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ananda

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7. i used to have an Iranian friend

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:37 PM

Jun 2025

who is now a professor in California.

He taught me so much about the culture
and language,

He translated a lot of the poetry for me,
and it wasso beautiful.

I came to think that the Persians have an
incredible affinity to beauty.

I would hate to see that lost.

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My doctor is from Iran. Graduated Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1992. [View all] IcyPeas Jun 2025 OP

LA enid602 Jun 2025 #1

Exactly. Will ICE round them up too? IcyPeas Jun 2025 #2

Ice enid602 Jun 2025 #3

The community was there but got huge as a result of people EllieBC Jun 2025 #4

Iranians enid602 Jun 2025 #5

True EllieBC Jun 2025 #6

i used to have an Iranian friend ananda Jun 2025 #7

I had a really good surgeon from Iran. milestogo Jun 2025 #8

Most Iranian ex pats hate the regime. That's why their ex pats. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2025 #9