of what he saw in persia. i want you to read this and then we will discuss it. who can tell us what he was describing? what he saw when he was in persia? >> he was saying that opium makes people happy, it made people laugh. and then after the experience is over , they become zombies , they become dull . >> and what you need to do in order to revive? >> they need to take more opium . >> what he is describing is what dequincy would describe later the pleasure and pain of opium. that it has this affected seems positive but then somebody needs more and more. we have a lot of these accounts , where western men will travel to different parts of the world and describe what they see in terms of drug use. what they are describing what they describe as un-medical use is described as a lecture. it's something that people just enjoy. the reason why these accounts are so important is because they are the only information that the westerners have about recreational drug use, it's the main source of information, it's part of

"half the world," as the saying went, back when this was the capital of persia and beyond.ing back to the middle ages. ♪ >> shayan: where are you from? >> anthony: the usa, from america. where are you from? from isfahan? or from tehran? >> shayan: tehran. >> anthony: well, nice to meet you. >> shayan: nice to meet you too. ♪ i'm guessing from the décor this is a former wrestlers' hangout? ♪ ♪ tucked deep in the labyrinth of isfahan's bazaar, the smell of something very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for a hundred years. and based on the line, it must be doing it right. i've had beryani in india. i've had it in uzbekistan. but, there's no question who invented beryani. >> farrokh: no. no way. [ laughter ] >> anthony: beryani. maybe you know the word. though this doesn't look like any beryani i've ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, turmeric, cinnamon, mint, and of course, saffron. more valuable than gold by weight. this is delicious. >> farrokh: mmm! really good. >> anthony: isfahan today, the, one of the most visited areas by tourists? >> farrok

volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the take in sports car and then you've also got kind of runaway persia and all these are the 1st showing sold for electric products and concepts mass market means cheaper models like volkswagen's id 3 so more europeans will be able to afford the new electric vehicles until now the continent has lagged behind other regions last year just under 1000000 electric vehicles were sold in asia pacific the americas were far behind but still in 2nd place and europe came in 3rd with fewer than 230000 electric vehicles sold. but that could change now with car makers showing the results of the billions of invested in electric vehicle technology at the i.a.e.a. and front foot. and here are some of the other business stories making news. russia's state communications watchdog says u.s. tech giants google and facebook allowed political ads on their platforms during sunday's regional elections despite being asked not to russian law says election ads should not be broadcast on election day but moscow says google and facebook did nothing to stop the run. and an alliance of

and highest seating position stealing the station wagons done so new ideas were needed like from persia which is focused on special design features that make the 508 s.w. wagon look anything but boring. that is the contest the lewis couple is looking at the persian sports wagon it's meant to compete with cars like the volvo v 60 and the v.w. percent variant so what does the 5008 have to offer. big station wagons with a lot of space like the c. tron d.s. break in the persian 503 wagon have long been a french specialty. the 5008 has w certainly is chic at the front it's daytime running lights suggest a hungry saber toothed tiger. with a heart of $1.00 metres on the top roof line the 5008 s.w. looks like it's ready to pounce on the asphalt the new mid range wagon is even fine centimeters shorter and 6 lower than the previous generation the slope rear looks wider than it actually is thanks to its flat shape and narrow taillights. lewis launched the so-called i cockpit it includes a digital display placed above the steering wheel. and that means you never have to look down very far to see th

lack of head and leg room in the back seat which is unusual for a station wagon or a minus point for persia. even so the loading volume of $435.00. this is sufficient if the receipt rollways folded down that goes up to 1490 meters. he says there is adequate all round visibility in the fall of 08 only the small ria window could restrict the view when looking backwards. we're testing the. s.w. with the most powerful diesel engine the 2 liter 4 cylinder delivers $130.00 keele watts and accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 8.4 seconds top speed is 231 kilometers per hour per job claims fuel consumption of 4.7 liters pro 100 kilometers thanks to the 8 speed automatic transmission in germany the 5008 test w with the highest g.t. equipment level stands at just over 48000 euros. lewis radio likes the way the 508 handles it's very comfortable and it steering is precise on curves but he doesn't really notice any difference between the various driving modes to choose from. although the new design of the 508 s.w. bring some drawbacks for passengers in the back seat that's outweighed by the

is the founder of tap persia a full service tourism provider the company streamlines perspective visitors travel experience and let's young iranians make a positive difference within the countries sure people know that as you can see we have a young team and most of these people they were thinking to go up the road but do we try to bring hope for them during a hard situation and there is still hope to do something in iraq that's for harmony is certain that iran's tourism industry will continue to persevere you know our red line is that water as long as there is no war i can say you ron is safe carefully preserved historical buildings and a fast cityscapes underscores the wrongs tourism sector and enduring contender with a lot of potential. that's it for me and the business team here and berlin for more business news and features you can always go to d.w. dot com slash business or follow us on social media thanks for watching. um. hm hm hm. i'm not laughing half the german well just some of them but most end up in which to me the german thinks deep into german culture looking at the stereo

well white the population of persia is estimated at less than $1300.00 disgraceful yet ferocious big cats is listed as endangered. for years now has been negotiating with iraq your sorties to establish a protected area in karada. seem to have paid off $2300.00 hectares of mountainous terrain to be designated and. the locals have to be convinced as well years of unrest forced people to leave so there aren't many left and the younger generation often look for jobs in the big cities. well but for me the leopard is a kind of natural heritage i'd like to see more of them in these mountains or you on. the new nature as if it's also meant to attract tourists a much needed source of income. or a tourist lodge is now being built with the support of the r u c n the international union for conservation of. a lot of people wouldn't expect that this you know iraq is for vacation and for having fun but actually i can promise that this region is very safe. the isolation of the mountains in the kurdistan region of iraq is the best protection for the leopards. only if the area is left untouched and s

honey is the founder of tap persia a full service tourism provider the company streamlines prospective visitors travel experience and lets young iranians make a positive difference within the countries well as you can see we have a young team and most of these people they were thinking to go up wrote but do we try to bring hope for them during a hard situation there is still hope to do something in iran as for honey is certain that iran's tourism industry will continue to persevere you know our red line is that walk as long as there is no war i can say you ron is safe carefully preserved historical buildings and a fast cityscapes underscores iran's tourism sector and enduring contender with a lot of potential. and that's it from me in the business as a team and before we go here's a quick look at global markets at this. sure and. what unites. what divides. us. what binds the continent to cut. the answers in stories a plunge a. spotlight on people. 13. years. i'm sure that of us are. vocal in support of. what's what's able. to deliver. imagine being born as. your ally become prove it si

paddy bar or societe generale but also automakers like her nor in persia will would benefit from plants tax cuts and might invest more but such steps are not without controversy in france earlier tax cuts on the president which are mostly targeted at corporations and investors led to anger and strikes across the country. and let's take a look at some of the other global business stories making news. the government of saudi arabia has announced changes to its visa rules opening the country up to target for the 1st time as part of a push to reduce the desert kingdom's economic dependence on oil the rules will outearn us from 49 countries and relax the strict dress code for female visitors. delta airlines is buying a 20 percent share in chilean carrier left town for nearly $2000000000.00 the u.s. carrier aims to boost its number of flights to south america it comes after a deal between the town and american airlines fell through. over to africa now intense drought pushed cape town to the brink last year nearly drying up water supplies just outside the city wine growers escaped the worst of

volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the take in sports car and then you've also got kind of rather with persia and all these other for showing sold for electric products and concepts mass market means cheaper models like volkswagen's id 3 so more europeans will be able to afford the new electric vehicles until now the continent has lagged behind other regions last year just under 1000000 electric vehicles were sold in asia pacific the americas were far behind but still in 2nd place and europe came in 3rd with fewer than 230000 electric vehicles sold. but that could change now with car makers showing the results of the billions that invested in electric vehicle technology at the i.a.e.a. and front foot. and here are some of the other business stories making news. russia's state communications watchdog says u.s. tech giants google and facebook allowed political ads on their platforms during sunday's regional elections despite being asked not to russian last election ads should not be broadcast on election day but moscow says google and facebook did nothing to stop the ads being run. and an allia

friend is to stop iran from inflating in other countries and the reach iran for what it's called it's persia they have nothing to do with the arab race they have nothing to do with lebanon on there are killing innocent people in syria and there is a 40 militias that ring the militias in iraq spending the iranian people money is wrong to kill other people look at all countries that saudi arabia has stepped in and supported look at egypt look at lebanon look at iraq now we're building stadium to it giving them money in yemen we are trying to restore them so we can build them again there is challenges we are not to enjoy and stop putting perfect carry on sorry let me go let me go if it to me let me go to mohammed into round would you like to reply to that go ahead moment well some of what he said sounds somewhat racist and i won't go down that road but i think your viewers notice by it's well he did that twice. obviously people in the region don't agree with him at all in lebanon or in iraq or in syria or in yemen because they are resisting saudi aggression they are resisting saudi backed extre

so i started to do the persia a lot tougher to show. the case and that was fairly does attitude. is the cause of me. because for so all these are what i when they said the poses had to be democrats or through the desert let polyfill fish other for. these retroactive tests can shatter the podiums years after competitions since the london games russians are a poorer was stripped of her gold medal in the 3000 meter steeplechase. the us relay team lost their 4 silver medals and turned out to keane returned her gold medal for the 1500 meters via his left us better than me and i last sees me is one boy's them is what their sexual means the boys are mourning in their own but i . don't mean to infer that being your me s. or the boys did their the drugs no he will sign do is me leaving safe nozzles the hail me usage going on here but. nowadays any athlete is seen as capable of don't bring. them up on. suddenly the sentence now had to. be content to stick his mind out of the neck of the wood he. wanted to. kill me dog for sale ice. sheets to stand here. to put out on the stump mice. this i

cities as everywhere else in the world weddings are a very traditional affair in botswana persia. the groom has taken quite a risk in inviting his rocker friends but little is determined to have gloria and her friends attend his big day. his bride is not alone. it's the 1st time the association has been invited to a public event. so the rockers are eager to dress to impress in morocco style of course today they will again face those prejudices about satanism. but still the group do initially enjoy in the open welcome from the other wedding guests who seem curious to say the least. the metal heads pay tribute to the groom. and he's happy to see his 2 worlds married in harmony. the male moderate members preferred to look for potential partners from within the group. live for has made an exception and his bride accepts his special guests it is. not. the warm welcome extended to the rockers here is a positive sign from gloria nevertheless she leaves the festivities early in order to continue to the music festival. the king's make themselves look comfortable i'll be with you all day me

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administration has chosen to take on simultaneously two of the oldest civilizations on the planet -- china and persia at the same time. and one can say for some very legitimate reasons. vis-Á-vis china, they've created enormous leverage through tariffs. vis-Á-vis iran, they've created enormous leverage through sanctions. what you've seen in china is pushing back with tariffs of their own to create counter leverage. what may be going on is the iranians pushing back to create counter leverage on their part. to say to the trump administration, you want to take supplies off the world market? how about if we take off saudi arabia's? then our supply becomes much more in demand and that gives us leverage. >> it shows the danger of the administration, which repeatedly has a problem with the truth. >> you know, i've always said -- we probably talked about this once -- the danger for trump was at some point when you tell 12,000 lies, there comes a crisis point where he has to look in the camera and say, ladies and gentlemen, this attack came from north korea, fill in the blank, or from iran. and there's a lot

has chosen to take on, simultaneously, two of the oldest administrations on the planet, china and persia at the same time. and one can say for some very legitimate reasons. so vis-a-vis china, they have created enormous leverage through tariffs. what you see in china is the chinese pushing back with tariffs of their own to create counterleverage. and what may be going on here is the iranians pushing back now to create counterleverage on their part. to be able to say to the trump administration, well, you want to take our oil supplies all the world market? how about if we take off half of saudi arabia's. and our oil supplies come in much more demand and that gives us leverage. i kind of see it in that context. >> it shows you the danger of an administration which repeatedly has a problem with the truth. >> i've always said, we've probably talked about this once, if you look back in the footage that the danger for trump was at some point, when you tell 12,000 lies, there comes a crisis point where he has to look in the camera and say, ladies and gentlemen, this attack came from north korea

persia's is keeping up the pressure on hong kong's government with many taking part in a 2nd day of strikes thousands of university and secondary school students skipped the 1st day of class to attend rallies demands for political reform turned violent over the weekend as police fired tear gas and used water cannon on protesters who vandalized and set fires on police say more than 1100 people have been arrested since june. meanwhile hong kong's leader is dismissed a link to order a recording of her saying she'd resign if she had a choice kerry says she never planned to quit her comments there were recorded during a private lunch last week and come after 3 months of anti-government protests when her with the support all day. or they were told only about this seems to be no end in sight to the protests in hong kong and no sign that the government is willing to give in to any of the protesters demanding day 2 of a series of strikes got under way as news emerged of a leaked audio recording in which the city's chief executive is heard telling business leaders that she'd resign if she had a choic

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