Introduction

Iran, as you all know, is a Moslem country and in Islam no premarital relations (I mean "relation" in general, it could be just talking on the phone) are allowed. Basically you are not allowed to have a girlfriend or a boyfriend. Even having friends of different gender is not allowed, I mean even if you are just friends. You are only allowed to talk to a “Mahram”.

In Islamic sharia legal terminology, a mahram (Arabic محرم, also transliterated mahrim or maharem) is an unmarriageable kin with whom sexual intercourse would be considered incestuous, a punishable taboo. Current usage of the term covers a wider range of people and mostly deals with the dress code practice of hijab. Any person who is not mahram is called na-mahram.

Depending on how religious your family is, your relations with your first cousins are defined. Usually families allow very limited relations with first cousins, for example if you need some help with your homework, but they may not let you hang out with your first cousins.

There are so many cases where a guy who is to get married has never even seen the hair of a na-mahram girl. Most parents are much more rigid on their daughters than they are on their sons. If a girl is caught talking to a guy on the phone, she could be in big trouble, but if a guy is caught in the same situation, usually the parent will just be disappointed.

When a na-mahram guy is present, girls are supposed to be covered. They can only show the face, hands and feet, although it is recommended to cover feet with black socks. So women have to have hijab in all public places. If there are only women, hijab is not required.

So, How do you think boys and girls meet? where do they hang out? I am going to take you to the under-world in the future posts. This was just an introduction and I’ll explain these matters in detail in the future posts. As I mentioned before; please point out my writing and grammatical mistakes.

Your comments are highly appreciated

Regards,

-Amir