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babak: so i m going to make you a small table. anthony: all right. babak is kind enough to take me for breakfast. babak: this is called haleem. anthony: awesome and it s made from, uh, bulgur wheat? babak: yes, and you know what is inside except wheat? it is meat. it is turkey. this is a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. anthony: mmm, that s good. babak: you like? anthony: yeah and this bread is amazing. so you were how old when the war with iraq started? babak: i was exactly seven. anthony: iraq attacked and it was babak: yeah. anthony: a surprise attack. iran s eight-year-long war with saddam hussein s iraq is deeply, deeply felt. hundreds of thousands of iranians, many of them children, died fighting in that conflict. anthony: were you afraid? babak: we were afraid. my brother was in the front for three years out of eight and it was not only my brother. ....
Many young people like him. eight years of war, you know? with a country that is supported by many big powers. anthony: and it is worth mentioning, whatever you think, wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by u.s. government, and with our full knowledge used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. anthony: but it s still, people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean babak: because people here don t hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it s finished. we didn t kill each other. we didn t have a real fight. so, it can be some political misunderstanding which is resolved. which will be resolved, maybe i ....
in this part of the world, whatever your background, bread is a vital, essential, fundamental, and deeply respected staple. and mornings in tehran, countless bakeries like this one turn out as much as they can. oh man. smells good in here. babak: you have to stay in line. anthony: no problem. standing on line is a daily part of life for many iranians. they bake these things on small stones. gives it that, that texture. babak: this is why it s called sangak. sang is stone, pebble. anthony: in the years since the 1979 revolution, iranians have weathered wars, food shortages, and crippling trade sanctions that have caused the economy to sputter. ....
Whatever your background, bread is a vital, essential, fundamental, and deeply respected staple. and mornings in tehran, countless bakeries like this one turn out as much as they can. oh, man. smells good in here. babak: you have to stay in line. anthony: no problem. standing on line is a daily part of life for many iranians. they bake these things on small stones. gives it that, that texture. babak: this is why it s called sangak. sang is stone, pebble. anthony: in the years since the 1979 revolution, iranians have weathered wars, food shortages, and crippling trade sanctions that have caused the economy to sputter. babak: so i m going to make you a small table. anthony: all right. babak is kind enough to take me for breakfast. babak: this is called haleem. anthony: awesome and it s made from, uh, bulgur wheat? ....
Wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by the u.s. government, and with our full knowledge used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. anthony: but it s still, people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean babak: because people here don t hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it s finished. we didn t kill each other. we didn t have a real fight. so it can be some political misunderstanding, which is resolved. which will be resolved, maybe i hope. anthony: insha allah. babak: insha allah. ....