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by owenversteeg
3504 days ago
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Hmm. I'm an American/European that just visited Iran and I partly disagree. Traveling around, the vast majority of people I met knew practically no English. I could count the number of other Westerners I saw on one hand. Two of them I saw at Tehran Khomeini as I was arriving; they had just been denied a visa. A lot of younger people understood me decently well, but almost anyone over 25 needed translation. Nobody was near fluent, although their English was very impressive given that they never had a chance to practice it. I encourage everyone I know to visit - it's seriously one of the most beautiful places on Earth, the people are very friendly and the food is amazing - but language will always be a problem, and you will be the only Westerner most places you go. One example of how rare Europeans are is that I had several people come up to me and ask to take a picture with me, or called me "beautiful", and when I was out walking there were several people who semi-discreetly took photos of me. I don't mind, but it all goes to show that Iran is definitely not full of Europeans. The other tourists I saw were Asian, or had Iranian family. And yep, being in Iran is great for learning Farsi. I don't intend to become fluent but I do know maybe 100 words after staying with an Iranian family for a few days. tl;dr Visit Iran, it's amazing, but don't think it's full of Europeans, and plan before you go. |
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