Iran’s rial currency traded at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday.

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 ...

The economic realities couldn't be ignored. In Tehran's Grand Bazaar, shopkeepers displayed Nowruz items—without prices—whilst customers calculated their shrinking budgets against soaring prices.

From the opulent grandeur of the Golestan Palace to the bustling lanes of the Grand Bazaar, and from the Treasury of National Jewels to the Niavaran palace complex, Tehran unfolds its treasures with ...