Mosaic of values: Life in urban Iran – as experienced in Khaju Bridge (top and left) and Naqsh-e Jahan Square (above) – is in bright contrast to the strongman politics of the Iranian government. Photos: Mujahid Safodien/Middle East African News Agency
Few places mangle the ideas of a Westerner so spectacularly as Tehran.
On the Tabi’at Bridge (Farsi for “bridge of nature”), the sun begins to set behind the scaffolded, half-built buildings in the city centre. The only reminder of military antagonism is the cheerful young air force…
