Sep 17, 2012

One Nation Under Sanctions - TIME

One Nation Under Sanctions - TIME

On Tehran's western outskirts is Iran's first and only wholesale supermarket--a kind of Persian Walmart-Costco hybrid. Women push giant carts around on gleaming white floors, past rows of the latest Apple computers and Sony flat-screen televisions--perhaps contraband, perhaps fakes. They sift through racks stuffed with designer clothes and stock up on everything from Norwegian salmon to Old Spice cologne. Except for the chadors, this could be any suburb in the U.S.

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