SusanTK, I do not know who is in the picture.
I have not been to Iran. But my wife lived in Tehran in the 70s and so she includes Farsi among her many languages. She came away with a love for the people like you can not imagine, and has taught me much about them. Those I have met here have all been wonderful people.
I would very much love to see Iran for myself, though she warns me that once I see it I won't want to leave. (In her estimation -- she grew up overseas and knows a lot about ex-pat Americans who fall in love with some place and... make it their home. She thinks I would find Iran such a place.)