AP PHOTOS: Life in Iran's capital, Tehran, as high-stakes nuclear negotiations with the US go on
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As I prepared to take a photograph of an anti-American mural outside of the former U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital recently, a passerby called out to me.
'Take any picture you like, they'll remove all of them later,' the man said.
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