Darts, the game of throwing small pointed missiles at a board divided into scoring segments is normally associated with British pubs and the consumption of large amounts of alcohol, has found a new following in ultra-conservative Iran. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians, including Muslim clerics and soldiers, are enthusiastically picking up their ‘arras’. Darts brings “happiness and joy and fun at a very cheap price”, according to Masoud Zohouri, head of the Iranian Darts Association.