Back from Iran
Vee and I returned home this morning from our week’s holiday in Iran. We had a wonderful time. All went well and we had no political problems, although we were in the country for the 30th anniversary of the taking of the American Embassy hostages.
More so than any other country I’ve visited – and this was number 53 – people were amazingly friendly and excited to make contact with us. It’s absolutely clear than most Iranians – especially those in the cities and the young – do not share their government’s hostility to the British or the Americans.
We were able to visit an Iranian family in their home in the capital Tehran and spoke – if only briefly – to literally dozens and dozens of Iranians who wanted to engage with us wherever we went.
Over the coming days, I’ll be writing up a full account of our visit here. I hope that you’ll check it out and find it of interest.