which the city fathers blame on bad repairs done under the late Shah—not on construction of a new Metro tunnel that many critics have been warning for years comes too close to the bridge. The cracks appear in six of the bridge’s 33 arches on the southern end of the bridge. The Metro tunnel was just finished a free weeks ago after preservationists’ calls for a change in route were shunted aside. About 2,500 people have joined a suit filed against the mayor and Metro officials. The bridge was completed in 1602 under Shah Abbas I. Si o 
