During his first day in Tehran, after what time he had spent being interrogated by the local intelligence services, Alex worked the entire day with the local nuclear engineers and physicists. Using the knowledge he had gained thanks to Nina's efforts, and his ability [Retention] to give guidance to the Iranian authorities on how to effectively finish their projects, which were already close to completion.
In reality, Alex did not need to do nearly as much work as he thought. Simply point these scientists and engineers in the right direction, help them over some of the hurdles they had, and then fuck off. And that was exactly how Alex spent his first few weeks in Tehran.
But as Alex stayed in the strange, and foreign nation which ran counter to his beliefs of hedonism and pleasure. He found something interesting. There was indeed a heroine located in Tehran that he would need to conquer.