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The National Botanical Garden of Iran based in the west of Tehran is a beautiful natural site to experience and a much-needed respite from this week’s air quality in the city. Founded in 1968, the garden and forest complex only opened in…

Our culture expert Samson Seez, knowing every site in Tehran, gives you a glimpse at a bit of Tehran’s cinematic and architectural history with Ghazali Cinema Town.If you’ve seen one of Iran’s many historical dramas in recent years, you…

Best Tehran Cinemas Iran’s cinema industry has gone through a renaissance in the past few years. Here are our tips on 7 of the best movie theatres operating in Tehran. Pardis Gholhak Pardis Gholhak Cinema—which we often highlight has…

So you've arrived in Tehran and everyone is talking about how great ride hailing apps Snapp and Tap30 are (the latter now also working in English) but you bought an Apple iPhone and those apps are not available. What to do? Well, LiT can…

In today's busy business market, brand recognition reigns; customer engagement endeavors; and developing a competitive edge are essential. How can you best do this without necessarily spending big? You hire a top marketing agency to help…

Tehran Book Garden situated in the Abbasabad Hills area of Tehran is a sight to behold. Nominated as Iran’s entry for Building of the Year 2018 on Architecture Daily’s website the centre is more than just a ‘garden.’Designed by Iranian…

There are plenty of things to do in Tehran when you’ve got a few hours to spare. One of our avid readers this week highlighted Maham Shooting Range in the far north of Tehran as one great example of such things to do!Situated off Babaei…

Tehran's Nature and Wildlife Museum Living in Tehran’s contributing editor Samson Seez gives us a  glimpse of Darabad's Nature and Wildlife Museum, a very old museum collection in the far north of the city.The Iranian capital Tehran is…

One of our trusted readers gave us a tip last week on a smartphone application she uses daily to monitor the air quality of Tehran. The recently released application called AirVisual is a one-stop-shop for all pollution monitoring data.…

Our contributing editor, Samson Seez, has discovered Tehran’s Jurassic Park in his travels around the city, why not take a read of his latest park adventure!Forget the Renaissance, the Medieval era or any other point in history, as we…