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Iran Four - Text

Interviewed by Michelle Nikoomanesh and edited by Paul Meier 12.01.02. Running time 00:04:34.

TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH

[mm]  I was born [um] in Chicago, Illinois.  My mom and dad was [m] university studying here so I was born here but I [uh] went back [uh] to Iran when I was [uh] three years old and I [um] lived most of my life there.  [um] At [um] first [uh] I went to [unintelligible] [um] and I [uh] lived there for a year and then we moved  into Shiraz for most of my family are.  I went [um] to school there and I [uh] fin.. [um] also went to college in Shiraz [unintelligible] university.  We have different languages and also different accents.  Shiraz is famous for their accent, but I don't know how to tell that [laughs] in English.  After I finished [um] my high school I went to college [eh] in Shiraz and [mm] after that I went [uh] to a very small city [uh] near Shiraz and named Nariz, and they are famous for their pomegranate and pistachio.  Yes and, and I [uh] used to commute, I used to go there every Saturday and used to come back.
Speaking in Iranian.
[laughs]
[um] We should [um] think and [uh] seeing other ways and we should change our thinking, we should think in thought in good way….

UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY ELIZABETH TERREL, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, JULY 12, 2008.

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