“I’ve given up the bottle for 12 days now,” said Mehdi, a tall computer specialist who requested anonymity because of the stigma still attached to alcoholism in Iran. To cheers and hoots, he added: “This is a big step for someone who was drunk most of the time.”
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The government is even running public campaigns warning Iranians not to drink and drive, something it never would have done in the past.
Along roads leading to the Caspian Sea, a favorite holiday destination, billboards showing bottles of…
