Iran

 

Golestan Palace, Tehran

 

Segregated school class rooms, school on the outskirts of Tehran

 

Takht-I-Soleiman (Throne of Solomon), holiest shrine in Zoroastrism

 

City of Hamedan used to have a sizeable Jewish population. Now only 50 Jews remain.

 

Views of Persepolis, capital of Darius the Great. Founded 512 BC

 

Cliff face rock tomb of Darius I

 

Views of Esfahan's Imam Square

 

Interior of buildings lining Iman Square, Esfahan

 

Beautiful interior of a mosque

 

The people of Iran

 

Tomb of Cyrus, Pasargadae

 

Examples of Islamic pottery and wall carvings

 

Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan

 

Locals admiring examples of Islamic architecture

 

Grand Bazaar, Shiraz

 

Traditional tea house, Isfahan

 

Bridge over the Zayandeh River, Esfahan and relaxing in hotel gardens, Esfahan

 

Mountain village of Abyaneh has remained largely intact since Safavid times. Local woman in traditional constume

 

Islamic bathhouse and elaborate roof chimneys

 

Holy Shrine of Imam Khomeini, devotees chanting "death to America"

 

Cemetry at Behesht-E Zahara. Main resting place for those who died in the Iraq-Iranian War (1980-88). Each glass box devoted to a loved one: 200,000 tombs in total.

 

 

 

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