(ahmadabadi and erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and ahmadabadi are the two decorations on the wall. one is a picture of the supreme leaders. the other one depicts the famous iranian poet omar khayyam, holding a glass of wine and abe tiful woman. is this poet were to go out on the street like oday, he'd be in serious trouble. (erdbrink speaking): ♪ (chanting) >> erdbrink: perhapst is not surprising mr. big mouth is choosing the supreme leader over the poet. he doesn't want to let the wicked western world in. but ayatollah khamenei was still allowing the nuclear talks to continue. and as long as the sanctions were here, i, just like all iranians, had to deal with the side effects. "we cannot locate the bank that your card belongs to. press get your card." so you can't use atms, because our banks are not allowed to do business in iran. ta-da! you end up with stacks of cash. try stuffing this inr wallet or pocket! ♪ while the sanctions were meant to keep the western out, one western product has always been available in tehran: the american dollar. (s

(erdbrink and woman speang): (woman and erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and woman speaking): (erdbrinkrdbrink and woman speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (woman speaking): (speaking local langua >> erdbrink: president rouhanilf made himnormously popular after being elected by brinng about a tenfold increase in the speed of the internet. everyone is on instagram. look, r instance, supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. there he is. 1.6 miion followers. speeches, photos, denunciations of other countries. more politics. hassan rouhani, the president of iran. hassan rouhani, 1.9 million followers. does that make him the most rafamous iranian on instag no. that honor goes to taraneh alidoosti, an actress with 5.1 million followers.ak when she sout on instagram, the country listens. influences are pouring into the country. like here, another modern arrival in prent-day iran. they're popping up everywhere: cappuccino cafés. here, you can do things thatfo were banneyears: listen to western music, share a table with the opposite sex, ana wear your headscncing on the very back of your head. that s

(erdbrink speaking): ki (erdbrink sp): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and man speaking): (man speakinghen you're... ♪ >> erdbrink: this is the neighborhood where ind myself a first place to stay. (man speaking on loudspeaker): in the beginning, tehran seemed sterious to me, and with its many walls and doors, it seemed an almost inaccessible city. ♪ th but ks to my marriage to newsha, i discovered behind those barriers a cometely different world. >> (calling) >> erdbrink: at first, i got a lot of my information during lunchtime with my -laws, especially about the complicated cultural rules in this country. newsha is the only woman her who wears a headscarf, even though she's not obliged to do so indoors. but she's a well-known photographer, so while we're filming, she doesn't want to take any chances and get into trouble. (erdbrink and woman speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (woman and erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and woman 2 speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (newsha speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (woman 1 speaking): (newsha and woman 2 speaking) (newsha speaking): (newsha and erdbrink sp

(girl laughing >> erdbrink: 17 ars later, i'm still here. to the program. >> narrator: from a country where nothing is allowed. but, everything is possible. stories from the inside... >> in this country especially if you live with fear, you're done. - [carlos] ruth zukerman never set out to bsinesswoman. - [ruth] i wanted to be a professional dancer. - [carlos] but when her marriagended and her future seemed unclear. - hit it! - [carlos] she ended ur turning her passion fitness into a booming business. not once but twice. don't leave me now. - [carlos] so how did this single mom go from life as a homemaker, to building a boutique fitness empire. (mumbling) - [carlos] and what kept her movi on the path - [carlos] and what kept her to breaking big. what makes people successful? whatre the unexpected turns in light s?at propel people to grea i'm carlos watson editor of ozy. eai'm out to uncover the secrets behind breaking big.

thomas erdbrink on over policing and sanctions.t: mike, thank you calling from minnesota and for looking at the show. let's talk about the sanctions and the nuclear deal first. i can imagine that from your perspective it must feel that the iranian government was keeping a lot of money. if you look at the facts, how much they've gotten, it is far from the $150 billion amount that has been named. a reporter do not have full insight into money flows that took place after the reporter -- after the deal was made. ideal is a deal and you should stick to a deal once you make it. the fact that a new president and disliked it was something if iranians would say america is the most powerful country in the world we would expect empathy from them. you talk about over policing, i would expect an abundance of rules. the iranian system does not have enough police officers to enforce all of those rules as you can see from the example where someone went to the streets and protested against what she felt was the scarf she did not want to wear, but s

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