Well, his parents fled because of their loyalty to the Shah. He was a wee tyke when they came to the US, but he had a seething loathing for Khomeni and his band of jackasses. He saw himslef as an American, but one who longed for the country of his birth to “retain its former glory.” He also often talked of Iran as a western nation hijacked by barely literate killers. It was always interesting to have conversations with him.
Thousands fled then. So many more wished they had. The Shah wasn’t the terrible dictator that the press has made him out to be.
I hope Iran is free from these murdering b#st#rds soon.
When I was at UT, I lived in a near-campus complex and BBQd on my patio often. I wound up cooking for Texas football players (their stairwell was above my pit) and also for an Iranian student, studying law, who professed the same opinions as your friend.