@johnb48 That’s sounds like an interesting experience.
Most of what I know about #persian #culture is from the #mystical #poetry I so admire as well as a few cultured friends that I know from #Iran.
I once wrote for one who ran Bidoun #magazine :
https://archive.bidoun.org/magazine/05-icons/music-shaaban-egyptian-gangsta-rappa-and-improbable-hero-of-the-people-by-yahia-lababidi/