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The Defenders of the Shrine
Googoosh Record Covers
An Overlooked Shahnamah
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GQ’s Persian Excursion (1969)
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Old Government Buildings of Rasht
Sabzi Khordan (Fresh Herbs)
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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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