The American tourist had traveled to more than a hundred other countries before traveling to Iran. After traveling to Iran, he says, everything in his mind about Iran has completely changed.

At the moment when John Paul's two-year wait for an Iranian visa was over, he was not in his skin. The 6-year-old has traveled to nine countries around the world but does not like any country as much as Iran. Iran is its favorite country; Shiraz and Qormezbase are also favorite cities and food in Iran.

John Paul Selva, also known as JP, was born in Puerto Rico, a native of Orlando, Florida and a US citizen. He says he worked in the US for eight years as a software engineer and, after collecting his income and savings, decided to travel the world seven years ago to visit seven countries.

In an interview with the BBC, JP said he had heard good news from his friends who had gone to Iran, but what he saw in the media was mostly negative comments about the country. For this reason, he wanted to see the country himself and to know about it.

He had traveled to over a hundred other countries before traveling to Iran. After his trip to Iran, however, everything about Iran changed completely.

"When I arrived at Tehran Airport, he said about his first minutes in Iran. I was very, very worried. I was in the queue to check my passport, but I was telling the people behind me to go ahead of me until I was the last one to say that I had to go now and I was anxious to hand over my passport to the airport immigration officer. He looked at me and said, "You are American!" I said yes I'm American. He smiled and was very happy that I had come to Iran. I thought it would take hours but he just asked a few questions and said in Persian: Welcome. From there I thought that the beginning of my trip would be so fun, the rest would be fun.

But after the expiry of his visa, he went to Kish Island; he received an Iranian visa for the second time, and this time he entered Iran, extending his stay in Iran after one month for another three months. Kish Island is a free trade zone in the south of Iran which is easier for foreign tourists and businessmen.

GPS posts photos and videos of its travels to various countries on its Instagram page. By posting a photo of Iran on his Instagram, he used the term popular Farsi, which surprised the Iranians, which made his post popular among Iranian users. The term he uses in Iran is used to describe a remarkable and strange case and a surprise. The same term became a hashtag that was used by many users. GP says it made him very famous in Iran.

His Instagram page has tens of thousands of followers and he says more than 60 percent of his followers are Iranian. That's why his posts on Instagram are usually in English and Persian. He has tried to learn Farsi but says he knows a few words. The English texts of his Instagram are translated by his Iranian friends into Persian.

Instagram has also helped him connect with many Iranians. He even meets Iranians in other countries he travels. It also usually has a cap on which Iran is written. Jeep says this hat is now my brand.

GPI says Iranian hospitality is no different in the world. For the first time, as he walked on the streets of Tehran with his backpack, several people came to him and asked him where he was from. I would tell them my story and some would not believe it and then say welcome to our country… The first time I walked this way a few people talked to me, asking where I was living, saying that I was looking for an inn. They said no no, stay with us and our family.

Likewise, on three occasions during his trips to Iran, the JPI did not spend the night in a hotel or inn.

That is how it started. I was in one house and then asked what the next trip would be and I said I don't know if I might go to Isfahan. Then they said oh great, there is my cousin in Esfahan and you can stay in his house and so on in other cities.

He cannot recall the exact number of cities and areas he has visited in Iran for five to six months three times, but says he may have seen twenty to thirty cities in Iran.

All Iranians are kind and hospitable, but there is something different about the Shiraz people that is even more special than the other Iranian people, which I do not fit into my words, and that I love Faladeh Shirazi very much.

The good attitude of the Iranian people towards him, especially as he is an American, has affected this tourist. He says: "When I saw the political tensions between the two countries, the Iranian people welcomed me and how much they liked my presence there, it had a huge impact on me."