Beyond the politics: The beauty of Iran in photos
Beyond the politics: The beauty of Iran in photos
The Great Bazaar of Isfahan.
Image: Olivier Goujon/Robert Harding/Corbis
The Shah-e Cheragh Sanctuary in Shiraz.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis
14 Nov 2006, Ardabil, Iran --- Dome Interior at the Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi-ad-din Arbabili --- Image by © Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
A man weaves silk on a handloom in Yazd.
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
Alpine touring skiers climbing the Haftanan in the Zagros Mountains.
Image: Jean Heintz/Hemis/Corbis
Tilework at Nasir al-Molk Mosque in Shiraz--- Image by © Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
A view of Iran's southern coastline
Image: Frans Lemmens/Corbis
A tea house in Kerman.
Image: Bruno MORANDI/Hemis/Corbis
The Friday mosque in Esfahan, Iran
Image: Stephen Alvarez/National Geogographic/Corbis
The Great Bazaar of Isfahan.
Image: Olivier Goujon/Robert Harding/Corbis
Women perform their Friday prayer at the Imam mosque in Isfahan.
Image: Ali Hamed Haghdoust/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
The Old Kurdish Village Of Palangan.
Image: Eric Lafforgue/arabianEye/Corbis
The Shah-e Cheragh Sanctuary in Shiraz.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis
The Persepolis ruins near Shiraz. Iran.
Image: Matthieu Paley/Corbis
Women pray during the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tehran.
Image: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
A parakeet awaits customers in order to choose a "fortune" outside of the beloved Iranian poet Hafez's tomb in Shiraz.
Image: John Moore/Getty
An interior of the Golestan Palace in Tehran.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis
The Sultan Mir Ahmad Bathhouse in Kashan .
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis
Skiers are reflected in the goggles of another skiier at Dizin Ski Resort north of Tehran.
Image: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
People walk on the Khajou Bridge in Tehran.
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty
An Iranian-Armenian choir sings religious songs during a week-end mass at the Saint Stepanos church in the Julfa neighborhood of Isfahan. Julfa neighbourhood is where the biggest Armenian community in Iran resides
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty
A tourist takes pictures inside Vank Cathedral in Isfahan.
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty
A family rides a motorcycle past the Amir Chakhmaq Hosseinieh worship site, one of the largest such structures in Yazd.
Image: John Moore/Getty
A relief sculpture of a sphinx on a balustrade of the Tripylon in Persepolis.
Image: azuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
The Azadi Tower in Tehran.
Image: Sergio Pitamitz/robertharding/Corbis
The anccient city of Bam.
Image: George Steinmetz/Corbis
Men in a hookah lounge in Esfahan, Iran.
Image: Frans Lanting/Corbis
A woman walks down the grand stairway of Persepolis.
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
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