By Ali Kushki

On the 41st anniversary of The Tehran Times

It is a blistering summer day in 2015. I’m receiving a call from a pal of mine while driving toward the capital Tehran. “Are you still job-hunting?” he enquires passionately. “Yes, I am”, I reply. “The Tehran Times is hiring if the world of media intrigues you enough”, he continues saying, knowing that I used to teach media courses to college undergrads.