The political unrest highlighted Iran’s serious economic and political challenges. It was surprising to see the cars of a cross section of society lined up, sometimes for hours, for fuel as people suffered through shortages in a country rich with gas and oil. In the line of customers, it was not unusual to have an animated discussion about politics and what “the people” needed to do to see a change in regime. After covering anarchy and dissent for much of my career, the signs of unrest are very familiar to me. It is no small irony that my pictures of the Iranian revolution of 1979 are only now being exhibited, for the first time this month, at an art gallery in Tehran.

Source: International New York Times December 24, 2019 15:56 UTC