Cultural Blog on Iranian immigration

[Laura Major]

Many Iranians migrated to the U.S. after the Islamic Revolution. The U.S. is the country with the highest population of Iranians outside of Iran itself. Many of the Iranians working in the U.S. specialize in medicine, engineering, and business. It is stated that over 5 million Iranians have chosen to migrate out of Iran because of its government. Many Iranian teenagers will come to the U.S. to go to school and then get a job. Also because of immigration to the U.S., their religion does not remain Muslim here in the country where some resort to Christianity, Buddhism, or other religions. It is said that many American-Iranians stay away from politics. I just thought this was interesting because we are a nation of immigrants and the most immigration news I hear of is about Mexican immigration which I already am familiar with.