Paris, France, March 17, 2026 (AFP) - Tehran residents flee north to Iran's quiet 'Riviera'

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2026-03-17

No explosions, few police checks and well-stocked shops: in the relaxed Caspian Sea resorts where many Tehran residents have fled, the ongoing war seems far away. "It seems as though people barely realise that there's a war happening," said an Iranian woman in her thirties, who decamped there from the capital. "Or they are not paying much attention to it," added the woman, who agreed to be interviewed by AFP on condition of anonymity. She was s......

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