Iran Ten - Transcription
"I born in...Iran and I raised in Tehran which is capital city and. I'm thirty seven years old and. I attend school.. . back home in my country so I did my undergraduate in Azad University. In Tehran and. my major was graphic design.
[INTERVIEWER: TELL ME ABOUT A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD STORY]
" when I. I remember I was child I always hate eating meat. And.. I remember one day. my mom as usual she brought the food for us. I mean for me and my sister and put it on the table for each of us.... then my mom she left the room and to bring other things and I grab my meat and.. under the table I give it to my sister .and when she come back my mom said ," oh good girl, you know, you are very nice"... she was really happy I had my food.. But obviously I didn't.
[INTERVIEWER: TELL ME A STORY ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY]
Well. It is not going to be a... happy story I'm telling right now but. about. all the woman in my country . back home Iran, actually we don't have any rights. And even your. educated so your not able. to.. continue.. Your education and go to.like a different level of education and. after even you graduate there. is no opportunities for you as woman to work for a company because they didn't take you seriously and they are not going to pay you. a start to abuse you in different way which is very sad, even though if you got married you don't have right to raise your children or even if you want to go to different country you need your husband signature to let you go out of country, this is really ridiculous and as I said very disturbing in different level and . when even really have a happy life and .. So you want a divorce you don't have any rights to apply for the divorce..the man only the one who can apply for the divorce and you don't have anything after divorce even your own child.. So you couldn't really do anything. So it was really bad and. after all I was decided..to come to United States because it was my only choice and I had tons of difficulty to come to here to get the visa cause.. Because of my governor and politics which we have and unfortunately it is not really pleasant. they did even give me.. They didn't give me a visa.to come here.. After like .a . four times I apply in different ways. so they let me come here.