Are Iranians hostile to westerners? This is a broad question, but we still get it all the time. What I told a group when someone asked me this question was that the first religion in Iran is hospitality. For the most part, Iranians are delightfully hospitable to westerners: particularly American westerners.
I was greeted with warmth, disbelief, and curiosity everywhere I travelled in Iran. I have never travelled anywhere else where people were so happy to see me. I cannot stress this enough. The Iranians that I met were incredibly welcoming. You can read a bit of a recap of my feelings about Iran in this post: I heart Iran.
Edo River: I have met Bahais in Iran. You might want to read this post I wrote in 2003:
The Women's Party
Next Question:
from Christopher:
Can ahmadinejad do something about the no tie with a jacket thing? it really doesn't seem to be working.
Stay tuned!
3 comments:
Thanks for the post. It's confirmed what I've read elsewhere that Iranians are very welcoming people.
The refrain..."We love Americans...it's the government we don't like"...but I think Iranians probably love Americans less today than 25 years ago :)
Marie, could you tell me why you think that Iranians like Americans less now?
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