Most Luxurious Shopping Malls in Tehran

Socioeconomic conditions in Iran, and Tehran in particular, are declining at a rapid rate. The country is home to high unemployment rates, dire poverty, rising inflation, and an unsustainably low minimum wage. Tehran teems with street vendors—many of whom are children—who engage in their dangerous work out of sheer desperation. Meanwhile, the nation’s superrich continue to grow wealthier. The result is an ever-widening gap between Tehran’s rich and poor.