"Tehran", "as a kid", "airport" - did your dad by any chance work for the, uhum "State Department"? Wasn't that a vanity landing for the Shah at the time? I believe it only flew to Tehran once. How long did you live there? (I was there a few years ago and charmed by the bustling city and the surrounding mountains as well as the reckless traffic!)
nothing so exciting, dad was an engineer for British Airways, although in retrospect I do often wonder about the actual professions a lot of my parents yankie friends . the posting was 76 to 81 but dad was there solo after the revolution. we were on the last BA flight out as things started to turn bad, was quite exciting for me as a 9 year old as there were only 2 seats left for me, mum and brother so I got to ride all the way home in the cockpit Jumpseat. my dad was on the last RAF herc out but the company had conned him back there within a fortnight.
living there from ages 6 to 9 I really feel like that was where I grew up, I feel homesick when i see pictures of Iran. I long for an excuse to be able to go back and visit.
growing up on what was in effect a large American airbase gave me a closer cultural affinity to septics than my compatriots. I was exposed to NFL before soccer for example. and also was the foundations of my other guilty pleasure, a lifelong fascination with combat helicopters and a 30 year collection of toy ones.