She attracted me at first sight.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Photo used with permission. I think Iran appealed to me this much for the same reason it appeals to many Europeans and Western travellers in the Arab world we have the same lack of knowledge or understanding of the socio cultural atmosphere there, what everyday life might look like in Iran, and really just what to expect if one were to go there.