Instagramming Iran

Touring the Islamic Republic through the one social network it hasn't cracked down on yet.

BY HOLLY DAGRES | DECEMBER 20, 2012

A Kia Pride and Porsche Boxster wait at a stoplight at Meydan-e Quds (Jerusalem Square) in the capital. Tehran was the Porsche capital of the Middle East in 2011, accounting for more of the company's sales than any other city in region until the luxury sports carmaker pulled out of the country in April.

Holly Dagres

 

Holly Dagres is an Iranian-American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs. Currently living in Egypt, she is a researcher at the Cairo Review of Global Affairs. You can follow her @PoliticallyAff on both Twitter and Instagram.