Want to Go to Iran w/the New York Times? Don’t Be Jewish or Gay

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For a mere $7,000 you too can visit Iran on a New York Times trip to imbibe Iranian propaganda. Just don’t be gay. Or Jewish. Because they don’t like that over there.

The New York Times is offering a pricey, 13-day excursion to the “once-forbidden land of Iran,” one of a series of its Times Journeys tours. However, if you’re an Israeli, joining the “Tales of Persia,” trip, “once-forbidden,” is still forbidden, and letting anyone know you’re Jewish, or gay, isn’t particularly recommended, either, a representative told The Algemeiner on Monday.

According to the promotional material on the website, the tour, which starts in Tehran, journeys “across country through beautiful landscapes, arid mountains and rural villages to experience vibrant bazaars,” where the traveler can “get lost in ancient cities and learn about the traditions and cultures of Iran. Traveling in a small group and staying in luxurious hotels along the way, your journey through Iran will reveal the secrets from this once forbidden land.”

But just keep your own secrets to yourself or you might end up hanging from a crane.

Asked if he found the possibility of facilitating discrimination to be objectionable the NYT rep parried that, “Well, we would, of course, not want anyone to feel prejudiced on the trip; we’d do our best for that not to happen. But, of course, anywhere we travel we can’t guarantee every factor.”

The New York Times could not lead a tour to a country where they kill gays. And even if you aren’t gay, Iran has a history of arresting Western travelers for serious crimes like being a woman watching a soccer match.

But that probably won’t happen to you. And if it does, the New York Times just won’t report on it.

 

  • barney59

    Progressive hypocrisy is at an all time high…

  • Pete

    If two Americans, who were gay, went on the tour and held hands do you really think the Iranians would arrest them?

    IMO they might do exactly that, but it would depend on American power and resolve. With a Democrat as president or with a Republican as president, who has taken a lot of political hits from the MSM, Democrats in Congress, or liberal nonprofits, such a couple could spend a year or two as guest of the Iranian government.

    Would I care? After all given belief systems and voting patterns it would be just deserts. However any demonstration of American weakness bodes ill for us all.

  • http://ruleofreason.blogspot.com/ Edward Cline

    I’m an atheist, so I guess that leaves me out. Also, I don’t give a fig about the differences between the Shi’ites and the Sunnis. Do I care about the differences between Baptists and Methodists? No. However, I don’t think the Times even knows the differences, not that they matter. It’s a good thing Indiana Jones traipsed around those parts in the 1930s. He wouldn’t be able to now.

  • Mongo66

    I just think it is funny that so few people are willing to pay for a subscription that the New York Times has to moonlight as a Travel Agent.

  • desertgoldwing

    Quote from OUT magazine editor (imagined) “Well, they never proved those guys hanging from the scaffolding were gay! For all we know they were Zionist spys. We at OUT, of course, denounce discrimination against gays in Iran in any form!”

  • Dom Selgrade

    I’m sorry I just find this article rather comical. Is that bad?