A few months ago, I was listening to an interview with a public-television producer who had been on assignment in Iran. He was saying that, despite almost 30 years under a revolutionary Islamist regime, Iran remains a surprisingly normal country. For example, visiting a mosque, he was reminded of “Lutherans worshipping in the Midwest.” Except that “Death to Israel!” was scrawled along one of the walls of the house of worship — something you don’t often see in Sioux City. But his “guide” told him not to take that seriously. “That’s just the way we Iranians talk,” he explained. “Like if we’re stuck in traffic, we say: “Death to traffic!”

  

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