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aloo kuhi...!
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Murals ... of martyrs
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  • TheWanderingCamel
  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on May 2, 2008
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  • Someone's son? - Tehran
    Someone's son?
    by TheWanderingCamel
    They dominate the roadsides in Tehran. Huge murals that take up the whole side of a building. Some are of men killed in the horrendous 10-year-long Iran-Iraq War (called in Iran The War of Iraqi Aggression).

    Sad faces that stare out at you of men in uniform, with roses and butterflies, rainbows and tulips, to show that they are now in Paradise.

    I wouldn't call them my favourite thing but they haunt you and you don't forget them easily.

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    One for the girls
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 15, 2005
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  • Make a new friend - Tehran
    Make a new friend
    by TheWanderingCamel
    It can be difficult to meet other women in Iran, or to get any idea of their lives, unless you already know somebody there. One easy way that will give you a small insight into a private woman's world is to book yourself a manicure or, even better after all the footslog of sight-seeing, a pedicure, at a local salon. Here, in their own domain, you will see women relaxing with other women. You'll provide them with entertainment so you'll pay your way, the treatment will cost you very little, just a couple of dollars, your hands or feet will feel great, and you might make a new friend.
    Go to a local place though, one that local women frequent.

    leyle

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    ....ayatollahs....
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 28, 2005
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  • A watchful eye - Tehran
    A watchful eye
    by TheWanderingCamel
    More murals -this time of the late Ayatollah Khomeini and other religious leaders. This custom of portraying their leaders in this way comes as a surpise in such a emphatically Islamic state. But there they are, some stern, some benevolent, on the sides of buildings and on huge billboards around the city.

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    The great 'Hospital-ity' of Tehran
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  • Updated By grets on June 15, 2007
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  • David looking a litle worse for wear - Tehran
    David looking a litle worse
    for wear
    by grets, 2 more photos
    Unfortunately, David developed an angry rash the day we arrived in Tehran, but at least it meant we were able to sample the delights of the Iranian health system. Never again will I say that western health services are the best! This was Iranian ‘hospitality’ at its best.

    At 06:00 I took David down to the reception of the hotel, to enquire about seeing a doctor. One of the staff hailed a taxi for us, and explained to the taxi driver where to take us. At the 24 hour emergency ward, we were immediately seen by a nurse, who took his blood pressure, pulse and temperature. As soon as she had finished, a doctor was available to see him. Whilst he was examining David, a nurse beckoned me over to the desk – there was a phone call for me: the receptionist from the hotel checking that we got there OK, that we were being seen by a doctor and if there was anything else we needed, to let him know. David was given some steroid and antihistamine tablets as well as some steroid cream. We collected the prescription and arranged for a taxi back to the hotel. We were gone for exactly an hour. Last time I attended A&E in my home town of Bristol, we were there for six hours!

    The doctor we saw spoke excellent English, and suggested that David would benefit from seeing a specialist, and arranged for an appointment – at 14:00 that same day! In Bristol you would be lucky to be able to see a consultant the same year, let alone the same day!

    The whole process, including a general doctor, a specialist and three lots of medicines, cost us around $10. We were extremely impressed with the medical service in Iran, and very relived when David’s rash got better after a few days. He never did find out exactly what it was, all the doctor could say was a severe allergic reaction. We’ll never know what he reacted to.

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    In north of tehran, there are....
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  • Updated By vahiddavoodi on October 14, 2003
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  • aloo kuhi...! - Tehran
    aloo kuhi...!
    by vahiddavoodi
    In north of tehran there are some badgers that sale some special kind of fruits products that you had never seen! such as "lavashak" ,"barge-ye-holu" ,"aloo-kuhi"...etc.!!
    when you are in hiking in the mountain you meet these badgers with delicious fruits that blink to you.dont miss them....!

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    Damavand..the higest point of middle east
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  • By vahiddavoodi on July 7, 2003
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  • Mt.Damavand (5671m), volcano in Iran - Tehran
    Mt.Damavand (5671m), volcano
    in Iran
    by vahiddavoodi
    Damavand is a towering volcano just 45 miles northeast of Teheran, near the Southern coast of the Caspian Sea. It is surrounded by the smaller and comparatively rugged peaks of the Elburz range, but its great height and classic volcanic shape, unique to the region, grant it dominance and isolation.
    Damavand has not erupted in historical times, though occasional steam and sulfur gases exude from the top. The view from the summit is an amazing panorama of Iran's vast expanse of mountains, valleys, and deserts.

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    IF YOU WANT TO REALLY...
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  • By vahiddavoodi on June 17, 2003
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  • a river outside tehran - Tehran
    a river outside tehran
    by vahiddavoodi
    if you want to really see iran,get off of the interestates and take the back-roads.bring you to the beautifull towns that the interstates bypass.
    also you will see elegant articles trough the way.
    many roads in iran have a great ,unique and picturesque views filled with considerable magnicific things.

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    Upon his return from Europe, after visiting ...
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  • By vahiddavoodi on June 14, 2003
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  • golestan palace - Tehran
    golestan palace
    by vahiddavoodi
    Upon his return from Europe, after visiting several museums and art galleries, Nassereddin Shah decided to establish similar sites in his Palace. He had exterior building destroyed and new ones built on the northwestern wing of Golestan Palace next to the Ivory Hall. These included the lobby, the Mirror Hall and the Museum Room, later known as the Grand Hall or even Grand Throne Room, ever since the Peacock Throne was moved there and the room begun being used for official and state ceremonies. It was in this room, after the modifications, that took place the Coronation of the Shah and Empress Farah in 1967.

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    Reconstruction
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  • By johnsakura on October 17, 2004
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  • iran tehran - Tehran
    iran tehran
    by johnsakura
    You'll find out that almost all building in the city centre lack reconstruction. This tends to be a problem in all big cities as much as to be done. usually bubilding that are always looking nice are religious buildings where everyday use protects it from getting lost or unused and reconstruction and rebuilt are often done.

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    Azadi square is the symbol of tehran
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  • Updated By mahshid on July 7, 2003
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  • Top of Azadi tower - Tehran
    Top of Azadi tower
    by mahshid
    this square is the most important square of tehran and everyone who enters tehran by plane can see it. it`s a high tower and under this tower there is a museum.this picture has taken from the top of this tower.I took this picture about 5 years ago.ofcourse the first name was shahyad and it means the memory of king but after revolution they change it and now it`s called azadi(freedom).

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