Beauties of Iran (other face of Iran)

majid · 12 Jan 2013, 07:35

thought to share you some beauties of Iran. starting from it's capital, Tehran:
Tehran skyline:

and

Golestan palace (Qajar period, 2 century ego) :

Azadi square (also known as shahyad sq.):

Ahmad shah palace, Qajar period:

Tehran at night :

actress Niusha: http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Tehran/Tehran/photo1037434.htm
contemporary art museum:

Alborz mountains (near Tehran) :

Iranian happy new year:

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Tehran/Tehran/photo156829.htm
marriage: [img]http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Tehran/Tehran/photo692291.htm [/i
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Niavaran palace, qajar period : http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Tehran/Tehran/photo1231173.htm
zoroasterian ladies :

International Flower & Plant Exhibition:

bride and groom:

d12dozr · 12 Jan 2013, 08:25

Majid, thank you for posting these beautiful photos...an excellent reminder to not take what we hear in western media at face value.

majid · 12 Jan 2013, 09:27

@d12dozr said:

Majid, thank you for posting these beautiful photos...an excellent reminder to not take what we hear in western media at face value.

yeah , and I thought why the big brothers are gonna encourage us to kill each others? while peace is more beautiful.
hope one day you (and other sketchucation members) explore beauties of my country.
Here is Isfahan, where I live:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Isfahan
Aliqapu palace :

The Nights of Isfahan city :

Vank Cathedral

Isfahan Bazaar

Life in Esfahan

Ali Qapu Palace again, safavid period (5 century before) :

Life in Esfahan II

Hotel Abbasi

Art and Architecture

srx · 12 Jan 2013, 11:12

You are from Aladdin town (Aladdin 1992 Disney film): "For the scenery design, layout supervisor Rasoul Azadani took many pictures of his hometown of Isfahan, Iran for guidance".
I have to recommend this very good movie from Iran: Separation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/ which tells a story about separation in different levels: family, cultural, religious. The globalization force is tearing (separating) plant from the deep root. I learned about Iran (people, not buildings) and found them, their mentality and their problems (even their look) to be very similar to those of people in Serbia.

pilou · 12 Jan 2013, 11:15

About forms : muqarnas

majid · 12 Jan 2013, 12:16

thank you mates for kind feed backs, it is amazing for me that you know apart from TV. shows... and am trying to show that we are similar to other people on this lovely planet, at least not too much different.
and yeas I live in the 1 thousand and 1 night city !
will promise you that if visit Iran, will love it for ever, like Arthur Upham Pope did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Upham_Pope
he and his wife now are calm, at my hometown city of Isfahan due to their testament:

majid · 12 Jan 2013, 12:39

@jim4366 said:

@unknownuser said:

yeah , and I thought why the big brothers are gonna encourage us to kill each others? while peace is more beautiful.

Agreed. Gorgeous pictures. Thanks for sharing.

"soldiers" are our youth, our hopes, our brothers and sisters... why they must be killed at "their" war?

majid · 12 Jan 2013, 12:55

Mashad, also is one great cities with old history and role in west Asia history...
it is capital of Khorasan province, part of great Khorasan area...

Silk Road: Imperial hotel

majid · 13 Jan 2013, 05:53

Sistan va baloochestan, south east of Iran, beside Pakestan:
simple people , simple life:
Kuh Khaje temple, 500 B.C.

Gelkhorak fish, an strange fish that could remain live for few min out of water:

daily life:

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rv1974 · 13 Jan 2013, 08:42

Great photos Majid.
I wonder is there any kind of iron curtain in Iran?
Do Iranians have strait access to Google\Youtube\torrents etc? Any censorship filtering?

majid · 15 Jan 2013, 10:27

Fars province that has Shiraz as it's heart, one of first settling places of Arians.
Perspolis, Takhte Jamshid, and many many other historical sites are located at Fars province.
many belive that Cedar and pine tree were holly trees for ancient Persian, and from this culture migrated to EU, etc....
as Zorastrian and Mitraism, belive that cedar and pine can resist the darkness and death...
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Fars/Shiraz/photo1366111.htm

bringing gift to emperor of Persia:

traditional dress:

nomads:

Persepolis, nations gate:

Pasargad, Cyrus the Great period (559–530 BC)

Perspolis:

wood inlay:

traditional house:
[img:3dcbc9mg]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/40643/1.jpg[/img:3dcbc9mg]
[img:3dcbc9mg]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/137443/dsc00938.jpg[/img:3dcbc9mg]
Hafez , the great poet:
[img:3dcbc9mg]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/48869/dscn6533_hafezieh_mtad.jpg[/img:3dcbc9mg]
[img:3dcbc9mg]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/48869/dscn6519_hafez-02.jpg[/img:3dcbc9mg]
Saadi, great poet:
[img:3dcbc9mg]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/48869/dscn6629_sadiyeh-02.jpg[/img:3dcbc9mg]
People

porch_unplugged · 15 Jan 2013, 14:00

Hi Majid. Beautiful photos from a beautiful country. I was lucky to get to visit Iran a couple of years ago, and it blew me away. From the spectacular scenery to unbelievably friendly people to the craziest drivers I have ever seen!

I travelled from Maku, To Tabriz (fantastic market), to Qazvin, to Tehran (I managed to cause a car crash while driving into Tehran), to Nowshuhr, to Bojnurd and into Turkmenistan.

I've been telling everyone they should go visit Iran since I got home. Would love to go back.

some of my pics....

majid · 15 Jan 2013, 14:38

@porch_unplugged said:

Hi Majid. Beautiful photos from a beautiful country. I was lucky to get to visit Iran a couple of years ago, and it blew me away. From the spectacular scenery to unbelievably friendly people to the craziest drivers I have ever seen!

I travelled from Maku, To Tabriz (fantastic market), to Qazvin, to Tehran (I managed to cause a car crash while driving into Tehran), to Nowshuhr, to Bojnurd and into Turkmenistan.

I've been telling everyone they should go visit Iran since I got home. Would love to go back.

some of my pics....

craziest drivers.....hahahaha agree... also I like your carpet market picture of Tabriz ( I guess it must be Tabriz, am I right?)
I hope everyone visits Persia, it is a really beautiful and cheap country.
also I wish to visit Turkmenistan this june!
thanks for sharing

porch_unplugged · 15 Jan 2013, 14:59

@majid said:

craziest drivers.....hahahaha agree... also I like your carpet market picture of Tabriz ( I guess it must be Tabriz, am I right?)
I hope everyone visits Persia, it is a really beautiful and cheap country.
also I wish to visit Turkmenistan this june!
thanks for sharing

Yes it was Tabriz.

Turkmenistan is unreal! It's another place I think everyone should visit, but for different reasons...it's the strangest country country i've ever been to.

Make sure your car is clean if you are driving in Ashgabat! And go to the Darvaza crater if you can. enjoy!

majid · 16 Jan 2013, 06:56

Thank you for sharing your experience.
I thought people need hands of other people not missiles of them!

Bakhtiari province, were I born:

Soraya Bakhtiary, former Queen of Persia:

Nature

abbasbostaniasl · 16 Jan 2013, 16:22

زیبا زیبا زیبا

majid · 18 Jan 2013, 06:59

west of Iran, kordestan province, were Kord people live

Avalan mount, (sound familliar, no? wizards secret plcae!)

ready to Kordish dance:

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majid · 21 Jan 2013, 18:17

more pictures of Bakhtiari province, token by my friend GH.Borjian:

majid · 23 Jan 2013, 11:06

Zanjan province, Central Persia

Gaieus · 23 Jan 2013, 12:24

Majid, your images are "not allowed" to be embedded on this site - moreover, when I try to display them individually, I get a standard 403 ("Forbidden") error.

It's either some gremlins or a normal way of a site preventing images to be "hot-linked" (or something else like you can only see them when logged in - like attachments here on the forums)