BBC Documentary

The image you have from Iran is probably distorted.
A fact file with no judgment is the best way to discover the truth, in my viewpoint.
Of course if you showcase an American daily life for me and a Japanese guy our judgments will definitely be different, but at least it's personal, not affected by external factors and is not exaggerated.
Talking about the BBC's documentary about Iran, it does not provide a complete image of Iran but it can kick start process of getting to know Iran, the way it really is.


Regah Omar, a BBC reporter returned to Iran, this time not to interview politicians but to interview Tehran. The capital city of Iran.
Maybe it is time to bury the hatchet and watch the documentary as a neutral spectator.
Regah Omar starts with less privileged areas. He describes the people in those areas of Tehran unshakable in their faith in spite of their economic condition.
He often refers to politics, such as talking about justice, the idea about it among Iranians and the movements seeking it, like the Islamic revolution and election of president Ahmadinejad.
Perhaps the purpose of the effort to talk to different Iranians from different classes, sometimes different like day from night, is to embody the Iranian society as a whole. I haven't watched the whole documentary so my judgments are still incomplete.
The other good point is that the documentary provides additional facts in some cases such as the scene of tapping in gravestone in order to communicate with the dead. I don't know whether it is right or not(according to Islam), but it sounds like a superstition as it was mentioned by Regah Omar.
All in all, up to here Omar's attempt to picture the Iranian society, in particular Tehran, hasn't failed.it has been just, precise and to the point, to some extend.

M.A.N.