Shops and markets in central Tehran, usually teeming with customers ahead of the Persian New Year, now barely see any buyers, ...

In a dimly lit corner of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, Mohammad Rafi is surrounded by all colours of the rainbow in his tiny shop that sells nothing but art pencils. The world may have gone digital ...

Walking through the labyrinth of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, visitors are encircled with a sensory overload; the scent of spices, the rhythmic calls of traders, and the clatter of commerce. Within this ...

At Tehran's Grand Bazaar, underwear vendor Mohsen said that "business is going very badly. I cannot describe how catastrophic it is." Another vendor, who like others interviewed by AFP declined to ...