Frustrations and Friendliness in Persia

"Kandovan house"

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Iran Picture by Conor Meleady
Travel story: Frustrations and Friendliness in Persia

There was no way around it. I was never going to find an Irish bar in Iran. In fact, I was never going to find an Iranian bar in Iran. With alcohol strictly off the menu, I was having serious doubts about the capacity for 'having fun' in Iran.


I had arrived in Tabriz, the first major city after the Turkish border, in mid-afternoon, an hour and a half ahead of Turkey. The border crossing had been uneventful - as a foreigner, I was whisked ahead of the hundreds of... More