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Summary: The Seattle area is home to a large Iranian–American community — around 50,000 according to one estimate. Why did so many Iranians decide to settle in the Seattle area? What holds the community together? Dr. Nassim Assefi joins us. She's a physician specializing in women's health, a novelist and an Iranian–American.