Sights Sounds and Smells

The pollution, which smells like diesel fumes, gives people sore throats and headaches and a particular Tehran cough. I wore a mask when I didn't feel well. The sounds were mostly traffic honking and sometimes a loud speaker. As for sights, I really liked the public art works of murals and mosaics on the side of the highways.

I saw a lot of images of martyrs killed during the Iran/Iraq War. I also images of the mullahs in power on the sides of buildings. President Ahmedinejad was not pictured that much, I guess since the mullahs are really the ones in power. Politics were often a big topic of conversation in the taxi cabs and at gatherings.