Iranians, irked by Netanyahu comment, tweet photos of their jeans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offended many young Iranians by falsely saying in an interview that the citizens of the Islamic Republic were not free to wear jeans or listen to western music.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his first Persian language interview broadcast into Iran Saturday, appeared to offend many young, educated Iranians with comments that they said revealed how deeply out of touch he is with Iranian society.
While Netanyahu, in the interview with the BBC's Persian TV service, repeated familiar talking points--dismissing the power of Iran's new, more moderate president Hassan Rouhani and arguing Iran should not be allowed to retain a nuclear enrichment capability--it was his assertion that Iranians are not free to wear jeans and listen to western music that set off a social media firestorm.
Netanyahu to #BBCPersian: "If people of #Iran were free they could wear jeans, listen to Western music & have free elections"
