution theyve never known another iraq theyre well educated and many of them have relatives who live abroad they know whats going on in the world at the very least from surfing the Internet Jumpseat and should i met online exchanging photos and Phone Numbers on instagram now and then the government blocks social media platforms but young people take it in stride. Time to check out everyone uses social media in iran we couldnt survive a single day without it everyone knows how to get the apps you need to unlock sites that have been blocked so you can get back to surfing because it matters so much to the sap. Socializing in. Run usually happens Behind Closed Doors or away from prying eyes
like at this campsite deep in the woods. Religious police raids used to be commonplace these days the regime mostly leaves people in peace within their own four walls but. These young people dont mind being filmed they say we just want to do what young people All Over The World do it doesnt mean we dont love our country oh my god. By the vatican its terrible that most documentaries show around in such black and white terms all despair and suffering and veiled women each other youd think we lived in a communist system and total darkness he has i never show that people in iran a happy to mind and enjoy life despite the restrictions we live with and i said he saw that in him no doubt. That. Theyre taking a risk that theyre willing to live with the consequences for the sake of their
personal freedom. That. That. Was. Was. The. For the next day a few more pictures before they head back home to post on instagram for their friends and to show the world that there is another iran its not an easy place to live but its their home. But i guess
if i walk down the street like this even women would come up to me and complain its not just the regime that strict not even the police. If a woman saw me in public without a headscarf and she come up to me and ask why i was going about like that oh wow thats the culture that developed after the Islamic Revolution if youre through. No one is happy with the way things are at the moment. Sometimes when were together we joke with our elders that its their fault. And they say its true but this is not the way things were supposed to turn out or that. You know. Some of. The club is already planning its next off road tour the next escape from everyday life its not easy for young people in iran to live their dreams. That our next stop is mashad
a bustling city in the northeast of the country one of irans most significant centers of religious and political power. Its a Public Holiday the anniversary of the martyrdom of a mom raising a descendant of the islamic Prophet Muhammad and the eighth shiite in. The shrine is managed by an extremely wealthy religious foundation an institution that wields a lot of power not only in mashad but also on the regime in tehran. Oh i. Crowds of pilgrims mark the Public Holiday by visiting the shrine every year sees some Twenty Seven Million devout muslims visit mashad this conservative reactionary city is an unlikely home for a Lively Underground Rock Music Scene but as we find out appearances can be deceiving. And dishes sound proofed to small sound studio in his parents house to make sure the outside world doesnt hear what goes on in here. Every day. For me being a heavy metal musician in mashad means living in a dead end if so little of everything i do i do purely for myself and its not for public consumption. I only do it because of the pressure i feel. This is bob but that reinforces my belief in what im doing. If it werent for social media we wouldnt be here now we musicians are all connected via the internet. Before i met the others on facebook i felt very lonely and lost. But when i realized there were many others in my position i realized i wasnt alone in the contact we have with one another and also
a sense of envy and competition is what spurs us on. A jam session with the band Out Of Nowhere in the basement of a tenement block on the citys outskirts someone always keeps watch outside in case the police show up but down here it looks like a band practice anywhere in the world. I normally if you play a while i play c. Is that ok for you. There are thousands of Rock Musicians here in russia many come from middle class families like a. Religious hardliners reviled the western rock they play. And they see heavy metal as the devils work. On Money Making Music usually lots of people think that metal heads worship the devil and that were satanists of course were not it and they think our music is aggressive and incitement to violence and from all thats completely wrong because when i look at us metal heads are the most peaceful people you can imagine so. But people have these fixed ideas which is a real shame with us of on. The. Ive seen lots of bands have their work censored for the authorities tell them that if they want to be approved they need to modify what theyre doing i see that happening all the time but in the end the artist doesnt feel its his own song anymore and doesnt want to play it as. Our next meeting is with rays ago harry whos the same ages and. He was just a boy when he decided he wanted to be a cleric. Days ago he wears the black turban of the same descendants of the prophet mohammed. Hes a cool a servant of the holy shrine of the memories a who works in the soup kitchen and helps visitors to the mosque. And was going to join friends and i are here to provide everyone who visits with a place to find rest and something to eat. The pilgrims have come a long way and are thirsty and often hungry. They come to my shot out of love and devotion to him on raising. We live here i see it is my duty to serve these people as a. By the judge for they move. On
the anniversary of him raises martyrdom has gripped by religious fervor his followers engage in archaic rituals flagellating themselves with chains to mimic his suffering. Young men carry the heavy ensign of. Memories are staggering under its weight. Had i. Was even if these martyrs are dead that we can reach out to them. They are here and that there is much we can ask of the a moms great spirits that good to give and they can fulfill our requests because they rule over the universe that means that boy john said that is what the shia believe in the convoy they have
a mission a job many of us come to the a moms mausoleum to reach out to his spirit and to show respect is missing here by then issuing death. Praise or go harrys lives in studies in the amman raise a shrine complex. It encompasses a mosque and the muslim seven courtyards a seminary and Islamic University libraries and seminar rooms. I go myself im going to when were unable to change the minds of young people who do not share our faith then we organize events specifically for them so as not to lose contact with them just as we offer them jobs taking photos or Video Recording Events or working as drivers we do it to make sure we keep in touch with them im pretty sure that even high libya vast battle got automation. But we arrange
a meeting between reza go hurry the young cleric and under a Rock Musician and theyre both twenty seven they both grew up in mashad. But the two in have a completely different worlds and couldnt be more different still they talk to each other as openly as the constraints of Iranian Society allow. For thirty years for you so long all sorts of musicians perform here in the park issue but when we apply for a comment were timed out and we. Usually on the grounds of the way we look because the authorities think will intimidate people whats your opinion which. Sometimes you might meet a cleric who doesnt even know all the rules of his own religion let alone how musicians such as yourself think. And thats the problem for us that we know far too little about one another so theres instant animosity and. One reason why there are so many hard rock and heavy metal musicians in mashad is the pressure we face. Im always being told what im not allowed to do i need to
write songs to express how i feel and so do many others. And thats the basic principle of rock and metal the more pressure there is the more explosive the reaction. To news the music is rooted in the Human Problems social suffering these problems cant be ignored. I cant just grabbed on to shape by the collar and order him to get over these problems. Thats not how it works. For the sharpness all ive got there are not many like raised. Another cleric would have had very Different Things to say that was the rule for this the idea that we might all sit down together and talk about ways to improve things is absurd. Given the current circumstances it just wouldnt happen hamas militia show. At the fault and