Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: In 1990, during the final year of the Soviet Union, McDonald's opened its first branch in the country, choosing a landmark location in Pushkin Square in Moscow. On the first day, nearly 30,000 customers passed through the doors. Telepizza, an international fast-food pizza chain,opened its first Tehran ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Shortly after Iran reached a nuclear deal with world powers, a local newspaper in Tehran published an image that many outside the country would take for granted: An American actor hawking an expensive watch. But John Travolta's blue eyes staring out of the advertisement, which showed him sitting next to NASA's X-15 experimental ...