Tag Archives: Tehran

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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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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Iran, Tehran, Highlights and Woes

By Tom | Published: October 30, 2008
Tehran has been little like the dusty, smelly pile of white­washed hov­els that my fevered ima­gin­a­tion had con­jured up. It turns out that Iran as a whole is a developed, stable coun­try, with all the vir­tues and vices of any other mod­ern state.
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Tabriz, And A Train Ride To Tehran

By Tom | Published: October 13, 2008
After a deeply mem­or­able few weeks on the road, I find myself once again in a cap­ital city – this time, it’s Tehran.
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