SATIRE | HUMOR | IRAN | WOMEN’S RIGHTS
An Exclusive Interview of an Iranian Therapist Treating Women With “Anti-Family Personality Disorder”
An Al Jazzier exclusive on a groundbreaking mental health clinic in Tehran, never disclosed outside Iran
A global exclusive by Aref Taslimi.
A court in Tehran condemned prominent Iranian actress Afsaneh Bayegan to two years in prison for wearing provocative western underwear in her bedroom*. Her nosy neighbor ratted her out.
They suspended her sentence but ordered her to “make weekly visits to a mental health clinic to treat the mental disorder of having an anti-family personality.”**
As an investigative journalist with a psychology background this jumped out on me. So I oiled a few palms and secured an exclusive interview with the clinic’s lead psychiatrist, Professor Delshad Motahhari.
Taslimi: Thank you for clearing your busy schedule to see me Professor.
Professor Motahhari: Thank you for flying from Qatar Mr Taslimi. I was delighted to receive your interview request. I’m eager to let the world know about my work.
