Vivid and precise dispatches from life in the Iranian capital told from behind the blackout

Over Iran, the sky is falling in. The US-Israeli bombardment has begun: there are bodies beneath the rubble.
The Ayatollah is dead. The guards have abandoned the prisons.
The rain is black with fuel; it burns the skin and the streets.

In this searing and contemplative work, writer, academic and Tehran resident Raha Nik-Andish documents life in the Islamic Republic in the days and months leading up to "Operation Epic Fury."
In a rarely-seen portrait of a regime in freefall, this is Tehran on the brink; the crushed protests over the collapse of the currency; the taxicabs circling the city for work; the burned out garbage cans and the taped-up windows.

What does it mean to exist under siege? Or repression, blackout and total fear? How do you get the message out? Piercing, poignant and delicately observed, this is the vital story of a city at the end of the world - and an act of witness against darkness.

Details

ISBN13: 9781806491582
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 96
Edition: Main
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2026
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 17.6(H)x11(L)x1.4(W)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Raha Nik-Andish is the pen name for a writer, translator and art historian who lives in Tehran. He has written features and essays for The London Review of Books and The Markaz Review. Tehran Diaries is his first book.

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