Under the Veil of Iran

Maybe the Internet is illegal in Iran and maybe it isn't but after reading two articles in the English language newspapers of Iran about webloggers and journalists who were imprisioned, it just feels better writing about this country after we have departed.

Getting a visa for Iran seemed difficult...suspisious and secret...with the appearance of many rules and regulations, yet, the sense of no rules at all. After the labour of filling in the application 3 times and going here and there to pay in advance and copy all the documents our application was placed on the counter at the Embassy behind the clerk and we were told to wait for 2 weeks and then come back. When we returned, the papers were in what seemed like exactly the same location on the counter and the clerk looked at them and said a confident "yes".

This post isn't finished - just can't seem to save it as a draft - I'll come back to it...