Tag Archives: Iran

The Final Steps

By Tom | Published: July 11, 2009
I climbed the stairs to a small flat in a back alley of cent­ral Tehran and rang the door­bell. Tenny opened the door, stared at me blankly for a second, then jumped out of her skin in shock. Minutes later we were laugh­ing hap­pily together. The jour­ney was over. We would spend the next few [...]
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Political Conundrum Affects Man On Bike (Again)

By Tom | Published: July 1, 2009
Just as Tenny’s par­ents were ready­ing the doc­u­ments needed to issue a formal invit­a­tion for me to obtain a visa, the Ira­nian pres­id­en­tial elec­tions took place, fol­lowed by a fort­night of dip­lo­matic snip­ing which left Anglo-Iranian rela­tions even more strained than before. I woke every morn­ing to silence from the Ira­nian For­eign Min­istry, and gradu­ally [...]
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What’s Really Happening In Iran Right Now?

By Tom | Published: June 23, 2009
As I wait in Dubai for my Ira­nian visa applic­a­tion to be pro­cessed, I’ve been watch­ing the events por­trayed in the inter­na­tional media of Iran’s elec­tions and sub­sequent demostra­tions with a cer­tain amount of frustration. I have deeper ties than most to the coun­try. Not only did I spent sev­eral weeks trav­el­ling in Iran last [...]
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Home For Christmas

By Tom | Published: December 7, 2008
Good even­ing. I’m writ­ing from the opu­lent lux­ury of my par­ents’ home! But the lux­ury doesn’t come from cent­ral heat­ing, a hot shower, or a well-stocked fridge (although these things are most enti­cing). No, the true lux­ury is the feel­ing of hav­ing a per­man­ent base to come back to, some­thing I haven’t had for almost [...]
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A Quick Trip to Blighty

By Tom | Published: November 21, 2008
As you might have guessed from the title of this post, Tenny and I caused some­thing of a stir when we turned up unan­nounced at my par­ents’ front door last Sunday night!
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