--- author: Jan Brennenstuhl categories: - Street Art cover: alt: '' height: 1848 src: https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti.jpg width: 1920 credit: '' date: '2009-08-19T17:53:37Z' description: A1one is the one, who started graffiti in Tehran. His urban artworks are his way to deal with the society and its social and political problems... tags: - Street Protest - A1one - Arab Street Art title: 'A1one - Street Art in Tehran' url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/ --- # A1one - Street Art in Tehran I think, everybody knows about the political problems in Iran - about the demonstrations, the violence, the vote rigging and so on... And I think, you can imagine how dangerous it is to comment these social and political issues over there. Then you also can imagine how extremely dangerous it is to make politically street art right there. Indeed the Islamic Republic of Iran has no laws, which prohibit graffiti or street art, but this means nothing. Street artist **A1one** aka Tanha from Tehran, is one of the pioneers of the urban art scene in Iran. With his public space art, he describes his view on the Iranian society and puts hisself regularly in danger. Even before the big protests. > “My first work was a very simple work titled “searching for friends” painted on a wall right next to the Tehran-Karaj expressway late at night. It was a really frightening night for me… The next morning I got three calls from friends who recognized my style of painting. They were shocked to see my work on a public wall.” (Via pingmag.jp) **A1one**s artworks combine both, Persian calligraphy and Western graffiti. For the protest he scribbles about 800 pencil-soldiers in the streets of Tehran. You can take a look of his artworks by clicking trough [his photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/)! For more info about him, visit [his blog](http://tehranwalls.blogspot.com/) or check the interviews on [pingmag.jp](http://pingmag.jp/2007/01/19/a1one-1st-generation-graffiti-in-iran/) or [underspray.com](http://www.underspray.com/a1one.html). ![a1one tehran graffiti]() a1one tehran graffiti A1one - Urban Art Under Pressure Via [blog.rebellen.info](http://blog.rebellen.info/2009/08/15/a1one-streetart-pionier-in-teheran/) (ger)