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On Not Feeling At Home Abroad

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In the days when the Shah still sat on the Peacock Throne,
Fred Basnett drove into Iran anticipating different customs, food, drink and above all people. Foreign parts should be foreign. After his experiences trying to buy a hat, on a tea-shop crawl and with the secret police concerning the simple matter of wanting to leave the country, he was rather glad to do just that.

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Fred Basnett
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