Iranians flooded the internet with posts, tweets [2] and photos as they mocked [3] the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamian Netanyahu's remark that Iranians are not free to wear jeans.
Netanyahu, in an interview on BBC Persian [4] on Saturday said “If the people of Iran were free they could wear blue jeans, listen to Western music and have free elections.”
Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst, says [5], “What Prime Minister Netanyahu was thinking about when he was saying these things about Iran was most probably the former USSR.”
It is #IranJeans vs. Netanyahu.
Arash Kamangir, a Toronto-based blogger and cyber activist, says [6] on Twitter:
#IranJeans [7] the new face of the Iranian use of the web. Maintains criticism of the Iranian state and defends own identity at the same time.
— Arash Kamangir (@Kamangir) October 6, 2013 [8]
Iiriix, a project manager from Iran published [9] a photo of a shop selling jeans in Iran and writes:
Mr. @netanyahu [10], here is a shop selling weapons of mass destruction in #Iran [11]. #jeans [12] (Photo:Mehr) :) pic.twitter.com/Dhs79Vg7o5 [13]
— iiriix (@iiriix) October 6, 2013 [14]
Nima Shirazi notes that the Israeli Prime Minister called Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” [15] and tweets [16]:
For Netanyahu Iranians are either wolves in wolf's clothing or in sheep's clothing who can't wear #jeans [12]. But really: pic.twitter.com/hkXlQLp072 [17]
— Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) October 7, 2013 [18]
N,avi,D says he wants to know Nethanyahu's size in jeans and tweets [19]:
Iwas thinking to send a per of (Iran Tafteh'jeans) Iranian made jeans to Mr Netanyahu. Any one knows his size ??? #IranJeans [7]
— N,avi,D (@Divan_M) October 7, 2013 [20]
The blogger Freedomseeker has another idea, and published a photo that apparently shows Iranian police stopping women in the street for what they are wearing. The blogger ironically says [21] [fa], “Now I am listening to western pop music in disguise.”
Another blogger, Andarbab writes [22] [fa] I am not for the Israeli Prime Minister, his problem with the Islamic Republic is about nuclear bombs and he does not care about Iranian people. But here is an article published [23] [fa] in the semi-official Isna news where a cinema expert claims that his image was not broadcast on TV because he wore jeans.