Iran: Personal Impressions - Rick Steves Travel Talks
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- Subscribe at goo.gl/l6qjuS for new travel talks! Rick describes his experience traveling through Iran and filming his one-hour TV special "Rick Steves' Iran." From a prayer service in a mosque and non-conformist teen fashions at the mall, to anti-American murals and the hospitality of a family dinner, Rick helps us understand this perplexing nation and the 70 million people who call Iran home.
In addition to being the host of public television and radio travel programs and the author of over 30 travel books, Rick Steves is an active and charismatic lecturer. In Rick Steves' Travel Talks you'll travel with Rick across the United States as he speaks on topics ranging from European Travel Skills to Travel as a Political Act: www.ricksteves...
I have met 3 Iranian men in a Bar. I found out they were from Tehran. I told them I am an American. We became friends quickly. We both agreed that it's the Governments of both Iran and US that have a problem. People to People are definitely NOT the problem. I met with these guys everyday of their 1 week holiday. I definitely would go as a tourist to Iran.
Rick thanks for helping Americans understand that people in Iran are good folks too.
Smart people dont need shills and traitors like Rick to tell us anything... You are brain dead sir...
Good& bad are exist everywhere, his massage was to convince Americans that Iranian regime is not a threat to them, but how about their roles in the region?
rick steves is so awesome. He's open minded and so down to earth.
As an Iranian I really value your work; you are a great inspiration. Thanks for showing a realistic Iran. Love from Iran to America.
This is not just about travel but a very sincere comparison and understanding of other cultures. Well done Steve, very well done!
As an American, I have to say that I agree with you. It is the same situation over here. Our governmnet is run by corrupt idiots. Most Americans are good people, and I have respect toward the people of Iran. Peace and Love :D
Amazing job by Rick Steves. To me, this is the best analysis of how to truly understand Iran and its people from a Western perspective. Terrific work here.
Dear Rick.
Well done for introducing our country to your people in US.
I'm also a Documentary maker and i wish one day i can do the same for my people.
Nice to see we still have True travel writers..
These episodes on Iran are very good. Not only did Rick Steves show that this is a destination as attractive as any other, but he negotiated the sticky subjects of religion and politics with fairness, care and skill. I'm impressed.
I have worked with and studied with several Iranians, and the warm and curious attitude that Rick Steves talks about rings exactly true. Also their tepid enthusiasm for politics and religion. It does show that people are not their governments: governments may disagree, but people are largely the same.
Such a beautiful speech, i could sit there and lesson to you for hours.
I know, someone told me exactly the same about Iran , as you tell us now. And after his story, since then, I get soo anxious to visit it and especially get to go to the university. Suddenly , I want to understand more about it, which was not the case at all before. I totally understand the term freedom in a different way now. Before, I used to worship the value freedom as the highest good there is -MY personal FREEDOM. Now, I have my critical thoughts about this. Did I tell you, that until today I am still very grateful to my doctor of years ago, that seems to be an Iranian doctor who had helped me ? She is a good one.
thank you rick Stevens for the time you took .God bless you and your family.
As an outsider I have visited Iran during Shah's ruling and then after his departure. I know that almost all Iranian love the American people. I visited USA several times and I found that almost all the Americans are very very kind and friendly. The USA government does not represent the American people.I hope soon Iran and USA resolve their problems and become friends. Iran is a very beautiful country so as the USA.
This should be shown in school to counter all the nationalistic diatribe
I travelled to Iran 6 months ago and found an astonishing amount of goodwill towards the west from the majority of Iranians..I wish western governments could understand this and seperate the ruling class's rhetoric from the general populace' sentiment
sharia law comes as a part of the package ... not really my thing
dji zzah I think because of the previous president wanting to bomb America and Israel off the face of earth has a lot to do with our relationship. However, I love Iran and I don’t believe that all citizens of Iran feel as that president felt, and I dream of visiting one day!
@@kelleymariejones6388 that's part of the thing, unlike America, there is a huuuge separation between the people and the government in Iran, the government doesn't nearly even come close to representing the people as the people have no say in the decisions that are made, whereas in America people have great influence over the government, and can do things like protests to raise attention in the media that the government is doing something they don't want. So I get the whole identifying Iran with the government thing but what we need to do is separate the government from the acc people if that makes sense.
Rick. I've enjoyed your travel videos on PBS for a very long time and have opened my eyes to travel to over 25 countries. Thank You!
Loved it,i will visit Iran one day
Rick, thank you for this amazing job.
Super lecture. Thank you for the insight and exposure to this ancient and highly misunderstood culture.
why does this only have 75K views? so sad! i'm in direct contact with iranian culture and it is fantastic. don't listen to the war pigs! educate yourself! thank you rick.
check now 2019
You really need to check it again!
IRAN NEEDS TO STOP THREATENING THE WORLD ! 1/1/20.
Liberty Man they aren’t!
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I have nothing but love and admiration for Iran and it's people. For so long they have taken sanctions from the West (US), they are threatened by Israel, and yet they go on..
I often ask myself if the way they live is a bad thing. I feel that you could walk down the street there without feeling threatened by drunken youths, as is the case in my country.
I found it also interesting when Rick said they did not want their children growing up to be a Brittney Speirs, or Paris Hilton. The question goes begging; do we? In most cases the answer would be no. But this is the price we pay for living in a 'free' society, were we have lost most of our family values and the children have no respect for themselves or their parents.
I myself would not like to see Iran go Western. I feel the mixture they have now is just right.
The few young Iranian friends I have on Facebook seem to think the US is all Hollywood and glamour. I don't say anything because I don't want to spoil their illusion.
One of my young friends told me that they have no problem with the American people, it's the US Government they don't like. This I can understand when having the Geneva agreement signed some US Senators want more sanctions put in place.
Iran has my heart.
Rick Steves for president, who could be better than this guy?!
Amazing enjoyed it more than the documentary. Thank you Rick.
Thanks for showing to world 🌍 that Iran is not bad and scary
Rick Steves I love you man.
I have a lot of Iranian friends here in the Philippines, and they are all good and very nice people. Our families are so close. They still go back to Iran to visit their old folks and respective families. Most of them are former students here in college and got married to filipinas. Nice people and nice culture.
Rick Steve's is my favourite and after this video....wow, I just love him. I can never watch enough of him! He seems like he is a good down to earth guy!
this is the work of someone who wants peace and understanding. Who in the world wants anyone else to tell you how to raise your kids?
So touching...!
Rick,
Thank you for your one hour video about Iran and the following useful lecture. Very unbiased and to the point. You looked at Iran from a tourist's point of view and that is what the purpose of you trip was. You could have added more dimensions such as politics and ...to it and confused the viewer.
Thanks on a job well done.
I really want to go to Iran one day. Because I know for a fact, the people are great. You can dislike the government and so on. But the people wow, I want to experience that bye myself.
Travel has made Rick Steves very wise
Yeah, very BETA male!
@@davidmbeckmann
This is a joke right?
thanks a lot
you are really opened minded man thanks again
I really enjoyed this lecture and learned things I never even knew about Iran!
Many things have changed in Iran since you've been here.
amazing place
Quite a realistic impression of Iranian society excluding what happens in private.
Thanks Rick Steves. Very good presentation. The people in Iran are very nice. They are sweet. Their country is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. More power to you.
I'm a Muslim man and I feel the same way, but I'm thinking of taking the courage and going there since my Iranian friend really wants me to go.
Thanks God we have some good people all around the World who have some regard for humanity.
Thanks Rick
We proud of you.
Truly a brilliant presentation -- very intelligent discussion, with seemingly no agendas, and with great warmth and appropriate humor. As a result of watching the video, now i, too, in line with what is stated by others below, have a better understanding of the country and its people and a more balanced and open minded POV regarding Iran. Best of luck to us all during these challenging times. Hopefully, cool heads will prevail...rather than merely the self serving agendas of the "elites" involved in the "interested countries".
great work man
Wise words from Wiseman.
Long Live IRAN.......!
Amazing insights. Many thanks Rick for shedding light on this. Soooo great!
thank you Rick Steves
Iranian are good! Truth me...
amazing explanations
This journalist is doing the right thing
wow, that was eye opening, thank you so much for this charming lecture
Thank you mr Steves
Thanks, very informative, thoughtful, generous, tolerant. Recommended to friends on FB.
Still relevant messages, maybe even more so today.
Bravo Rick. Bravo.
An amazing country with a glorious history and culture dating back thousands of years,I have been an admirer of your films, music, football.I hope I shall be granted visa to travel to Iran when I apply and get to see the country,I only wish for the best, Oh yes v v beautiful women(I say from my heart), god bless you guys,say hello to Ali Daei(footballer)
Jefferson Stanly Sorry but there's no clubs here :)))
It's such a shame that the river is dry now :'(
One minor correction on the topic of Christians not being able to work military and government, there is no official rule holding Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians. They can and are hired in many public sector jobs. But if position is considered sensitive or too high ranking, then you have practically no chance of going higher up.
Brilliant Thank you
Wow very powerful...love watching this I learn so much thank u sir
Thanks a lot for listening to that women's word 🙏, Wish bests of bests to you ❤️
My good brother Rick Steves
Thank you so much for the wonderful;Eye opening presentation.We need more peace loving individuals like yourself to explore as much truth as possible about other nations;And do away with the element of ignorance.
The true followers of all Ibrahimic religions are peace lovers!!!
They're cool people!!
hi I'm from Iran and I think you just get things right as there really are in Iran because this is completely a dictator system and we cant choose other ways of living and if we do thats never gonna show by government
Rick steves is amazing!!!! its sad to see how ignorant Americans are about Iran...
Bravo Rick
thank you so very much rick for your kind and well balanced report. as an anglo iranian i identify with all of what you had to say,
i have just noticed that your report has 834 likes and 28 dislikes and just wondering why would 28 people not like something like this?!
It's amazing how less ignorant and hateful someone is once they travel the world.
Iran talk of interest thanks Rick .
Awesome
this is a gret speech to understand Iran som of mida the are making bad emag for iranian people thanks for ur precentaion
phonetic spelling at it's purest form...magical - the sounds of words
Great presentation 👏🏽👏🏿👏🏾👏🏼
Thank you Rick for your genuine report. Rarely are we treated to honesty backed up with believable images. As an Iranian I know how proud the people of I ran are when it comes down to the practice of hospitality, so much so that if it was an Olympic event, Iran would undoubtedly be a gold medal winner every year. That said, I know that the reader and you would agree with me that all people of every nation are generally good. I believe that your efforts along with those from like minded colleagues and other film makers do an enormous amount of good to clean up the disinformation levied towards decent citizens in the west by organisations with agendas driven by profit of one kind or another.Sadly the latter has far deeper pockets than the producers of your documentary and they know that people you have enlightened will soon fall victim to their constant barrage of advertised propaganda. The fact surely is, if honesty be the order of the day that it does not really matter who is good, bad or ugly. Decadence in the US and to a lesser extent Europe has meant hardship, for most of humanity. America is down a one way street economically with debts running into many trillions of dollars. World over, friends and foe alike are offloading US paper led by the Chinese who alone last year dumped over $500 Billion and that is a drop in the ocean of the amount of US paper they hold. It is this debt that drives the propaganda machine and most of the architects of this catastrophe are members of IPAC and/or bankers, and not forgetting the secret shareholders of the FED Reserve keen to go on sabre rattling, planning and executing the next red flag op so that US people can go to war with Iranian people. We, through good people like you could go on presenting undisputed facts until the cows come home but the question is going to remain, WHO ATE ALL THE PIES?
As a women i find it really annoying when men stare. so when i go to the gym and see a women only section I'm relieved. Women Iran having a separate entrance for the train is perfectly fine.
Lilletsy a woman is a woman but a cigar? Now that's a smoke 🐺
Thanks
it's a wonderful documentary, but i found it funny that me just a bloke from Croatia know, much more than Rick about Iran
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Why can't we have a country of Rick Steveses❓❓❓ instead of Larry the Cable Guy's❗❗❗ why can't most Americans be full of love compassion and intellect ❓❓
Peter PiPer bcoz thats not very American. Americans are supposed to be ignorant.
I like this.
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No credit cards, but DEBIT CARDS and bank checks are quite common and that's how many daily expenses are paid, so people don't go around with suitcases of cash.
Iconic
Powerful insights
I LOVE RICK STEVES.
Thank you God.SUN
Wow My friends are in that photos 😂😂😂
Wow...
Iraq + Iran ❤️💚❤️💚 but we still have more history in iraq 😉 cradle of civilization baby 👌🙌
luckyone045 no you don't have any history comparing to Iran
while you hate Persian race we did nothing to you but love and the answer for that was attacking us
U should travel here again.u will see some good changes in mind of people.
I think before you go into any country and start blowing things up, you should have to see something like this about the real people. Their smiles and eyes say it all. It makes it much harder to hate people if you get to know them.
I saw the doc he's talking about and I loved it. He's so nice and cheerful! Is he Mormon or something??
You don't have to be a Mormon to be cheerful ;)
he's protestant.
Good man !
Rick steven for Americans president
Thanks for ure sense humanity and share ure expreience in Iran and to make people’s clear what is going on there
But we don’t like Ayatollah systems and khomni ,that’s for sure
As always perception and reality are totally subjective.
Sorry Rick this just won't do. Admitting that USA/England axis staged a coup-de-etat in 1953 and brought the Shah back does not go anywhere near explaining the true feelings and attitudes of Iranians towards USA. This coup destroyed Iran and her bourgeoning democracy at the very onset of democratic rule in Iran. Having been denied democracy in 1907 by the British when they defeated Satar Khan & Bagher Khan, the leaders of the constitutional democratic forces in Iran the post ww2 democracy in Iran was the first ever chance for our country to have a proper government rather than a despotic ruler. The government of Dr Muhhamad Mossadeq, which USA destroyed was a SOCIALIST government. It was not just about OIL. It was about Justice, health care ( a bit like Obama today), universal free education, industrial progress and independence. In one fail sweep you destroyed all peoples' aspirations and replaced it with a week, greedy, pliant, self obsessed ugly, NARCISSISTIC playboy who could not allow anyone else in Iran to gain fame or popularity for doing good. Iranians do not want to be westerners, they are far better than that. You said it yourself, do any parent WANTS their daughter to emulate Missus Spears, Hilton, Kardashian or any other half naked WHORE who are unable even to count the money they are making. I have nothing against professional prostitutes, it is these amateur whores who are destroying the chances of generations of young women to be anything other than copy whores. As for the levels of consumption, the relentless pressure to buy, every place you look or listen to or read is about how much better you will feel if you consumed more. I would rather see political insults on the billboards any day. Mr Steves, as an intellectual and a person who has influence over other people you owe it to yourself & your audience to educate yourself in the true history of the world in the last 200 years from people like John Pilger and Naom Chomsky & Gore Vidal etc and find out the real history of countries like Iran as opposed to the official, CIA version. Iranians showed you how kind and welcoming they are, so now you show them how truly interested YOU are in their plight. The true history of Persia in the past 200 years would make any honest seeker cry with frustration and shocked with disbelief. It is time you really found out.
+Federico Mazandarani I think you are minimizing what Rick is saying. I felt that he adequately explained the historical aspects as to why Iranians generally despise Americans, and he also touched on the emotional aspect as well. In fact, he references several times in the actual episode how frustrated Iranians must be to have their fate determined by the US. He sympathizes with them greatly. By no means does he gloss over the reality of the situation. Also, as an American who knew very little about Iran before watching this, I feel like I have a good understanding as to why Iran and the US have so much tension. Furthermore, I feel disgusted by the actions of my country and I truly sympathize with Iran. This proves to me that Rick covered all facets of the story very well.
+Mallory Gantner They dont generally despise Americans, not the hoi polloi in the street anyway. As I said in my post above, when I visited recently, everyone thought I was American because im caucasian perhaps and speak english, but im an aussie.Without exception people stopped me in the street, invited me for lunch and dinner, told me to tell everyone in my country they want to be our friends. Honestly I was overwhelmed and the aussie public dont treat foreigners nearly as well as the Iranians treated me. I travelled to the USA as well and didnt feel much warmth from the locals.
Mallory, from an Iranian: nicely said.
Unfortunately, both countries did terrible things to each other in the past, but most of the Iranians believe it's time to let bad things go away, I hope the same is with Americans.
@mohammad wait wait,, both the Countries Did bad to one another..?? its Only Greedy Americans and British Politicians did injustice with Iran.. and not the other way around.
That was not a coodeta mosadfegh was from ghajar dynasty he wanted to be in power so bad hoping to bring back the ghajar in power. The Shah given him a lot of chances to prove himself but instead he was a mi6 agent who was planting a very bad seeds.
You’d have to have a seriously blinkered worldview to not realise that a mural depicting the USA flag raining down bombs is entirely apt.
Rick Steves please visit Serbia
That's called an opinion not a bias, look it up.
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