In the Press
What was written while they were still riding.
The Record
The journey around the world, in the world’s media.
They were interviewed on four continents, and the question was almost always the same one: why would anyone do this?
Online
What the world’s media covered.
CNN
Interview with Hassan Alizadeh and Amir Ahmadi, CNN Saturday
14 December 2002
Read the archived pageUnited Nations
Iranian Bicyclists for Peace visit United Nations Headquarters
13 August 2002
Read the archived page
Everything Else
The rest of the record.
Iran
- Tehran Magazine
Japan
Yomiuri Shimbun26 December 2000
Canada
- Bradford Times10 March 2001Bradford
United States
- Los Angeles County Board of SupervisorsSummer 2001Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Times19 July 2001Los Angeles
- North County Times28 August 2001San Diego
- A local newspaperSan Diego
- A local newspaper28 August 2001Solana Beach
- The Daily Camera19 November 2001Boulder
- Persian MagazineIllinois
- People’s Weekly WorldNew York
- The Charlotte ObserverCharlotte
- Richmond TimesRichmond
- CNN news reportAtlanta
- Pardis MagazineAtlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution8 January 2003Atlanta- Austin American-StatesmanAustin
- Asheghaneh MagazineMay 2003Houston
- Payam Ashena
United Kingdom
Manchester Evening News10 July 2003Manchester
Liverpool Echo2 August 2003Liverpool- Yorkshire Evening PostLeeds
- BBC Persian14 and 15 August 2003London
France
Pèlerin, number 6353, “Un tour de roue pour la paix”, by Laëtitia de Kerchove2 September 2004
Elsewhere
- An article in EsperantoMarch 2003
In the studio.
Six frames from the interviews, kept with the press cuttings. The archive does not record which broadcasters they belong to.
Take the Road
The journey continues in the books.
Both books, in print and on Kindle.
- 311 pages and 114 photographs in the round-the-world memoir
- The first journey, through Turkey, Syria and Jordan to Petra
- Translated from the Persian, set in matching editions
