“This was an incredible culture with beautiful, prosperous, educated people.”
Those were the Persians, and Jimmy Carter allowed the Islamic scumbags to take over Iran.
The beautiful and smart Persians left and came to America and other countries and became successful business owners.
Their children and grand kids want to destroy the Islamic thugs in control of Iran. Now, they have the covert backing by the Saudis in charge of Saudi Arabia.
Prior to the Islamic take over of Iran the Islamic world was coming to terms with modern society.
If you looked at the class pictures and pictures of the campuses of American University Cairo, American University Beirut, University of Iran & even Kabul. You saw a mixed group of males & females. The young women where often gorgeous and very stylishly but modestly dressed in Western (European) fashion. The success of fundamentalism (Iran Revolution) changed all that. You can follow the change through the class pictures of American University Cairo - beautiful young women to black bags with legs.
Jimmy really got Islamic jihad rolling again in modern times.