Originally Posted by Tuatara

I have a question based on a statement a friend of mine made. He's a helicopter pilot and he gets contract work all around the world. He has worked in South America, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq (before the war) and Pakistan. He told me that there was no other place where the people made him feel so welcome as the people in Iran. He said it's very pro-western and when you get to know the people they can have intelligent rational discussions without making you feel like an outsider. Do you feel, even though there are many westerners calling for war against Iran or calling them terrorists, that the overwhelming majority of Iranians are peaceful pro-western people?