As often as we hear about the radical policies and anti-American rhetoric from Iran, it seems the country is divided within itself, with the nuclear deal and the closing of the "not KFC" within the country.
The fact that a businessman was looking to open a "not KFC" indicates that there likely would have been a market for it, the Iranian people are not immune to cultural diffusion from the United States. The current president has moderate views, and looks to strengthen relations with the west, and there are many moderate journalists.
However, the KFC was closed by hardliners fearing said cultural diffusion, and several moderate journalists have been arrested for supporting the nuclear deal. To which the President responded by removing funding from hardline newspapers who were criticizing the nuclear deal.
We may only be shown the more extreme side of Iran, but the situation is much more complex than that, and although Iran won't be opening up for good any time soon, there are people, even some with positions of power, who want to do so.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34793719
Blane Erwin
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