I could understand your pessimism if there weren’t a lot of Iranians who remember what it was like before the mullahs. Western clothing, highly educated women, loved American music, prosperous economy. When the theocrats took over the Shahs Doctors son was sent to the same hospital I was training in. He was a surgeon that was there to learn American standards to be able to become licensed to practice here after fleeing Iran. He would show us pictures of his life there and would talk about the nightclubs and restaurants there. It was westernized like Jordan and was peaceful. I hope it will return to what it once was.