I think it at least opened the doors to a new outlook on Iran within the film community. Iran was a country that always placed a great deal of importance on their own arts, especially cinema, but the post-revolution films were rather simplistic in their nature. Kiarostami's film portrayed the Iranian people as being just as complex and interesting as any other. I'm not sure the film changed America's overall view of Iran, but it certainly changed a few film scholars' minds.