This is real Tehran‎:‎ a city that is hidden from view and rarely written about‎,‎ where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge‎.‎ It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes‎,‎ drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens‎,‎ surgeons restore girls‎'‎ virginity and homemade porn is uploaded onto the Internet and sold in the bazaars‎.‎ Plotted around the city‎'‎s great central thoroughfare‎,‎ Vali Asr Street‎,‎ CITY OF LIES chronicles the lives of eight protagonists drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society‎.‎ This is a world of gangsters‎,‎ socialites‎,‎ dutiful housewives and volunteer militiamen ‎- ordinary people forced to lead extraordinary lives‎.‎ Based on extensive interviews and research‎,‎ CITY OF LIES is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of modern Tehran‎,‎ and of what it is to live‎,‎ love and survive under one of the world‎'‎s most repressive regimes‎.‎