A Look at Life in Iran
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b584.jpg)
Two young girls take pictures in Azadi Square on November 1, 2022 in Tehran, Iran. Nationwide protests began in Iran in September following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's controversial morality police. Mahsa Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab properly. Protests continued in Iran even as authorities warned protesters it is time to leave the streets. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b585.jpg)
A cleric attends an annual demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 4, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b586.jpg)
Iranian women flash a victory sign during annual demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 4, 2022. Iran on Friday marked the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the country's morality police. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b587.jpg)
A man holds up a poster of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 4, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b588.jpg)
Iranians burn representations of the U.S. and Israeli flags as a man wearing Uncle Sam costume cries during annual demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 4, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b589.jpg)
A cat fishes for food in the garbage in front of closed shops at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran, Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Many shops at Grand Bazaar in Iran's capital city were closed Tuesday amid strike calls following the September death of a woman who was arrested by the country's morality police. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58a.jpg)
Shops are closed downtown of the capital city of Tehran, Iran, 15 November 2022. Many shops closed over protests in Tehran on 15 November 2022 fearing a strike by protestors. Iran has been facing anti-government protests following the death of Mahsa Amini for over two months. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58b.jpg)
In this image from video provided by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a protester reacts after a water container was hit by a bullet during a protest in Javanroud, a Kurdish town in western Iran, Monday, November 21, 2022. (Photo by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights via AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58c.jpg)
An anti-riot police officer waves a representation of the Iranian flag during a street celebration after Iran's national soccer team defeated Wales in Qatar's World Cup, at Sadeghieh Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 25, 2022. Iran's political turmoil has cast a shadow over Iran's matches at the World Cup, spurring tension between those who back the team and those who accuse players of not doing enough to support the protests that started Sept. 16 over the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality police. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58d.jpg)
People celebrate after Iran's national soccer team defeated Wales in Qatar's World Cup, at Sadeghieh Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Friday, November 25, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
Advertisements
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58e.jpg)
A member of Iran's riot police waves a national flag as fans celebrate their football team's win against Wales during the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in the capital Tehran on November 25, 2022. Iran struck twice in the dying moments of added time to earn a 2-0 win over 10-man Wales in their Group B clash at the World Cup today. Rouzbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian scored to give Iran a famous win, which moved them into second place in the group behind England, who face the USA later in the day. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b58f.jpg)
Iranian fans watch their national soccer team play against the United States in Qatar's World Cup, on a giant screen at a cultural center in Tehran, Iran, early Wednesday, November 30, 2022. The U.S. team's victory over Iran at the World Cup on Tuesday was closely watched across the Middle East, where the two nations have been engaged in a cold war for over four decades and where many blame one or both for the region's woes. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b590.jpg)
Women share an umbrella as they stand at Enghelab Square in Iran's capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b591.jpg)
People conduct their business at Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, December 5, 2022. Confusion over the status of Iran’s religious police grew as state media cast doubt on reports the force had been shut down. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b592.jpg)
Two women walk in a rainy weather at Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, December 5, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b593.jpg)
A woman walks through Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, December 5, 2022. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b594.jpg)
This image grab from a UGC video posted on December 11, 2022, reportedly shows a protester placing an object at the entrance of the Khomeini Seminary in Iran's Bushehr city, before fleeing the scene as the object erupts in flames. (Photo by UGC/AFP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b595.jpg)
An Iranian woman holds a portrait of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, in a pro-government demonstration in front of the United Nation's office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, December 13, 2022. The demonstrators condemned calls for the Islamic Republic to be expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women by other member countries, following Iranian security forces' continued crackdown on anti-government protests sparked by the death of a women after she was arrested by the country's morality police in September. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b596.jpg)
People play with snow during the first snowfall in a park in Tehran, Iran on December 24, 2022. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
![](/uploads/posts/facts/431/0006b597.jpg)
Advertisements
Iranians walk past a shop selling Christmas decoration in the capital Tehran on December 25, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)