Jeans in Iran…

On Facebook and Twitter today, Iranians have been busy mocking Netanyahu’s recent comment about jeans. While traveling in Iran, I wore jeans all over the country–as did all of my Iranian friends. And guess what–no big scary monsters came after me–well, except for this one hungry lion at Persepolis. Since the temperature that day was 110 degrees (F), wearing jeans to survey the ancient ruins of Persepolis hadn’t been the best wardrobe choice on my part. After a spirited hike up the hill at Persepolis, I sat down to take some much-needed rest…and to enjoy the spectacular view of the past–from a time so distant they didn’t even have jeans…