Grand Bazaar, Tehran

There's a lot of kind of, in terms of visual research as well, that is not a hundred percent accurate.

For example, they go in a scene to the Grand Bazaar.

And one of the amazing elements of the main parts of the Tehran's Grand Bazaar is that it actually has arch roofing.

It's not an open roof bazaar.

So these are the simple things that if they were actually shooting in Istanbul or somewhere else, they could have recreated it a lot easier.

Remember, these shutdowns are huge.

Remember, back at the end of December of last year, A currency collapse and soaring inflation sparked shop closures in Tehran's Grand Bazaar.

Now, their merchant class are called the Bazaari.

And these bazaar merchants have historically been the economic backbone of Iran and, as a result, the de facto kingmakers.

The bazaarees aren't just shopkeepers.

They represent the traditional merchant class that controls vast networks of trade, capital, and social influence across Iran.

And ground zero of that massive national network is what's known as the Grand Bazaar in Tehran.

The Grand Bazaar is Iran's commercial heart.