Having completed our roadless cross-country route through central Iran to reach Shiraz we headed on west towards the Iraqi border. The further we went the weather warmed and the deep snow began to melt making the route muddy with deep water splashes. In the middle of nowhere we reached an Iranian army roadblock where we were arrested and taken to army HQ at Behbahan for interrogation suspected of having run over and killed a shepherd boy shortly after leaving Kerman. A scary time, but after hours of questioning and thorough examination of our Land Rover, we were informed that another vehicle had been correctly located and thankfully we were able to continue or trek towards Iraq…