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Old Tomb of Hafez

In 1901 Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh ordered Ali-Akbar Mozayyen-al-Dawla Naghash-bashi to make a decorative iron transenna for the Tomb of Hafez. The current Mausoleum was designed by André Godard, French archeologist and architect, in the late 1930s.

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Building Azadi Tower (Shahyad)

The Azadi Tower, formerly known as the Shahyad (a translation of King Memorial Tower), is the symbol of Tehran and marks the entrance to the city.

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Covers for “Ketabe Jom’e”
Street Singers and the Passers-by
First Grade Persian Textbook (1939)
Persian Ball
Mass-Produced Talismans
Emamzadeh Abdollah’s Cemetery
Bride and Groom
Mice and the Cat
Tabriz Memorial Highschool

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