They have forced this on the people because it wasn't that long ago, Will, where Iran was more westernized than probably United States. I mean, you can go back to the year I was born in 1977. They had more women elected to public office in the United States [in 1977]. They had more women in the workplace and more professional women in the workplace than the United States did. Fast forward to 1979. They overthrew Shaw and this is what we have today. (12:03–12:08)
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