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Iran's Generation K, 33 minutes, 2009 (Ref:
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Ayatollahs Khomeini
and Khamenei were the two spiritual leaders that
founded the Islamic Republic of Iran almost exactly
three decades ago. But many of Iran’s youth – Iran’s
so-called “Generation K” do not remember the
revolution. For some of them the revolution is
steeped in glorious legend. For others, it is
something to be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Iranian society and particularly young people in the
big cities are far more liberal than the regime that
governs them. The regime is a potentially explosive
mixture of reformers and conservatives, theocrats
and democrats, elected politicians and self-elected
clergy. Some voters laud Law and Order and Iran’s
new-found national pride. Others want change. Many
in “Generation K” want to end the simmering dispute
with the international community over Iran’s nuclear
ambitions and to build a modern, democratic society
but they face formidable obstacles.
Filmed in June,
2009. |
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