The Guardian: Tehran swaps ‘death to America’ billboards for Picasso and Matisse
Tehran’s billboards are usually a place for commercials about the latest gadgets, household items and cheese-flavoured crisps. They also display portraits of martyrs from the eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s, quotes from religious figures and the now less frequent “death to America” posters. But, overnight, the Iranian capital has had a facelift. […]
Fri, May 8, 2015 at 2:17 AM