Iranian Women Pose Nude To Protest Repression (NSFW VIDEO)

A group of Iranian women living in exile in Europe hope to help combat repression in their native country by posing nude in a new video.

According to ThinkProgress, the video is an effort to drum up sales for the Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar.

The International Business Times notes that the calendar is the creation of activist and campaigner Maryam Namazie, and is dedicated to an Egyptian blogger who posted nude pictures of herself to protest sexual discrimination in Islam. The calendar is set to be released on International Women's Day.

"Islamism and the religious right are obsessed with women's bodies," Namazie told the paper. "They demand that we be veiled, bound, and gagged. In the face of this assault, nudity breaks taboos and is an important form of resistance."

The calendar and the video come after a partially-nude photo of Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani drew criticism from the Iranian government and the actress was banned from returning to Iran. Farahani has said that her appearances were in protest of Iran's restrictions on how women are allowed to appear in public, according to The Daily Beast.

Radio Free Europe points out that "it's unclear how the video or 'purchas[ing] a copy of the Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar' would actually 'go towards supporting women's rights and free expression,' as the clip states."

WATCH the NSFW video below:

Comments

[Joseph Fattal]

08:24 PM on 05/04/2012

They would be hanging material in Iran.

[Lillian Bailey]

10:07 AM on 04/30/2012

I don't get why people get so upset with nudity.It's natural and beautiful.

[ebanks84]

02:13 PM on 06/18/2012

Not everybody's body is beautiful. Individuals have their own perception of what is beautiful and they are definitely not all the same.

[andycan]

10:00 PM on 04/19/2012

IRANIAN WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL

What's obscene is the Iranian clergy's insistence on complete body cover. Women's bodies are ideological tools for the criminal ayatollahs who stone women to death.

Nudity in this case is moral, humanistic and revolutionary. It points up the murderous hypocrisy of the Shiite clergy. It is the ahatollahs in their black gowns who are hideous. The nakes Iranian women are all beautiful. A mass movement of women baring their bodies in Iran would help topple this criminal government.

[stacknef]

10:33 AM on 04/13/2012

THAT WILL MAKE THE AYATOLLAHS' HEADS SPIN!!!

[Syllogizer]

02:49 PM on 04/17/2012

The line of reasoning that supports this silly stripping is truly adolescent -- at best. All the more disappointing then, that so many of the women doing it are far too old to plead adolescence as an excuse:(

Worse yet though, this is bound to backfire completely. The Ayatollahs are not going to relax their death grip on the country because a few foolish women strip naked. No, if they react at all, it is going to be using this adolescent act as an excuse to clamp down MORE harshly.

[knokandu]

12:33 PM on 03/13/2013

.....off hopefully!

[KamranAghajani]

09:24 PM on 03/30/2012

Why do women think this is empowering and not disgraceful and shameful ?

what will they tell their children, and their families ?

feminism is a disease greater than religion.

[soniaiberte]

01:22 PM on 04/25/2012

I have never known a feminist to drag a mother or daughter out to a public stadium and stone her to death for the amusement of the masses. These women would not have to go this extreme if that religion were not so sexually dysfunctional. What is dishonorable is that the culture and the religion of Iran and Iraq do not find disgrace and shame in the way that women and girls are treated, but you find shame and disgrace in a nude body. We were not born clothed. It is not our natural state. Could you ever think outside of your box and see the issue for what it is rather than attacking feminism. Feminism can sometimes get extreme, but not as extreme as the murdering stone throwers of the middle east.

[Kirosh Kosrami]

09:03 AM on 05/23/2012

"I have never known a feminist to drag a mother or daughter out to a public stadium and stone her to death for the amusement of the masses"

I have never known or seen an Iranian do this either. However, I have just witnessed the ignorance and the racism of you.

"What is dishonorable is that the culture and the religion of Iran and Iraq do not find disgrace and shame in the way that women and girls are treated"

Iran's culture has nothing to do with Iraq's, there are no similarities. The culture of Iran is beautiful and spans 6 millenniums, you know absolutely nothing about our glorious and rich culture. If by "Iran's culture" you mean "the actions of the Arab worshipping Islamists who rule Iran", then maybe you're getting somewhere.

[soniaiberte]

10:40 AM on 05/23/2012

No ignorance, no racism here. I have worked with refugees from Iraq and I have worked with people from Iran, who under the name of Mohamed impose outrageous abuses against their daughters. Maybe you should do a little research before calling me racist and stop being so goddamn ignorant yourself. I don't care how old your culture is, mine is as old as yours, and who cares? really! teach your son's the value of a woman and maybe your women won't be selling naked calendars. Denial is as bad a habit as a heroin addiction.

[theh4qq]

12:37 PM on 03/28/2012

As a Muslim, I certainly support women's rights without question, and I am against any forms of government that seek to limit them in a manner that is outside of the bounds of Islam - this specifically includes Iran and Saudi Arabia.

However, I cannot say that this is a respectable form of asking for a change. It is immodest and without any real intellectual thought behind it. The beauty of women is an imaginable thing, and they are going about it completely wrong. Islam values intellect, character, modesty, and more - this is the exact opposite.

[soniaiberte]

01:24 PM on 04/25/2012

Perhaps, but sometimes it takes and extreme to combat another extreme.

[Trustfunded1]

01:09 PM on 03/23/2012

And thats what many Iranian women will look like when we invade Iran and throw millions into camps....naked.

[Ug The Thug]

06:01 AM on 03/22/2012

Um.....although I support their cause for freedom .....I think that they should keep their clothes on.
Not a bunch of hotties ......if ya know what I mean.

[soniaiberte]

01:25 PM on 04/25/2012

What is a hottie? a 22 year old? Too funny. We all age, one day you too will hang and sag and then what?

[masseit8]

04:38 PM on 03/19/2012

Bravo!!! This is a specific attack on Islam. Islam dominates their people through fear of reprisal. If they use their mind to step out of the confines of the Islam religion, then they are marked as an apostate and then comes the death penality. Islam is a controlling religion, that tries to cleans people through outward actions. The problem is that it is archaic and goes way overboard. Islam should be based on the heart and the mind, with the allowance of each to make their own choices without reprisal. This is why the middle east is a powder keg of extremists who want to control all by the use of Islam. No freedom !!! People think Christianity is bad???

[theh4qq]

12:34 PM on 03/28/2012

It seems you don't have any proper understanding of Islam to recognize when it is practiced incorrectly. Iran and Saudi Arabia are two of the worst examples of Islam put into practice in terms of law.

And yes, Christianity is a terrible example to use to support your argument.

[Syllogizer]

02:41 PM on 04/17/2012

He may have misused it as an example, but there is one difference between the two that is VERY relevant: Christianity recognizes that there is are distinctions between different kinds of 'zeal', such as between 'zeal' sui generis and 'fanaticism', which is a mindless, immoderate kind of irrational zeal. Islam fails to make the distinction regularly, and lends itself very frequently and generously to the most destructive forms of fanaticism.

[djuno1966]

05:14 PM on 03/12/2012

Sadly, these protestors will be targetted and tortured This conflict resolution lays in the hands of the women. Give them power to promote education and civil law and all these conflicts will end. When the violate the Koran by nudity, they are desparate to promote their cause. Each should be issued a Colt 45 and plug their male relatives. Only then will they be given rights.

Then again, there is a reason some of them need burkhas, like our huge American women wearing black leotards in public. Mighty tastey !!! Hidie HO from Mr. Hanky

[2 Da Max]

01:00 PM on 03/16/2012

"Each should be issued a Colt 45...." Totally agree.

[kittykatluvr21]

11:38 PM on 03/18/2012

F&F

[masseit8]

04:45 PM on 03/19/2012

This a tool that women have, it is striking at the very heart of Islam. The taboo of it is, that men showing bare chest are not much better. Right for men and not for women??? Islam is tied to archaic form of bondage by outward actions. This inturn, is a knife in the back of muslims, that go against the norm for change.

[Christopher Koulouris]

05:47 PM on 03/10/2012

Sure it’s an individual’s right to decide whether or not they want to be publicly shown naked. But most women aren’t interested in this. Most importantly what they should have a right to is an education, the right to determine how they make a living, other than being dependent on a male and the right to be respected as intelligent human beings and not just available for the gratification of men to be bartered for dowries. Then again, there are some who think equality means lowering themselves to the worst male behaviour such as swearing, getting drunk and being promiscuous. That is what choice means.

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/03/exiled-iranian-women-pose-nude-to-protest-against-sexual-oppression/

[ultrabop]

08:13 AM on 03/09/2012

He's copyrighted the revolution?

[dudibob]

02:37 PM on 03/08/2012

What a sad day it is when women have to resort to antics of this sort to gain attention for their/a cause. Actually, infact it is not at all difficult to perceive what is in fact going on here. I wonder who put them up to it! The "exploiters" will use any and every reason for advancing their agendas. Fools fall for it. Foolish women fall for it. Intelligent, smart, clever women don't. If I were an Iranian woman, I would not stand for their sisters being exploited in this manner. There are more honorable ways of standing up and fighting for a cause. I pity these women and curse the people who exploit humanity;man or woman, for their own ends.

[Joe Biden is Smart]

10:51 AM on 03/08/2012

Just out of pure curiosity, do they list the second girl from the end's phone number or email anywhere?
I was just wondering if they do that...? But seriously I support whatever it is they're getting naked for!

[Terris Linenbach]

09:27 AM on 03/08/2012

People want to bash Google every chance they get. Google didn't create YouTube, but they made it what it is: a platform for revolution. We shall see if the privacy revolution will be youtubed. I highly doubt it.