In today’s Tehran, you can find different types of bread with originating from all over the country, reflecting the arrival of communities from rural areas.

Walking around Tehran at night means discovering a new city, different from the capital we know meet during the day. Streets, squares and neighbourhoods live another life at night; people inhabit them in different ways. Many areas become empty – or, at least so it seems. Because the emptiness at night is not void, but filled with things.

Valiasr, or “Heir to Eras”, is the longest road in the Middle East which runs through Tehran.

Like most in Tehran, during my daily commute I relied heavily on these shared cars, which are unmarked, owned and driven by individuals.

Iranian photographer Hamed Masoumi’s series “Fields of loneliness” from July 2010 captures serenity and vast stillness.

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Iranian culture, with thousand-years old roots, bear testament to a heritage of lyrical nourishment. Azita Houshiar tells its culinary story.

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The online campaign gathering Kurdish men against sexism reached far beyond its initial scope. Can it be an inspiration for further cross-border activism?

“A Woman Sings Under the Ice”, a short film by Tehran-based animator and illustrator Maryam Khalilzade, marries poetry and fantasy.