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Spice merchants in the Tehran Bazaar. By some estimates the bazaar controls more than a third of Iran’s retail trade. The merchants who run the bazaar, known as bazaris, are politically very powerful.
Our original program did not consider a stop in Teheran because the recent news discouraged us. But after a quiet staying in Tabriz and the feeling of tranquility that I have since my entrance, we decided to spend two nights in the capital.
The traffic is congested like all the legends tell and I found out that Iranian drivers are champions in avoiding collisions since they are able to find their way even in impossible spaces between cars, but also because red signals and the normal rules of the street are interpreted in a very pragmatic way more than strictly respected even by pedestrians.
At the beginning we feel astonished in the middle of this confusion also because everybody is beeping at us, not for our limited ability to drive but for welcoming us in their city.
The atmosphere in Teheran is much more relaxed than in the news, but we meet very few tourists around. The sms start working again after two days of black out and we feel a little more connected to the world.
The carpets museum is interesting but the surprise is in the museum of modern art... there is just European and American modern art, no Iranian artist! What a pity!
At the end of our quick Teheran experience we can't miss the American embassy and the graffiti against the superpower, we take some quick photo with a lot adrenalin because we were worried that someone can see and... but maybe this is another prejudice that we have...
© Mària Dinoia 2009
Tehran, Iran, 01 March 2006
Iranian fans watch as some of them hold an anti-U.S banner(Don't-Down- with USA) during a friendly match of Iran against Costa Rica, at Tehran's Azadi (freedom) stadium in Tehran, on Wednesday March, 1, 2006. Iran won 3-2.
Photo: Mansour Nasiri
Not sure why I'm posting these pics, they are 4 years old. Woke up today thinking dam I haven't been to Iran for four years, gotta get my ass there soon.
Not the best picture I know but this is a pool that's in the the gardens of the group of flats where my nan lived. When I was a kid I always wanted to go play in it during the summer but it was only for boys..............and yes I used to get in a strop about it.