• Inside the Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
    Inside the Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
  • People change foreign currency for Iranian rials at an exchange shop at the Isfahan City Center. The mall, still under construction, is the largest shopping center in Iran and will include a five-star hotel, a financial centre and an entertainment centre. John Moore / Getty Images
    People change foreign currency for Iranian rials at an exchange shop at the Isfahan City Center. The mall, still under construction, is the largest shopping center in Iran and will include a five-star hotel, a financial centre and an entertainment centre. John Moore / Getty Images
  • A deli station employee greets a customer at the Hyper Star market inside Isfahan City Center. John Moore / Getty Images
    A deli station employee greets a customer at the Hyper Star market inside Isfahan City Center. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Isfahan, the third largest city in Iran, produces carpets, textiles, steel, and handicrafts. Above, a carpet vendor awaits customers at his shop in Bazar-e Bozorg. John Moore / Getty Images
    Isfahan, the third largest city in Iran, produces carpets, textiles, steel, and handicrafts. Above, a carpet vendor awaits customers at his shop in Bazar-e Bozorg. John Moore / Getty Images
  • A man checks his smartphone while passing an unlicenced Apple store in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
    A man checks his smartphone while passing an unlicenced Apple store in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
  • People ride a horse and carriage in Isfahan’s Unesco-listed central square. Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient bazaar, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture, and is Iran’s top tourist destination. John Moore / Getty Images
    People ride a horse and carriage in Isfahan’s Unesco-listed central square. Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient bazaar, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture, and is Iran’s top tourist destination. John Moore / Getty Images
  • A man enters a Samsung store in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
    A man enters a Samsung store in Isfahan, Iran. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Customers shop for silver jewellery in the historic Bazar-e Bozorg. Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient historic bazaars, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture. John Moore / Getty Images
    Customers shop for silver jewellery in the historic Bazar-e Bozorg. Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient historic bazaars, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Tourists pose for souvenir photos at the Unesco-listed Naqsh-eJahan Square, or Image of the World Square. John Moore / Getty Images
    Tourists pose for souvenir photos at the Unesco-listed Naqsh-eJahan Square, or Image of the World Square. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient historic bazaars, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture. It is also the Iran’s top tourist destination. John Moore / Getty Images
    Isfahan, with its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient historic bazaars, is a virtual living museum of Iranian traditional culture. It is also the Iran’s top tourist destination. John Moore / Getty Images
  • A groundskeeper sweeps in the garden of the Contemporary Art Museum Isfahan. John Moore / Getty Images
    A groundskeeper sweeps in the garden of the Contemporary Art Museum Isfahan. John Moore / Getty Images

Business

In pictures: Iran’s biggest shopping mall keeps growing

Liz Claus

June 04, 2014

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Isfahan City Center, a commercial and entertainment centre, is the largest shopping mall in Iran. Covering approximately 6,500,000 square feet, the mall which is still under construction will include a five-star hotel, a financial centre and an entertainment centre with cinema and fair complex.

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