Arrest girls, or women, for having bad hijab or not being covered enough. but, it s not that we live with the police in our head, you know? anthony: you know, one of the first things that people will say, when you say, well, i m going to iran. oh you re but don t they make women do this, this and this. jason: yeah. yeganeh: mmm. anthony: actually, not so much. jason: yeah. anthony: not as much as our jason: friends. anthony: friends. anthony: compare and contrast, women aren t allowed to drive in saudi arabia. yeganeh: that s right. or vote. anthony: uh, or vote. you can drive? you can vote? yeganeh: yeah, of course! anthony: can you open a business? yeganeh: of course. my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, uh, except we want to go and watch football, which is, like anthony: can t go watch football? yeganeh: we cannot. anthony: women s issues are often at the spear point of change or
jason: now it s everywhere. yeganeh: we have police, they arrest girls, or women, for having bad hijab or not being covered enough. but, it s not that we live with the police in our head, you know? anthony: you know, one of the first things that people will say, when you say, well, i m going to iran. oh you re - but don t they make women do this, this and this. jason: yeah. yeganeh: mmm. anthony: actually, not so much. jason: yeah. anthony: not as much as our jason: friends. anthony: friends. anthony: compare and contrast, women aren t allowed to drive in saudi arabia. yeganeh: that s right. or vote. anthony: uh, or vote. you can drive? you can vote? yeganeh: yeah, of course! anthony: can you open a business? yeganeh: of course. my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, uh, except we want to go and watch football, which is, like anthony: can t go watch football? yeganeh: we cannot. ant
Conservative attitudes demand certain things. on the other hand, iranian women are famously assertive, opinionated. it s a striking difference from almost everywhere else in the region. anthony: so why are we so friendly with the saudi s again? jason: that s a great question. it s a really good question. yeganeh: i m happy that you asked the question. anthony: do you like it? you re happy here? jason: look, i m at a point now, after five years, where, uh, i miss certain things about home. i miss my buddies. i miss, uh, burritos. i miss having certain beverages with my buddies and burritos, and certain types of establishments. um, but i love it. i love it, and i hate it. you know? but, it s home. it s become home. anthony: are you optimistic about the future? yeganeh: yeah. especially if this nuclear deal
Finally happens, um, yeah. very much, actually. anthony: despite the hopeful nature of our conversation, six weeks after the filming of this episode, jason and yeganeh were mysterious arrested and detained by the police. sadly, in iran, this sort of thing is not an isolated incident. for barcelona? we did promise we d go. [dogs] they get the miles.we get a pet-sitter. use the card that gets you miles closer to your promise. [dogs] they should do this every year. and start something priceless.
Seeing in front of our eyes, is actually there. when you walk down the street you see a different side of things. people are proud; the culture is vibrant, uh, people have a lot to say. anthony: jason rezaian is the washington post correspondent for iran. yeganeh, his wife and a fellow journalist, works for the uae-based newspaper the national. jason is iranian-american. yeganeh is a full iranian citizen. this is their city, tehran. the official attitude towards fun in general seems to be ever shifting. how, is fun even a good idea? jason: um a lot of push and pull. a lot of give and take. when i first started coming here, you wouldn t hear pop music in a, in a restaurant, or a anthony: right. yeganeh: it s everywhere now.