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LongjumpingCheck2638 t1_j6mw6k6 wrote

Did he leave when the shit hit the fan in the 70s?

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stalinmad4 OP t1_j6mwnnr wrote

He came to the States pre-Revolution, not intending to stay here. Part of a wave of students on visas who were getting doctorates and planning to go back to Iran. The Revolution shut the door on that.

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