Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Iran
TV Flash files “Iran” as hour 30 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 4, episode 6, aired 2014-11-02, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E06: listed hour 30 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, hour 6 of 8 in season 4. It aired 2014-11-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tanzania” (S04E05). Next is “Massachusetts” (S04E07).
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Bourdain and his crew take their long-awaited inaugural trip to Iran exploring Tehran and Isfahan, and sites that include Imam Square, the Borje Milad, mosques, and ancient caravanserai. The cuisine includes Dizi, Fesenjan, Biryani, and Tahdig. Local guides for this tour include Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, who were subsequently detained by the Iranian government.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Iran sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S04E06 is listed hour 30 of 95 — hour 6 of 8 in season 4, season 4 episode 6.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S04E06 air?
Iran aired 2014-11-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
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Why this series still plays
Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…