I have never met an Iranian anywhere in the world. They don't seem to travel a lot outside their country. There was a news item in today's Finnish newspapers: The number 2 Iranian diplomat in the Iranian Helsinki embassy Hossein Alizadeh has resigned from office and now considers himself a political dissident.
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mbm2000What do you know about our customs , culture?Anyone who has a computer can read about any country's culture. This is what Wikipedia says about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Iran]Iranian culture.[/url]
Cool BreezeHe hasn't yet sought political asylum in Finland.Hossein Alizadeh is seeking asylum in Finland now. He says he has received some very aggressive e-mails owing to his resignation. "I could have sought asylum in Sweden, the USA or Canada, but I know Finland well and I can speak my mind here. If I returned to Iran, I would face capital punishment."
vardogrI know enough about Iranian law to never set foot in your country. Irianian LGBT citizens are flogged, imprisoned and put to death for expressing or acting on their sexual orientation.I have absolutely nothing against Iranian people from a cross-cultural standpoint, but I do not respect anyone who condones human rights violations.But that might not be
mbm2000I as an Iranian want to tell other people ...From what I have seen, the vast majority of the Iranian people are lovely, but the government posts are filled by a lot of people who are a little crazy and dangerous and who like to tell everybody else what to do because they think they have all the answers. They seem way too serious. It's a shame they c