THIS IS IRAN MALL IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOPPING MALLS IN THE WORLD I'M OFFICIALLY
LOST AND HERE YOU WON'T SEE ANY H&M OR STARBUCKS BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL LOCAL HOMEGROWN IRANIAN BRANDS
YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF BEFORE TODAY I'M EXPLORING THIS PLACE WHICH
HAS EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE BUT WHAT'S MOST UNIQUE IS THIS INSANELY BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY THIS
MALL IS QUITE NEW IT WAS ONLY OPEN IN 2018 WHILE MUCH OF THIS IS SUPER MODERN DESIGN THERE ARE
MANY SECTIONS OF THE MALL THAT ARE INSPIRED BY MORE TRADITIONAL PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING LIKE TO GO TO A MALL IN 2022 AND NOT SEE LIKE AN H M IN A MCDONALD'S
WHAT'S UP GUYS IT'S UPTON AND TODAY WE'RE GOING INSIDE IRAN MALL IT'S MY FIRST TIME
HERE SO LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT SO HERE IS THE ENTRANCE AND I'LL BE HONEST IT'S QUITE STUNNING
IT REMINDS ME OF A NICE HOTEL LET'S START AT THE CINEMA HERE THERE ARE POSTERS FOR FILM FESTIVALS
AND IN ADDITION TO POPCORN THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CHIPS HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOVIES
THAT ARE NOW SHOWING OF COURSE YOU WON'T SEE ANY HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS IN THIS THEATER
SO NOW I'M WALKING AROUND TO TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR THIS PLACE I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
BUT LET'S JUST GO WITH IT OKAY THIS COFFEE SHOP IS NEXT LEVEL IN THE DESIGN THIS IS A MAJOR BOOKSTORE
HERE AND THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF BOOKS YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU CAN BUY A READER'S DIGEST FROM 2015.
SO NOW I'VE FOUND THIS AREA THAT IS SO DIFFERENT THAN ANY MALL YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS TRADITIONAL
AND THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL RUGS THAT ARE FOR SALE THIS IS A HANDMADE PERSIAN RUG AND THEY
TELL ME THAT IT TOOK SIX PEOPLE SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL RUG
YOU CAN FIND PERSIAN RUGS SAFFRON TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD FIND
AROUND IRAN AND THROUGHOUT PERSIAN HISTORY AND PERSIAN CULTURE THESE RUGS ARE STUNNING BUT I
HEAR THERE'S A FAMOUS LIBRARY THAT I WANT TO GO FIND I WILL SAY THIS IS VERY BIG AND IT'S
VERY EASY TO GET LOST WHICH I GUESS IS TO BE EXPECTED IN SUCH A LARGE MALL BUT I I ALSO
THINK I'M MORE LIKELY TO GET LOST BECAUSE I DON'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE STORES LIKE I SAID THERE'S NO
ZARA OR THERE'S NO LIKE BURGER KING OR ANYTHING SO MAYBE I HAVE WALKED PAST THE STORE HERE AND THERE
BEFORE BUT I WOULDN'T REMEMBER IT NECESSARILY THIS LIBRARY IS MORE THAN THREE FLOORS AND HAS MORE
THAN 45 000 VOLUMES OF BOOKS THIS IS SO CRAZY HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MASSIVE MALL YOU SEE THIS
HUGE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY AND THERE ARE STATUES OF DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHERS BUT THOSE ARE JUST STATS
YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT THE FEELING OF WALKING AROUND HERE INTO WORDS BECAUSE HONESTLY I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS OKAY SO HERE IS ONE OF THE FOOD COURTS AND MY BRAIN IS REALLY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I'M USED TO SEEING LIKE MCDONALD'S AND SUBWAY BUT IN IRAN THEY DON'T HAVE WESTERN BRANDS
THEY DO HAVE INTERNATIONAL FOODS BUT THEY'RE ALL MADE BY IRANIAN BRANDS IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES AND I HAVE YET TO SEE A BRAND OR A
RESTAURANT THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT I'VE HEARD OF BEFORE AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT TOTALLY SURPRISED
BY THAT BECAUSE WESTERN COMPANIES LARGELY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE LIKE TO GO TO A MALL IN 2022 AND NOT SEE LIKE AN H M IN A MCDONALD'S AND
LIKE MANY LARGE MALLS THIS ONE ALSO HAS A MASSIVE GROCERY STORE THIS IS SO LARGE AND ORGANIZED AND I
LOVE HOW THEY PUT THE SPICES OUT INSTEAD OF SMALL PACKAGING I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A STORE BEFORE WHERE
I HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED A SINGLE BRAND LIKE LOOK AT ALL THE CHOCOLATE YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING YOU'VE
EVER HEARD OF BEFORE AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GROCERY STORE
EXCEPT WITH THEIR OWN HOMEGROWN BRAND NAMES THIS IS AN INTERESTING BRAND CALLED BODY SPINNER A LOT
OF PEOPLE WEAR THIS THIS IS AN IRANIAN-ONLY BRAND AND I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH
SANCTIONS AND STUFF THEY'VE ACTUALLY BECOME A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL SO A LOT OF IRANIAN BRANDS ARE
ACTUALLY BECOMING MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMPETING WITH ANY INTERNATIONAL BRANDS SO NOW
THEY'RE MADE IN IRAN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH ONLY OTHER IRANIAN COMPANIES
TO END THIS EXPERIENCE I FIND THIS COOL OUTDOOR GARDEN AREA WHERE I HAVE A BAKLAVA
AND A TRADITIONAL PERSIAN TEA THAT IS DELICIOUS BAKLAVA SO ALMOST EVERYWHERE YOU GO WITH THE TEA
THEY GIVE YOU ONE AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PUT IT IN HERE AND WATCH IT MELT AWAY LET ME KNOW WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT IRAN MALL IN THE COMMENTS AND MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT MORE OF MY VIDEOS INSIDE IRAN