By: Benji, Jeanette, Heip, Diana, Elena and
CULTURE IN IRAN: POSTISLAMIC REVOLUTION
Iranian Cuisine
 A healthy diet that consists of fresh fruits and vegetables
 Unlike the U.S, meat (lamb, goat, or chicken) is not the
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centerpiece of meal
Pork is prohibited
The main beverage is Black Tea
Gaz – a natural nougat that Iranians serves to guests
Irainian adopted their dishes from the Greece and Indians
The national dish is called chelow kebab which is lamb
marinated in lemon juice.
The main beverage with a meal is dough yougurt with salt
water.
Meals
 Breakfast- A light meal that usually consists of
bread with butter, cheese, jam and tea
 Lunch is served around 1:00 in the afternoon. It
starts with a plate of fresh greens (scallions,
fresh basil, mint, and others that are in season.
The main dish is aromatic steamed rice with
stews made from meat and vegetables.
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Evening meal – Evening meal is a light meal
consisting of leftover food from lunch. It can
also be bread with cheese and fruits.
Desserts
 Sweets are only eaten in the afternoon and
with tea
 Borek
 Fruit Tarts
 Noon Khamei (Cream Puffs)
Iranian Sports
 Most Popular- Soccer
 Iran have qualified for the 2014 World Cup in
Brazil.
 Tehran was the first city in Western Asia to
host the Asian Games.
 Iran have participated in every summer
Olympics since 1948 other than 1980 and ‘84.
Women and Sports
 Women must wear a head dress as they play
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sports to follow Islamic law.
They must follow strict Islamic law when
playing sports.
If they break any of these laws there are
severe punishments.
Women can’t play sports where they could
come into contact with male referees.
Women are not allowed to attend outdoor
soccer games.
Iran Sports Diplomacy
 Iran came to USA and played Basketball against
NBA teams. The tour was to “Bring people
together.”
 Iran won’t play sport against Israel
 In 2012, Iran were supposed to play Serbian
team, Partizan Belgrade, but Iran cancelled the
match when Partizan hired an Israeli coach.
 In the 2008 an Iranian swimmer was forced to
drop out of the Olympics due to being against an
Israeli swimmer.
Music and the Revolution
 During the revolution music was prohibited
because of the ‘haram’.
 When this happened the musicians
responded by creating music that was
inspired by the traditional music, the political
and social energy, and the revolution
mentality.
 Directly after the revolution pop music was
banned.
Production of Music
 Music in Iran must be approved by the
Ministry of Culture which combs through
lyrics and instrumentations.
 Classic Persian music and pop have flourished
under the restrictions but rock and hip hop
have to stay mostly underground
 Women are not allowed to sing in public but
by singing an asynchronous duet women are
able to sing in front of the masses.
Iranian Music Artists
 Shajarian sings traditional Iranian music
 Arash, Mansour and Manroosh are all pop
artists in Iran and some of them use
traditional Iranian music techniques to
embellish their songs
 Moein is a popular artist in the adult
contemporary genre.
Iranian Women Fashion
 Modern day women can dress however they want,
but they still have to abide by the traditional clothing
requirements such as covering their hair, necks, and
arms
 Most women wear a manteau (overcoat) which
covers the body
 It is legal to wear something more revealing
underneath their manteau
Fashion Within
 If you are a woman and want to enter a holy
place in Iran you will have to wear a chador.
 A chador is a long dress that is designed to
cover every part of the female form except
the face.
 If you are a man and you wish to enter a holy
place it is better for you to have long sleeves
but it is not mandatory.
Iranian Men Fashion
 Men can dress freely
 They are allowed to wear t-shirts, tanks,
jeans, and shorts
Traditional Clothing
 Bakhtiari – a traditional dress that consists of
many layers, and comes in different colors
Graffiti/ Street Art
 Graffiti has become a new voice for Iran’s
youth
 . Young Iranian stencil artists who are using
street art to deal with themes such as peace,
war, love, hate, hope, despair, human rights
and the Iranian culture.
 Graffiti is almost considered a sin.
Disney Graffiti
 These pictures shows Cinderella holding a knife
and snow white is holding a gun. I think they are
trying to represent the two country’s fighting.
These princesses are mostly popular in America.
When we take a look at Disney princesses we
think about peace, nice and gentle but in this
picture we see Disney princesses holding guns
and knife. This picture could also represent how
America looks very peaceful and nice but it could
all be fake.
Carpet
 Carpets are Iran's most important export item
after oil, and their creation is an art of the
highest order.
 The finest take years to complete and have
hundreds of knots per square inch.
 Older carpets are worth more than new
carpets. Every Iranian family will try to own
one, with the secure knowledge that if they
take care in their purchase it will always
increase in value.
Films
 Going to the theatre was banned because it
did not follow their beliefs
Films
 The Blue Veiled directed by Rakhashan Bani-
E’temad (Russari Abi original title) 1995
 Plot: an elderly owner who owns a tomato
farm and sauce factory falls in love with one
of the workers at the factory (after his wife
dies).
 All of this endangers his relationship with his
wife and kids
Laila Magnu
 kaish Amari and Laila both came from
wealthy families. They met at age of six and
became close friends.
 As they grow older so does their love. Laila’s
father expects her to marry a wealthy Arabian
banksh a noble prince.
 Everyone knew about their love stony kaish
becomes known as majnu and roams the
desert without food nor drinks while Laila
gets married off.
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