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Iranians seek modern lifestyle

Name: Iranians seek modern lifestyle
Uploaded: 2015-02-09T08:18:54.216Z
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Few of today's youth identify with the ideals of revolution

Iran is officially marking the 36th anniversary of the Islamic revolution with 10 days of celebration. But for many Iranians the founding of an Islamic utopia has lost out to the attractions of a modern lifestyle. The FT's Najmeh Bozorgmehr reports.

February 9, 2015

Filmed by Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Monavar Khalaj. Produced by Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Paolo Pascual. Edited by Paolo Pascual. Additional footage from Reuters.