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Command. i came back to tehran from london before the islamic revolution in one thousand seventy nine and at first i worked for a bank. well there was a doorman every morning he'd tipped his hat when we arrived and greet us very respectfully. after the revolution he ordered us women to stay in our rooms and work. back and i decided never to be employed somewhere with but rather to be my own boss so that was a political story wasn't it but not really it was just a pass not an actor right this was. the conflict over iran's nuclear program has left the country isolated. u.s. sanctions against teh...

A bustling city in the northeast of the country one of iran's most significant centers of religious and political power. it's a public holiday the anniversary of the martyrdom of a mom raising a descendant of the islamic prophet muhammad and the eight shiites in. the shrine is managed by an extremely wealthy religious foundation an institution that wields a lot of power not only in mashad but also on the regime in tehran. that. the. crowds of pilgrims mark the public holiday by visiting the shrine every year sees some twenty seven million devout muslims visit. this conservative reactionary cit...

But the iranian government is more interested in the strait of hormuz a short sea corridor between iran and oman of major strategic significance. one third of global oil production passes through it every day. shipments that tehran could block if it so wished. the two decades of isolation and the controversy over iran's nuclear program have also left their mark on is fun the most popular tourist site in iran. the historic city on the edge of the desert is known as the pearl of persia. one hundred square is unesco world heritage site and draws visitors from all over the world.

A potentially wealthy country struggling with powerful outside enemies. and its own domestic problems. with iran is known to be rich in natural resources but the government can't even manage one island. a land of contradictions at once unsettling and breathtakingly beautiful on the mama granites have a bitter skin but there's sweet inside just like iran if you don't. we begin our journey in the capital tehran. home to a population of thirteen million it's the beating heart of the country. we're

Abide by the rules but they find ways of carving out small slices of their own personal freedom. we meet up with some young iranians in no shah on the southern shore of the caspian sea some two hundred kilometers north of tehran. for seven years ago i decided to start saving up to buy my own car when i worked in a cafe from nine in the morning until eleven in the evening then i'd work in a garage making car headlamps until four in the morning. look through the hole through the local roll through google kind of. like. who i gather we did i came across these groups of people on instagram who do ...