In 1933, following a dispute with the British government and Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Iranian government demanded cancellation of the D'Arcy concession. The termination of D'Arcy Concession was celebrated in the streets of Tehran with a government-sponsored carnival.

Screenshots from Iranian SMS advertisements sent by “Hamrahe Avval” and its subcontractor advertising agencies in 2012.

Located on a rocky hillside north of Shiraz at ‘Baba Koohi’, the Baghe Takht was a garden that existed as early as the eleventh century. A formal garden with a central water channel, it was laid out on multiple terraces with a palace at the uppermost terrace.

Graffiti on the canal walls in northwestern Tehran. October 2012.

Iranian business cards collected between 2002 to 2012.

The following photographs are chosen from the Iranian Wedding, External Narrative. The images reflect the social changes that have occurred in the past decades in Iran.

Strolling around Shariati avenue, near Qolhak neigbourhood, Tehran. August 2012. The photographer Roozbeh Shahrestani says: "Although, one might not be able to convey fully the atmosphere of these places, but perhaps with a momentary pause and a brief look the viewer get some sense of them."

Stonemason Zurkhaneh (“Zurkhaneh”=traditional Iranian wrestling center) is located near the end of Shah-Abbasi Karevansaray and the Goldsmith’s bazaar in the city of Kermanshah. The locals believe that its history goes back to 400 years ago. Many legendary traditional wrestlers of Kermanshah come from this sport club.

Valiahd Square (Now ‘Valiasr’) as seen in the 1970s postcards. Valiasr Square is one of the main squares in Tehran, adjoining Valiasr Street, Keshavarz Boulevard and Karim Khan Zand Avenue.

Dervishes were a common subject for foreign photographers of the late Qajar period. These photographs helped to create and fed the stereotypes of exotic Easterners, but nevertheless they are useful historical records of the period.

Iran Air is the flag carrier airline of Iran.

Iranian athletes have won a total of 60 medals in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, and athletics.

For ages the battle of Rostam and White Deev has been one of the most popular subjects among Iranian book illustrators, tile-makers, and coffee-house painters.

A collection of photographs of store signs from the 1950s and 1960s in Shiraz, taken in the winter and spring of 2012.

"Persian" costumes worn by young American society women in 1913 & 1914. As you can see the Western perception of Iran in the early 20th century was of an exotic and mysterious land, but today this has changed somewhat.