TEHRAN — To get to the Emarat wedding hall, you have to drive outside Tehran and into the countryside, down a series of rural roads until you reach an entrance marked only by a number. Leaving the car, you walk through a series of arched walkways, covered in vines, leading to a lush garden that ends at a large wooden door. The party, celebrating the wedding of Amir Hashemi and his bride, Melina Hashemi, is already well underway. Couples at the tables enjoy small talk as some sip from small plastic water bottles. In short, besides the remote location, nothing out of the ordinary for an upscale Western wedding reception.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2018 09:00 UTC