Americans In Iran August 28, 2016

Post by **Martin Hash** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:31 am

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Americans in Iran get a mixed reaction. Most locals simply turn away when we tell them where we're from. (I never say I'm from someplace else.) For example, Masouleh is a picturesque village constructed of brick houses built one atop another into the mountainside. It was impressive in both its entrepreneurial spirit & the large amount of tourists. It's probably a good bet that we were the first Americans the village had seen in decades. Obviously the word had gotten around that Americans were there, and we'd probably been pointed out. Some people wanted to take pictures with us. In fact, one gentleman had his smartphone translate that he was a reporter for a newspaper in Tehran, and he wanted a selfie with us. A local woman working a small souvenir stand of knitted dolls with painted faces said "American?" and since she was smiling, we smiled back, nodding. Then she smiled bigger and said, "we like Obama," which was probably the only English she knew. And we replied, "we like Obama too."

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