Some snow had fallen in the northern suburbs last week, but last night central Tehran had its first real taste of winter.
After an unseasonably mild and dry autumn, to the point where fears for a summer drought seemed very real, heavy snow fell all across the country. Tehran, where heavy snow fell about three years ago, is now covered in white.
Last night the small park in front of our block of flats turned white in the space of an hour. Groups of children ran out to play in the snow, their excited screams mingling with the car alarms were set off by snowballs. At about midnight, the national news service announced that all schools would be closed today, adding another reason to schoolchildren’s excitement.
