Kamangir (Archer)

Problems of a Sex-Thirsty Society

Kamangir | October 31, 2006 | Category Iran

The Iranian blogsphere is experiencing a very important challenge. Recently, a short video started circulating in the web. At the first sight it is nothing different from the other half of the Internet in which nude people generously offer a long shot of their sexual pleasure. However, this video is one of a kind. Because, the shy girl in this video is a famous Iranian actor.

Recently, a successful Iranian soap opera was aired in the Iranian national television. For a broadcasting organization whose boss is directly assigned by the supreme leader, it is obvious to expect nothing like “Sex and the City”. In fact, soap operas in Iran have very known guidelines; there are bad people who are obviously bad and good people who are always saying their prayers. It is then obvious that having a key “good” girl passionately making out on every monitor in Iran is a personal offense to the Islamic Republic.

Very soon, the lady rejected all allegations and claimed that she will sue those behind this resemblance. Then, blogs were devoted to this incident, posting pictures and the video. Thank to Google, everyone was able to find out all tiny details.

Today, there are fairly serious rumors that she has commited suicide under interrogation (see). Some bloggers blame the Internet or abusive bloggers (see) (see) (see). I don’t. Porn is a synonym for the Internet. I think the responsible party is exactly who dictates artificial “values”. Being an actor, and being a human being, I think it is clear that soon your very private pictures will leak to the public. Why should we take it so seriously? For a sex-thirsty society like Iran, it is more than obvious to have people search for her name whenever they have access to Google.