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Driving in the centre of Tehran can always be a confusing task for locals, let alone foreigners living in the city. For a traffic-hit metropolitan Tehran, managing traffic and pollution has for years been a challenge to the city’s…

You may already know about 30 Tir Street on the side of the National Museum of Iran, but just a few blocks down, there is also another range of food vans on Bab Homayoun St south of Imam Khomeini Square (formally Toop Khooneh (Cannonball…

Barzil Sports Café & Grill Situated in the Sa’adatbad region in north Tehran, Barzil Sports Café has several big screens dedicated to the ‘Great Game’ and has a wide variety of foods available to munch on while those penalties hit the…

Since October 2017 Iran implemented its National Mobile Registry Scheme under which all new mobile phones must be registered to be eligible for using Iranian SIM Cards. In our previous report, we published a guide on how to do the…

Iraqi food? Yeah, there is such a type, and we’ve found two restaurants one affordable and the other more expensive to meet most peoples’ budgets. Downtown Dowlat Abad Ali Baba The first is way downtown in the Iraqi émigré suburb of…

Previously on Living in Tehran, we introduced a number of shops at which you can buy coffee beans or ground coffee as well as the gear you’d need to brew a decent cup at home. As promised, we bring you part two of the article; so if you…

The Iranian rial has taken a hit recently, but it isn’t all bad, foreign currency when converted into rial goes even further when buying locally-made handicrafts and fine carpets!Shopping in the Tehran Grand Bazaar, malls, and even…

If you don’t already know Tehran’s Milad Tower has a great selection of places for families local and foreign to see and do while spending time in Tehran. The tower is the sixth tallest in the world and the 24th tallest freestanding…