By Sahar Dadjoo

Iran war changing public perception shaped by Western media, says S. Korean scholar

TEHRAN – For more than three decades, Professor Yu Dal-seung has devoted his academic career to studying Iran. As head of the Department of Persian Language and Iranian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), he has introduced generations of South Korean students to Persian language, literature, history, and political thought. Few scholars in South Korea possess a deeper familiarity with Iranian society, and fewer still describe Iran as their "second homeland."