Metropolis

One stormy afternoon in Tehran, we went up to the top floor of a building to visit a friend's office...This is the balcony they would take you to if unsatisfied with the meeting, luckily we weren't there on business.

When the rain stopped, the wind which comes from the Caspian in the north blew the clouds apart and the dust to the more unfortunate parts of the city.

What an amazing view it was, the photos can hardly describe it...

I felt new perspectives of the city. Being so high up, with the various segments of the city below me: from the ex-Shah's palace &gardens (in 1st photo) to the smoggier downtown and east (last photo)

General word on the streets:
Average people are unusually calm. Although some politicians and those with more access to the outside world are more nervous and worried.

Although I've just read that there is a bit cooling of rhetoric against Iran in US, so hopefully there is more time.

Let Iran decide...