TO GO WITH 'Iran-fashion-trend' FOCUS by Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
A man wearing a suit and and tie browses a phone while waiting along a street in Iran's capital Tehran on September 7, 2022. - After the fall of the shah in 1979, the Iranian clergy who came to power with Ayatollah Khomeini banned the wearing of neckties because in their eyes they symbolised a subjection to Western culture. Today, ministers, senior civil servants or heads of state-owned companies wear under their suits a shirt with a buttoned, open or Mao collar. (Photo by AFP)