3 Months in Tehran

3 Months in Tehran is a graphic novel by the Canadian artist and author Thomas Nosbusch, published in 2011. The novel details the months Nosbusch spent in, the Iranian capital, while working for a Canadian animation company. It is the sequel to his 2001 book 2 Months in Indonesia and his 2008 book 3 Months in Seoul.

Overview
3 Months in Tehran documents Nosbusch's experiences in, the capital of , where he stayed for three months starting in September 2004. Acting as the liaison between a Canadian animation studio ( working for Edward Sarson Productions and Latikuu Edacra Entertainment North America) and the (Kanoon) animation studio in Tehran, he struggles with boredom, the difficulties of outsourcing, the culture shock of a Westerner being far-away from home in a new location and the bureaucracy of the Islamic regime in the country.

Summary
Nosbusch arrives in Tehran, bringing, in addition to the items that he was authorized to bring into the country, a copy of Guy Delisle's Shenzhen (his inspiration for his graphic novels), CDs of and, and presents like  cigarettes and  ginger ale.

Nosbusch is deployed to supervise the overseas animation for 3 episodes and a half-hour special for Toad Patrol Fantastix, overseeing the animators at the Kanoon studio draw episodes of the series from the layout phase, using the storyboards shipped from Canada as a guide.

During his three-month stay, he stays at the, and visits other foreigners in the. He also meets foreign diplomats, NGO workers for UNICEF and the World Food Programme, foreign businessmen, British engineers installing a HDTV transmitter and a group of Overseas Filipino Workers working on a construction site. Accompanied by a tour guide, he visits the, the , the , the , the , the , a bottling plant for and the.

Nosbusch notes things such as government propaganda, the cult of personality for former supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini and his successor and an abundance of bootleg products.

Nosbusch and his Persian-speaking colleagues pay a visit to the.