Actually I have an Iranian in-law down in Houston. Very civilized, like most of the Iranians who have come to
America to settle. No doubt the Iranian terrorists have inserted a few people here too, but most Iranians still think of themselves as belonging to an older civilization and do not identify with the Arabs.
We have a good friend whose family barely escaped when the Shah fell -- he was already here in the States with his Mom and sister but other family members barely made it out.
He is as Texan as any native born Texan I know.
Yes. My ex-Girlfriend from Tehran was the classiest lady I ever dealt with. Very secular and sophisticated.