cultures. After 1639, there has been no border crossing or war. Turks are predominantly sunnis whereas Iranians follow Ali's heritage. Why not staying in Iran to get a realistic picture?...Because it is fast food. Easy money. Go go toys. Dont waste your time with this kind of orientalist crap, go watch real crap like skydiver instead. At least it is real fake, not fake fake. from the report of my american friend and a friend of tunisia for 20 years, it may have already started happening there. the origin could be a relatively small section of society there now that is very active, bigoted and unrestrained. from there to state oppression is not a long step. unfortunately In some ways, the granting by the Bush administration of 'permission slips' for techniques, which led to at least two people deaths it is alleged is bad, becasue the government had full foreknowledge of it. In other countries, which are poorer, have worse centralisation of power, abuses often happen without the knowledge of the centralised powers in charge. They still probably hold responsibility, and or may engage in instigation of such acts. "we were cautious not to speak Persian too loud to be noticed" come on, seriously, give your readers a break. i mean, giving your story a bit of drama, alright. but turning into a drama queen, that's overdoing it. what would you have done, had you been an iranian expat in the US during the hostage crisis? hide in a bunker