A local real estate agent named Al sold many new houses in the tulsa area. He was an Iranian but emphatically insisted that he was a persian. He came to america as part of the Iranian delegation to the UN. When the Shah was deposed he elected to remain in america because he feared for his safety in the "new Iran".
His wife chose to go home because of the family ties there and he stayed to sell houses to americans. I met him 10 years ago while shopping for a new home. Wehad many conversations together about any and all things but couldn't come to terms on a house.
Recently we have had some interest in upgrading to a new home and we have been visiting with some realtors with nothing being concluded. I happened to stop at on of the sales office for Al's old company and asked the sales person what happened to Al. It seems a though Al went back to Iran to visit his family and the government took his passport and refused to give it back. So Al is a permanent resident of persia now but no one knows whether he is content being there.
