Prior to the, the, the overthrow of the Shah and the Ayatollah coming into power in 1979, we had a lot of business relationships inside Iran. In fact, Iran in some cases was more Westernized than the United States. They had more women elected to public office in the United States did. They had more women working in a professional setting than, than the United States did. (05:19–05:24)
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Asserts that Iran was more Westernized than the U.S. in certain aspects before 1979.
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