This demonstrates that the Middle East is not a uniform set of customs that is alien to any Western sensibility. Iran in particular is not as backward as it has been portrayed by the media or estimated by its history. The cross-cultural dialogue is an invaluable tool to promoting not only international standards of rights and liberties, but helps common understanding which can initiate sharing of culture. Besides all that, this is also an unbiased view on opium smoking, of all things.