Tension in the Middle East is building up. Since Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, Iranians have been suffering from unprecedented harsh and unfair sanctions. The Iran that is being demonized by Trump and the likes of him is NOT the Iran I have come to know through several trips over the last fifteen years. Iranians are peace-loving, welcoming people. Leave them in peace!

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A short break during a long workday in Kashan where a lot of traditional mansions are being renovated

Two workers waiting to be hired on a street corner in Kashan

Getting lunch ready during the Norouz vacation in a Kashan public garden. Norouz is the New year in Iran, not unlike Thanksgiving in the US. So people travel all across the country to visit relatives, and as they don’t have enough money to check into a hotel, they strike up tents in public gardens and parks.

A to turn a traffic jam into a pleasant moment!

Still in love after all those years!

Exhausted after a day shopping in the soukh

On the look out!

The Louvre at Tehran exhibition

Catch me if you can!

Relaxing away from people’s scrutiny

Texting

Young readers!

Mother and daughter

A future star!

Selfies are as popular in Tehran as in the west!

The Louvre at Tehran exhibition. Selfie!

Rocking baby

The Louvre at Tehran exhibition

Paint job in a Tehran park

Dizzy in Kashan

Tehran, after the rain

Come along, little one!

Getting to love reading. Tehran bookshop

Kashan, two workers posing for me

Family picnic in Terhan

Kerman. A painter of signs

Lovey-dovey couple in Shiraz

Pickaboo

Hand in hand in Tehran.

Naughty boy!

Tehran subway.Chatting up.

Shiraz, students from a language school

Selfie in the Shiraz caravanserail

Phoning home!

A loving father. Ashura, Esfahan.

Vroom – Esfahan

A couple from Esfahan

A street performer in north Tehran

Paparazzi are not his cup of tea!

Speeding in Shiraz

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