Originally Posted by arshemir
if you eat out at a restaurant, or are in a public place, and people find out you're American they'll talk with you, either in perfect or broken English and will tell you how much they lover Americans.
Absolutely. A surprisingly large number of Iranians have family or friends in the US.
Originally Posted by arshemir
I'd steer away from both the eastern (Afghanistan) and western (Iraq) borders of Iran.
I didn't visit the eastern part but had a fantastic trip in the Zagros mountains between Iran and Iraq. Bakthiari nomads were very friendly.