Shortly before the war broke out between Israel and Iran, I had the opportunity to visit Iran and get to know some of the people there. After all, Iran is a huge country of over 90 million people. However, we did know that Iran would be different. Our hope was to visit Iran before Shavuos and then go from there to Israel for Yom Tov. They asked us why we wanted to visit Iran, and we explained that we’re world travelers who are interested in seeing this beautiful country.