Welcome to Tehran (2 DVDs)

The film is told as a journey through Tehran but also as a very personal essay by Ragheh Omaar as he digs deeper into this complex and fascinating society.  

Omaar's journey takes him under the skin of the city and he meets with local people who share with him their personal stories and feelings about the current state of affairs in Iran.  

There are stories of taxi drivers; wrestlers; business women; people working with drug addicts and the country's leading pop star and his manager – the Simon Cowell of Iran - who drove Omaar around Tehran in his Mercedes-Benz.  

Paul Sapin says: "Iran has become a closed society to the West and it is a real challenge to produce a genuine documentary in this region due to problems with access for Western journalists, but wherever we went, we were met with warmth and hospitality. 

"Iran is not the austere, humourless place we're led to believe and that was certainly Rageh's experience."  In English, comes on 2 DVDs.