Iranians report highest negative emotions, second only to Iraq. The media storm that erupted after police arrested six young Iranians for dancing to the Pharrell Williams song ‘Happy’ in an online video prompted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to tweet, ‘Happiness is our people's right. We shouldn't be too hard on behaviours caused by joy.’ Iran's leadership is right to be concerned about the country's happiness. Gallup's most recent rankings of positive emotions find Iran at 93 on a list of 138 countries. (Countries with highest negative experience index scores, 2013). An Iranian journalist, Golnaz Esfandiari, tweeted in response to the arrests, ‘Thousands of Iranians have been arrested in the past 35 years for being happy and partying.’ Happiness is an expression of freedom, a bridge to ideas, a clear path to exploration. Fascists, and all those ruled by fear, have always known this.