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What It's Actually Like to Be an American Walking Around Iran: Culture Shock, Hospitality, and Everything In Between

What It's Actually Like to Be an American Walking Around Iran: Culture Shock, Hospitality, and Everything In Between

You land in Tehran. You walk out of the airport into a country that your government tells you not to visit, that your media portrays as hostile, and whose leaders regularly chant "Death to America" on television. You're nervous. And within 30 minutes...

Are There Americans in Iran Right Now? The Hidden Community You Didn't Know Existed

Are There Americans in Iran Right Now? The Hidden Community You Didn't Know Existed

This might surprise you: there are Americans in Iran right now. Not many, and they're not there casually but they exist, and their stories paint a more nuanced picture of US-Iran relations than the headlines suggest. Who Are the Americans in Iran?...

Everyone Loves Americans — They Just Can't Stand Our Government: How the World Really Sees Us

Everyone Loves Americans — They Just Can't Stand Our Government: How the World Really Sees Us

If you have spent any time traveling outside the United States, you have probably noticed something interesting. People will tell you — sometimes to your face, always politely, occasionally with a beer in hand — that they love Americans but canno...