As drive-in theaters make a roaring comeback across America in the wake of movie theater shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic, so too are they being reintroduced in Iran. Drive-in movie theaters have been banned in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but the first drive-in theater in over 40 years has opened in Tehran as of May 1 (via Associated Press). Regular movie theaters across Iran are closed as the country has reported more than 98,600 coronavirus cases with over 6,200 deaths. The Tehran drive-in is “the only public location showing movies in a communal setting in all of Iran.”
According to the AP, tickets to showings at the drive-in cost $10 and cars are sprayed down with disinfectants by workers before they are allowed into the parking lot. Attendees tune into an FM station on their car radio to listen to the movie being played. The first week of the drive-in screened the Persian-language movie “Exodus” each night.
According to the AP, tickets to showings at the drive-in cost $10 and cars are sprayed down with disinfectants by workers before they are allowed into the parking lot. Attendees tune into an FM station on their car radio to listen to the movie being played. The first week of the drive-in screened the Persian-language movie “Exodus” each night.
- 5/7/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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