Queuing for bread offers a good opportunity for Iranians to vent political frustrations and exchange rumors with strangers. Such conversations are common in Iran’s bakeries, where people from all walks of life spend long periods of time crushed close together in long, tight lines. The intimate surroundings offer a rare opportunity to vent political frustrations and exchange rumors with strangers. Although it can be hard to verify the news distributed in bread lines, customers rarely ask each other to cite sources. They simply sift through the disinformation to find grains of truth [Full Story]
