Discusses the problems that confront Iranian English majors in understanding the culture that produced English and American literature. Problem areas include religious concepts, modern educational, political, and social values, modern intellectual ideas, interpersonal relationships of the western world, and mythology. (Author/HP)

This paper explores the plausibility of a hypothesis that puts forth perceived educational opportunity as a significant pull factor influencing Iranians' decisions to immigrate to the United States. Drawing on various literatures, including research on educational policy in Iran, government policy papers, and figures from recent studies and census…