![]() How it treats its own citizens with respect to their personal behaviors is also a matter of record. Iran’s official attitude toward America, its policies, its actions in the region, is a matter of record. Nowhere else I’ve been has the disconnect been so extreme between what one sees and feels from the people and what one sees and hears from the government. Because the Iran you see from the inside, once you walk the streets of Tehran, once you meet Iranians, is a very different place than the Iran you know from the news. What we saw, what we came back with, is a deeply confusing story. The window appeared to slam shut in particularly ugly fashion shortly after our departure. But as it turned out, that is probably not the case. At the time, we thought that perhaps our welcome was an indicator of a new attitude, an opening of a window. It took us many years of trying before we were finally allowed into Iran, the country with which we probably have the most contentious relationship on Earth. ![]() ![]() Especially in Iran, where what is permissible - to say, to do, to be seen to say or do - is an ever changing thing.
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