Iraninans demand more homes to be built to improve their lives

In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian vendor waits for customers in the old bazaar of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency in its waning weeks, it’s not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran’s ruling clerics. Instead, it’s the rows of simple two-story homes on the city’s outskirts that sharply improved their lives.

In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, people walk in an alley of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran <AP Photo/Vahid Salemi>