Iran - Land of of the Thousand and One Contradictions

In October 2016, more than 10,000 people gathered in Pasargad at the ancient tomb of Cyrus the Great, paid homage to the former ruler of the Persian Empire and combined this with the protest against the current political situation in Iran. They risked imprisonment and lashes, because since the depressed 'Green Revolution' of 2009, everyone knows how brutal the regime is against deviators.The protest and the rebellion have since moved to private, especially the young generation of Iranians takes their liberties just now secretly and does not give a damn about the prohibitions of mullahs. Pop music, Hollywood movies, alcohol, excessive parties, forbidden loves, just all suppressed longings continue to exist in secrecy. The nuclear agreement of 2015 gave Iran a new social spring awakening. The world looked again with different eyes on the God state. Instead of terrorism, the former "power of evil" has been re-linked to tourism. Since the end of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency, more and more people from all over the world are traveling to Iran, experiencing a fascinating country which was totally unknown to them until then and deeply touched by the struggles and dreams of this cultured, proud and warm people. Iran is a country of many dimensions, hard to grasp, but endlessly fascinating. Here you can feel like in heaven and in hell, sometimes both on the same day. The land of the Thousand and One Contradictions.