We would love to see Iran become the country they were prior to overthrowing the Shah in 1979. I mean, I've talked about this before, but In 1977, [Iran] may have been arguably more Westernized. In the United States, they had more people elected, more women elected to public office than the United States did. They had more professionals, professional women working in the workplace in the United States did. Today, women can't even teach their own girls how to read or do math without the threatening of being being killed by what they call an honor killing. (02:38–02:49)
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Asserts that Iran was more Westernized and had more women in public office than the U.S. in 1977.
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