Examples of Iranian Talismans.

Siroos Ghahremani, an Iranian showman from the 1950s and 1960s entertains people in his private zoo in the city of Shiraz. The photos are most probably from the mid-1960s.

Shole-Zard is an Iranian rice pudding infused with saffron, rose water, and cinnamon. Almonds are added for textural crunch and pistachios for decoration.

An illustration of a boy, painted based on a copy of a photograph from a Tunisian boy taken in the early 20th century. The illustration is printed and widely distributed in Iran as "Prophet Muhammad in his teenage years." → Photographer: Rudolf Franz Lehnert → Muhammad → Une étrange rencontre (in French)

Phone-cards targeted to Iranian-American community in California. 2000-2005.

Persepolis restaurant, Los Angeles, 2005.

A collection of old Iranian vinyl records published between the 1950s and the 1970s.

In Iran Citroën 2CV was called Jian.

PuzzlePerser is a Persian inspired line of rugs created by the German product designer Katrin Sonnleitner. The puzzle pieces used for the rugs are made of recycled & synthetics rubber. → View the PuzzlePerser and other creations by Katrin Sonnleitner