https://apnews.com/article/iran-presidential-election-bitcoin-hamster-kombat-934a398a0d2074c04bbf0112d701086f

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich.

The object of their rapt attention? The “Hamster Kombat” app.