Introduction

Dan O'Brien first fell in love with what i would have called persian civilization as a tenager by studying ancient history. And then, right when i'm really getting heavily into my interest in persia, the situation with the modern nation of iran takes a hundred and 80 degree turn. When i was a kid, iran was a nation friendly to the united states. In fact, one of our best friends. The shift to a a fundamentalist religion backed revolution, where the united states was the great satan was an unbelievable turn of events. Many people have been born since without any memory of a friendly iron at all.