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City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai

Book of the Week. British-Iranian journalist Ramita Navai's revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Dariush
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
13 Apr 2026,13 mins
Somayah
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
14 Apr 2026,13 mins
Morteza
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
15 Apr 2026,12 mins
Leyla
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
16 Apr 2026,12 mins
Asghar and Pari
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
17 Apr 2026,12 mins