Daily life in Tehran, Iran

Ayatollah Khomeini returning to Tehran

Khomeini returning to Tehran, saluting the crowd from the roof of his house in Qom Qom, Iran © Michel Setboun/Corbis

Ayatollah Khomeini stepping down from plane

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's main opposition leader, is shown stepping down the Air France plane which brought him to Tehran from 15 years of exile © Bettmann/CORBIS

Ayatollah Khomeini waving to supporters

Ayatollah Khomeini waves to a crowd of supporters © Bettmann/CORBIS

Ice cream vendor in Tehran

Vendor put ice cream balls into cone, Tehran, Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

The Azadi or Liberty Tower

The Azadi or Liberty Tower is the symbol of Tehran and marks the west entrance to the city and was built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Couple walking in park-e Shahr in Tehran

Couple walks among birds cages in park-e Shahr in Tehran, Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Street vendor sells toys in Tehran

Street vendor sells toys at Grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Women only train in Tehran’s subway

Muslim women come in women only train in subway, Tehran, Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Family picnic in Tehran

Family picnic in the Laleh Park in Tehran on Friday, which is day off in Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Worker sorts out pistachio in Tehran

Worker sorts out pistachio, Tehran, Iran © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis

Maryam, young teacher of physics, sits at the table in her apartment

Chef in the eatery at Tehran's Grand Bazaar

Sewing Persian carpet in Tehran

Textiles stall in Tehran's Grand bazaar

Traffic jam in in Tehran, largest city in Western Asia

Shoe maker in Tehran

Evening traffic jam in Tehran, one of the most polluted cities in the world according to the World Health Organization © Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto/Corbis