Before classes start again I decided to go back to Iran for 3 weeks (after not having visited for 3 years) to see some relatives and friends and also to pay respect to my recently deceased grandpa, who always treated me like his own son and whom we all miss a lot.

Before going I had to organize a lot of things including the contract for my new apartment in Cologne, but in the end all went pretty well and I could fly without regrets.

Iran hasn’t changed as much as I expected – at least on the outside – but if you look at it more deeply you notice quite some things, most of them not very positive. One of the most disturbing beeing the new law agaisnt shops (and with coffee shops, ice bars,..) having to close at midnight, so that streets get really empty and lonesome at nights (quite contrary to the Teheran I knew 3 years ago). Additionally the recently very popular TV series keep a lot of people in their homes from 6 pm till about midnight.

But I also had lots of fun back home. Going out with my Cousines and Cousins. eating lots of great food and enjoying the warm sunny end-summer-weather of Teheran. I would like to especially thank Ali, my younger Cousines husband, for sacrificing so much of his time showing me around and having quite interesting discussions.

We also visited the Island of Kish in the South of Iran, which was really hot and humid, but also fun. But see the pictures and get your own impression ;)

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