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| Theo Bögels | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Iran | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
:: Iran: odds and ends :: |
:: People of Iran :: |
 Tehran, Imam Khomeini's Mausoleum |
 The first of the many instances which demonstrate how the memory of the Iran-Iraq war is still very much alive. |
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 Tehran, Golestan Palac |
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 Tehran, street scene |
 Beheshte Zahra cemetery, where the memory of the martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war is cherished |
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 The former American embassy |
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 Tehran |
 Hamedan, Avicenna's tomb |
 Behistun, Hercules |
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 Behistun |
 Caravanserai |
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 Taghe Bostan |
 Sculptures to celebrate the Sasanidic victories. |
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 The bazaar in Kermanshah |
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 Pol-e Dokhtar |
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 The ziggurat of Choqa Zanbil |
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 An inscription in cuneiform |
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 Shushtar |
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 The oil fields near Ahwaz |
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 Yasudj |
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 Bishapur, built by Roman POWs |
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 The Zagros mountain range |
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 Shiraz: Park-e Narendjestan |
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 Shiraz, the tomb of the poet Hafez. |
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 Naqshe Rostam, the burial site of, amongst others, Darius and Xerxes. |
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 Persepolis |
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 Shiraz, citadel |
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 Pars Museum |
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 The bazaar |
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 The tomb of Saadi, a 13th century poet. |
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 The Masjed-e Nasir al-Molk mosque |
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 Masjed-e Atiq mosque |
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 The bazaar |
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 Ghal'eh Dohtar (209 AD) |
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 The Palace of King Ardashir (224 AD) |
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 Salt lake |
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 Kerman |
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 Bazaar |
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 Hammam Ali Khan |
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 Imam mosque |
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 The citadel of Rayen |
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 Travelling shrine. |
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 Mahan, the Qajar Garden |
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 The shrine of Shah Nur-eddin Nematollah Vali, soefi mystic and poet. |
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 The shrine, covered in banknotes |
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 The rock village of Meymand |
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 A night in a karavanserail |
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 Yazd: the Zoroastric Towers of Silence |
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 Zoroastric Temple of Fire |
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 The mosque of Amir Chaqmaq |
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 Badgir (windtower), an ingenious system to keep houses cool. |
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 Preparations for Moharram, the festival marking the martyrdom of Hossein. |
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 This contraption is carried through the streets during Moharram. |
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 Pigeon Tower |
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 Na'in. The Jame Mosque, Iran's oldest mosque, famous for its stucco work. |
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 Esfahan, Vank Cathedral |
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 Unfortunately there was no water in the Zayandeh river. |
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 Chehel Sotun, 40 columns |
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 A state of undress one wouldn't expect here. |
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 Maydan-e Imam, the enormous central square |
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 Masjed-e Sheykh Lotfallah |
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 Masjed-e Jame |
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 Se-o-se Pol |
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 Abyaneh |
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 Kashan: Fin Garden |
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 Kashan |
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 Hammam |
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 A 19th-century residence |
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 Qom, our final destination |
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 The green flag is lowered for Moharram |
 and replaced by a black one. |
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 Our guide invited us to some refreshments while he was saying his prayers |
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