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Tamara Olenich Stanislavivna from Ukraine’s Mariupol State University of the Humanities was astonished with Persian hospitality on her visit to Iran and wrote her memoirs in an article entitled “The Iran Which We Have Not Known Yet.” Her article was published in a magazine in her country where she explained her decision on making a fortnight trip to Iran and her journey, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Tuesday. Olenich who is Chairman of the Philosophy and Sociology Department of Mariupol State University had visited many countries in Europe, but decided to travel to the East and she chose Iran. She was frightened by her friends who, upon hearing her news, claimed that Iran is not a safe country and that there are explosions and terrorist attacks everywhere, but she ignored the rumors. Read the story here.