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Iran Five - Transcription

I was born in November 19th, 1967 in Shiraz, and I grew up there in Shiraz... I, but, we traveled to few cities around Shiraz, m, when I was a kid, and after that I attended primary school or elementary school, and then uh, when I was about 11 years old I came here to States, and stayed here for about a year. And then, uh, I went back to Iran and studied there, and continued studying there, and after that I married, and me and my wife decided to come to States and stay here and start a new life. Uh, there are many languages like Turkish, um Lur-Luri (spelling?), and Balochi (spelling?), and Arabic, there um only Farsi, I could speak only Farsi my. I remember that when I came here somebody asked me 'how old are you', and I really didn't understand what (laughs) wha-that sentenced meant, you know (laughs). And my uncle was mad at me 'you don't know even how old are you, you cannot answer that question.'

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