Tehran Has No More Pomegranates! ( fa, تهران انار ندارد) is a

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ian Crystal Simorgh award-winning film produced, directed and written by Massoud Bakhshi.

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The film starts with a written text chosen from an old Persian book named ''Asar-al-Bilad'' describing Tehran in the 13th century. *

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

is a large village near the city of

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, full of gardens and fruit trees. Its inhabitants live in anthill-like underground holes. The village's several districts are constantly at war. Tehranis’ main occupations are theft and

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, though the king pretends they are subject to him. They grow gorgeous fruits, notably a lush pomegranate, which is found only in Tehran. - Asar-al-Bilad, 1241

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