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The surprisingly normal streets of Tehran

FP's The Editor's Roundtable (The E.R.) by Foreign Policy

May 8, 202631:46News & Politics

While the conflict in Iran has dominated headlines in the last two months, accounts of ordinary life in the Islamic Republic are scarce. According to journalist Ali Hashem, who spent six weeks in Tehran and has visited s...

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The surprisingly normal streets of Tehran is an episode from FP's The Editor's Roundtable (The E.R.) by Foreign Policy. While the conflict in Iran has dominated headlines in the last two months, accounts of ordinary life in the Islamic Repu...

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Published May 8, 2026, 31:46 long, audio available.