Please don't use the word "liberal" to refer to something outside the US, because the concept of "liberal" only exist there.

This concept of neoMarxist sympathies of educated people(white collar workers) in urban areas and Ivy Leagues, that focus extremely on sex and wokeism, that concept only exist in the US.

In Europe "liberal" means he who follows economic liberalism, that is being part of the "right".

In Asia and Middle East is even weirder. Iran is probably the place of Earth that had more Empires in its History. Nationalism, ethnic identity and religion is way more important than anything else, specially on Sha's time. If you call communists people you are referring to Chinese land type of communism instead of industrial, very different from Europe or the US one.

I had a great time skiing on Iran back on the day.