Iran By Ava

Culture

Many Iranians like to gather in tea houses Iranians also tea very much. Iranians eat: tar halvah, rice and kabobs (grilled meat and vegetables) and bread. Iranians drink: tea, pomegranate juice, water, etc. the holidays and festivals in Iran are Ramadan (the month of fasting) people don’t after sunrise and before sunset. the most important holiday is Noruz. Noruz celebrates the Iranian New Year and there is a table represent it called (sofre hafsin) it has some fish in a bowl of water, a apple, barley, sweet pudding, dried fruit, garlic, berries, and vinegar(Iran in pictures.
History:

In Iranian history on 1794 the Qajars a Turkish group that had settled in the north around the Caspian Sea to led the Persian Empire. But at the beginning the nineteenth century Qajar rulers were forced to deal with new threats Russia and Brittan. Both world powers had interest in the area. On Feb 1979 a religious revolution over throne the king of Iran after 2500 years, and was replaces by Republican government (Iran in pictures).

ECONOMY:

Economy in Iran is mainly oil products and chemicals. Oil is important because it is their main product and it is their source of money. The government takes control of most of the money in Iran. Private businesses are mostly workshops, farming, and other services. Iran has a lot of unemployed people because there are not many jobs. In addition, there are a lot of people who are smart but cannot find a job that suits them. Therefore, they have to go to another country to find a job (CIA World Factbook).

My dad’s story
My dad and his parents decided he should go to the united states after the Iranian government put his brother in jail for copying a Persian poem about freedom on his essay, then his teacher told a security agent about the poem and he went to jail for four years .

He didn’t feel good when he left, because he felt he’s betraying my family and friends. My dad still felt happy because he can study and be safe. When I arrived he was scared because everything was so big.. On the next day my dad got a job at grand central station selling ice cream and he could eat as much ice cream as my dad wanted for free.

He took lots of thing on my trip here they are: a Persian - English dictionary, family photos, hand made souvenirs from Iran, a radio that did not work here, a camera, a prayer book, 500 dollars, some clothes, hygiene items, pots and pans for cooking, and a prayer rug.

When he first arrived to the U.S after doing immigration paper work at JFK airport, my dad talked to a Iranian cab driver and him told me were he can find a cheap apartment in Queens, New York. He walked for hours in the street enjoying his life here. My dad talked to the apartment manager, she told him where to go to find a job and he stayed in New York for 3 months and then moved to Oklahoma were my dad was accepted as a student for university.

Some Immigrants stay and some go back to their countries, those who find a job and see a future for themselves and their family usually stays and those who have a hard time adjusting to the new culture and economic uncertainty leave.
He was not accepted as a refugee because my dad had a student visa. His immigration status was student. After, he was sent here it was a perfect time to study to be a B.S in central state university for 4 years. When I was a student he bought a restaurant called duch treat my restaurants were: bay pizza, apple woods, duchtreat, and kelly’s restaurant. After that he opened a bookstore called Georgetown book exchange in Washington DC . My dad got married on march 23, 1991.