Technically you're not suppose to photograph these walls. I'd heard stories of tourists being put in jail for taking these snaps and was pretty reluctant to take any of these pics & videos. It was only after talking to a few tourists who's just taken these same pictures that I thought I would take a taxi to the old US embassy and make the call when I got there. Worse case, I would just walk passed the murals and at least I would get to see them. I felt it was safe enough to take these. I took the photos and videos and the odd thing was that it seemed that the locals who walked by me didn't really know what I was taking a video of. When they saw me they looked over and I could see a look of "What's he taking a video of?" on their faces. I didn't want to get into trouble but really wanted to see these murals that I'd seen so many times on TV and on the Internet... I figured the best way was to just walk on by, hit record and get a video. Hit play and take a walk with me down the southern side of the old US embassy. Disclaimer: I wondered if I should post these photos. The reality is that of all of the people I met in Iran, not a single one was anti-west or anti-USA. I'm sure these people exist ( someone painted these murals after all ), especially within the government or uber-traditional/older population but 70% of Iran's population is under 30 and from my experiences, these people are very pro-west ( with many of them actually having moved away to live in the west ) It's my opinion that these murals do NOT depict the opinions of the majority of the population but only of a small few.
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In your face propaganda