The Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Mission In NYC and I Spoke Often

I was in scholarly heaven accessing the United Nations to work with Darko daily. This enabled my meeting many of the most ...fascinating people in the world. I vividly remember Senator Bill Richardson at the time giving nightly press interviews on television about meeting with OPEC members states, “setting them straight about lowering oil prices in 2000.” Yet when I’d chit-chat with the Iranian ambassador in the city before class asking him about it he would say to me something to the
effect as,” We at OPEC are so angry about former colonialism by
England and America, OPEC will continually attempt bringing both the United States and England to their financial knees on energy
issues…And by the way Jill, Russia does not in any manner intend to
halt weapon sales to Iran.”

In fact Amir and I, notwithstanding our theological differences, got alone well. We’d often sit together before class acceding on a great many matters. In particular I remember us sitting one night and looking me square in the eye stating, “You know Jill, I will never believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” I replied, “And I Amir will never convert to Islam.” Now that we got that out of the way, we
both smiled at one another getting down to discussing real issues.

In fact, Amir, was very nice to me (an American student) because after the New School for Social Research dismissed me for my political and theological views, Amir, who happened to reside in Hackensack, NJ at that time gave me a personal recommendation for me to attend graduate classes at FDU (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.) in Hackensack NJ.