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Book City Hafez Store
For English-language books, this chain is your best option. The Hafez store is the largest and holds a decent range of fiction and nonfiction in English (mostly 3rd fl), and plenty of pictorials on Iran (1st fl). Most top-end hotels also sell books (mainly pictorials) about Iran, as do the National Museum of Iran and Sa'd Abad Museum Complex.
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Book City Niyavaran Store
For English-language books, the Book City chain is your best option. Most top-end hotels also sell books (mainly pictorials) about Iran, as do the National Museum of Iran and Sa'd Abad Museum Complex. Some people like this store even more than the Book City Hafez store, though the fun police have closed the attached café.
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Di Rouz Em Rouz Ancien Livres
Treasure chest of old books in English, French, German and Italian. Some rare works on Iran. Mr Afshar is stimulating conversation.
Jahanelm Institute has magazines ranging from the Economist to Vogue. It's on the floor below ground level in a large arcade with red-painted trim.
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Dusto-e
The mother of all souvenir stores is Dusto-e, where the range is huge, prices high and quality probably better than average.
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Gita Shenasi
Your best bet to get the latest Tehran map is from Gita Shenasi. It will be big and comprehensive, and is updated most years - push the buzzer to be let in. If you're only stopping in Tehran for a few days and seeing the major sights, basic maps should be adequate, but you'll need a more detailed map if you want to visit remote suburbs, or - if you have an uncontrollable yearning for danger - drive.
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Hossein Hosseiny
If you can catch Hossein Hosseiny between buying missions, we found this young man from a family of carpet bazaris to be straight up and offering fair prices on his mainly nomadic carpets. His small store is in the interesting little Serai Parsa bazaar, off Kababihah Alley, with merchants who usually supply to larger shops, so prices can be good - ask for directions.
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Jahanelm Institute
Magazines ranging from the Economist to Vogue. It's on the floor below ground level in a large arcade with red-painted trim.
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