"In Iran? How can you possibly travel there, to those mullahs?" - "Isn't there a cruel dictatorship?" - "Isn't it way too dangerous?" - "Why would you put yourself through that?" Such questions bombarded Iris Lemanczyk before she traveled to Iran for the first time. However, this beautiful country has been awakening from its tourist slumber in recent years and surprises travelers not only with 19 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a vast range of stunning nature and architecture, but above all with incredible warmth, overwhelming kindness, and hospitality. In a collection of personal anecdotes, impressions, and encounters, the author shares her travels from the northwest to the south of this vast, diverse country. Iris Lemanczyk writes about the mullahs, the role of the morality police, and why even in absolute alcohol...