Foreign reporters visiting Iran are usually in an echo chamber.
They visit Tehran and a few other big cities. Live in best parts of those towns and hang out with people who are educated and pro western and quite exposed to other cultures.
Iranian middle class (and specially the younger generation which are the majority) are pro western, quite progressive and modern.
But they don't represent the whole population of Iran.
Unfortunately this echo chamber sometimes even blinds ourselves as well.
They visit Tehran and a few other big cities. Live in best parts of those towns and hang out with people who are educated and pro western and quite exposed to other cultures.
Iranian middle class (and specially the younger generation which are the majority) are pro western, quite progressive and modern.
But they don't represent the whole population of Iran.
Unfortunately this echo chamber sometimes even blinds ourselves as well.
Source: Iranian living in Tehran.