"Iran, in particular, is one of the Muslim nations that forcefully cracks
down on those who celebrate Valentine's Day. While the actual celebration of
Valentine's Day is not officially illegal in Iran as it is in Saudi Arabia,
Iranian hardliners have certainly gone out of their way to make it difficult
for Iranian citizens to express their romantic feelings out in the open in
general and on Valentine's in particular. Of course, Iran's Valentine's
Day-related bans are cloaked in the language of morality, but the crackdowns
are just one additional way for the authoritarian regime to demonstrate its
power over the citizens and suppress behavior that the Free World would
consider normal."
By Epictetus
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