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Americans in Iran?

Many in America believe that traveling to the Islamic Republic of Iran would be a very dangerous and foolish thing. What would you believe would happen to a group of (mainly) American Astronomers if they were to travel to Iran? How would the Iranian people treat them? Would they be safe?

This short video segment highlights the odd situation where the government of a country is openly hostile towards America while at the same time the people are incredibly welcoming and appreciative of their presence.
From an 18 day tour of Iran May 28 - June 14 2004

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Part 1 2Mb - What Iranians think about how America views Iran
Part 2 2MB - Scenes around Iran plus the Venus Transit viewing at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great (Pasagard)
Part 3 1MB - Scenes from the Venus Transit Conference at Sharif University in Tehran
Part 4 3MB - General Random Scenes from all the places we visited.

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More Information

This video is just a short sequence of interviews with Iranians and other video clips picked from among the more than 23 hours of video captured while Liam Kennedy was on this 18 day tour of Iran. The venus transit tour brought the American Astronomers into contact with many Iranians all around the country from all walks of life.

This video will be produced into a documentary for airing on national PBS or other TV channels.

For more information contact Liam Kennedy 949 387 4862 Liam.Kennedy@ImageBEAM.com

Liam Kennedy is an independent producer, and prior president of the Orange County Astronomers (2001,2002).
The Orange County Astronomers is the largest astronomy club in the USA with nearly 900 members.

Links of Interest:
Find out more about the Venus Transit trip from the site www.vtransit.com
Find out more about "The Galileo Guy" (Paul Wicker) www.TheGalileoGuy.org

Credits:
Photos reproduced above provided by Mike Simmons, Richard Berry, Babak Tafreshi, Hassan Mahvelati
Video filmed and produced by Liam Kennedy