I lived and traveled in Iran for months. In Tehran I lived with the family of a retired bank worker who saw me looking for housing. I roomed with his son for months, ate all my meals with them, and they never accepted any money. Once I was sick and throwing up and they all came… https://t.co/KU7oOuhi5o
— Jonathan AC Brown (@JonathanACBrown) June 18, 2025
The land of Iran is as incredibly diverse as its people. There are mountainous rain forests and desert salt flats. I met among the most liberal and most conservative people there, and everything in between. Everyone was so kind it makes me cry with shame.
— Jonathan AC Brown, Professor of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University