![]() ![]() products in high esteem, said Alex Vatanka, and Iranian-born analyst at Washington’s Middle East Institute. ![]() coolĭespite an anti-American spirit that has continued since 1979, many Iranians - particularly the younger generation that grew up after the revolution - hold U.S. The owner of “Mash Donald’s,” an imitation based in the capital Tehran, told the New York Times that while the joint’s ersatz name had been changed to deflect the ire of hardliners, it “sort of sounds the same” as its American original. A poster of the late Ayatollah Khomenei and another top cleric look over at 'Milad,' another McDonald's ripoff, in northern Iran (Photo courtesy of EPA)īut now, even before the ink on the deal dries, some entrepreneurs have been defying hardliners and conservatives who oppose the landmark agreement. ![]()
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