That right there is funny no matter who ya are (unless you’re a mullah).
Many, many years ago we flew occasional patrols into the Gulf, just to show support for the Shah,i guess, since he had just purchased several P-3C aircraft. The reason was way above my pay grade at the time. Anyway we’d over night in Bandar Abbas. It was HOT, smelly, and very unfriendly even then. We were basically confined to quarters unless we were en route to/from the airplane. Nobody could wait to leave.
“Bandar? Bend a car? Pat Benatar!”