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 in the United States. They [Iran] had more women elected to public office than the United States did. They had more women working in a professional setting than, than the United States did. And it was very similar to looking to what the United States had, but it was in obviously the Middle East. (00:53–05:27)
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