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The United States and Iran have been lobbing threats, fighting proxy wars, and imposing sanctions for decades. USA Today looks at over 60 years of this back-and-forth.
Westerners and, in particular Americans, have grown accustomed to seeing through a fear-provoking glass: U.S.-flag-burning, "Death to America" sermons, repeated threats against Israel.
Iranians, as I quickly found out, were equally interested in me and wanted to make sure that I formed a good impression of their country – a place that, for all its faults, they still loved and said was misunderstood and often inaccurately portrayed in Western media.
"Kim, I hope you will change your mind about Iran."
"Kim, how are you finding Iran? Is it what you imagined?"
"Are we Iranians as scary and evil as Trump says, Kim?"
Less than 36 hours since my arrival, questions of this kind were turning into a refrain.
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