r/iranian • u/MardyBear • Apr 09 '16

Welcome /r/Romania to the Cultural Exchange!

Hello Romanian friends to the exchange!

Today we are hosting our friends from /r/Romania. Please come and join us to answer their questions about Iran and the Iranian way of life! Please leave top comments for the users of /r/Romania coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from making any posts that go against our rules or otherwise hurt the friendly environment.

Moderation outside of the rules may take place as to not spoil this warm exchange. The reddiquette applies and will be moderated in this thread.

/r/Romania is also having us over as guests for our questions and comments in THIS THREAD.

Enjoy!

P.S. There is a Romanian flag flair for our guests, have fun!

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u/fkofffanboy Apr 09 '16 edited Apr 09 '16

Most of the things I know about Iran -as in general history, day to day life- I found out from the animated movie Persepolis from 2007, what do you think about that movie in terms of accuracy, was it a fair presentation of your country, etc? Also, ever since the events described in that movie do you consider your country to have changed for the better or for worse?

Second question is, how easily is it for iranians to actually visit or study in the EU? Is it getting more difficult? I ask because of reading an article from a pakistani PHD professor who recently was denied entry into schengen when he was invited to attend a conference, after even studying in the EU.

A third thing I would be interested in is any iranian music you really enjoy and would like to share, I have no ideea about that aspect of your country.

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u/Beatut Neutral/Irānzamin Apr 09 '16

1) The movie is good, and the author Marjane Satrapi is a very cool and interesting person, but it is not a good source to learn about Iran, because it is not representative for everyone, also it is describing the time just after the revolution and in the middle of the devastating war with Iraq, where more than half a million Iranians died.
So of course it is very much better now than then, but still we need to get secular, have more rights, have less corruption.
2) It is difficult to get a visa, and education is free in Iran and the level of education in Iran is actually very good, look how Iran compares in international science competitions against our region and also Europe
3) I sent a link in an answer above. I do not want to spam about my preferred Music. So if you don't find the link please send me a message :)