At the Ali Khapo restaurant, where Bâbak used to sublimate Iran in front of foreign tourists, the young guide does not manage to forget the reality.
“I wonder,
” he said
, “I hardly have any friends left in Tehran.
One went to London, two to Australia and others to Canada, where everyone wants to emigrate. ”
The Germans, Italians and French deserted Isfahan, the royal tombs of Persepolis and the Zoroastrian temples of Yazd.
The strategy of
"maximum pressures"
imposed by Donald Trump on Iran from 2018, after exiting the international nuclear agreement of 2015, brought tourism to its knees and, beyond that, a good part of the world. economy.
"It is brains and wealthy people who leave"
, regrets Bâbak.
Nearly 3,000 doctors are believed to have left Iran last year.
"The Iranians love their country, they are patriots, he
insists, tasting his dizi, the traditional stew,
but they have the feeling of being at an impasse, without perspective
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