Travellerspoint's Best Travel Photos of Iran

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Our Hotel in Garmeh by Nomadics

An Oasis in the Desert. Complete with camels!

11 May 2007 - Iran
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Dead Camel by Nomadics

Not much survives on the salt plains of the Dasht-e Kavir Desert.

11 May 2007 - Iran
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Moonlit Emam Mosque by ameurice

30 April 2007 - Iran
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Persia, Naqshe Rostam by rezadarius

These are the tombs of the few persian kings.

20 March 2007 - Iran
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Shiraz, Bazar Vakil by rezadarius

18 March 2007 - Iran
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ashoura day in tehran 2 by mf-photo

30 January 2007 - Iran
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"Good city . . . . ." by kombizz

"Good city could not be found, 'you' have to build it" It is a local message-lines written on the back of a concrete bench in Mareevan, Kermunshah, Iran.

5 January 2007 - Iran
Tags: people city message kombizz kermunshah kermanshah marivan mareevan
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Damavan Peak at sun set by rezavos

damavand peak with 5671m high

January 2007 - Iran
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Door to Chak Chak by TLWH

2007 - Kharanaq, Iran
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Religious Banners by kombizz

I was passing by in Qom, then I found this amazing colors and religious messages.

2007 - Iran
Tags: green muslim kombizz islam qom banner praying_mat ya_hussain_(_p_b_u_h_)
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Located in southeastern Iran, 200 kilometers south of Kerman, the ancient city of Arg-e-Bam is made entirely of mud bricks, clay, straw and the trunks of palm trees. The city was originally founded during the Sassanian period (224-637 AD) and while some of the surviving structures date from before the 12th century, most of what remains was built during the Safavid period (1502-1722). During Safavid times, the city occupied six square kilometers, was surrounded by a rampart with 38 towers, and had between 9000 and 13,000 inhabitants. Bam prospered because of pilgrims visiting its Zoroastrian fire temple (dating to early Sassanian times) and as a commercial and trading center on the famous Silk Road. Upon the site of the Zoroastrian temple the Jame Mosque was built during the Saffarian period (866-903 AD) and adjacent to this mosque is the tomb of Mirza Naiim, a mystic and astronomer who lived three hundred years ago. Bam declined in importance following an invasion by Afghans in 1722 and another by invaders from the region of Shiraz in 1810. The city was used as a barracks for the army until 1932 and then completely abandoned. Intensive restoration work began in 1953 and continued till the earthquake. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For more information, please click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam,_Iran

2007 - Iran
Tags: kerman persia kombizz "arg_-_e_-_bam" "mud_bricks" clay straw sassanian "sassanian_dynasty" "224_-_637_ad" "safavid_period" zoroastrian "jame_mosque" "mirza_naiim" astronomer afghans "restoration_work" earthquake
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Muharram Procession - Allaamat by kombizz

Allaamat is a very heavy decorative structure which has a variable length due to the number of those long appendages. Always the middle one is longer than the rest. The number of those long appendages are always odd. It start from 7 and goes up to 21 or 23 which make the structure much heavier. There are written lots of verses of Holy Quran on them. People make these Allaamats prior to this mourning month of "Muharram". They put different kind of ornaments which make it very pretty and of course heavy. Then on a special day called Allaamat-Keshee, they lift them and carry them for more than 10 kilometers.

5 December 2006 - Iran
Tags: muharram kombizz muharram_procession allaamat
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رهگذر by mf-photo

4 December 2006 - Iran
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Maranjob's Caravansary by kombizz

Maranjob Caravansary which was built in 1012 A.H at a Silk Road detour is one of these golden-age structures. It is located in a 50-kilometer distance of Aran Bidgol city beside the Salt Lake and huge dunes. ========Caravansaries======== A 'caravan' in Persian means a group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. Caravan trade is associated with the history of Iran and the Middle East. It is evident that all trade from one fertile area to another in this region had to be organized from the first, since long distances of desert trail separated settled parts and since local governments could not guarantee protection against tribes eager to loot and pillage. Such wares as jewels, spices, perfumes, dyes, metals, rare woods, ivory, oils, and textiles (chiefly silk) are associated with the trade. Camels were the main catties from Egypt and Iran to Mesopotamia and throughout the Arabian Peninsula. When you inquire the age of a caravansary in modern Iran, you are generally told that it dates from the time of Shah Abbas. This is a deceptive generalization and a term applied indiscriminately to all caravansaries built between the late 16th- 19th centuries AD. ....................................................... For more info check the following site: http://www.chnphoto.ir/gallery.php?gallery_uid=190&lang=en

25 November 2006 - Iran
Tags: camel kombizz persian caravan "maranjob_caravansary" "silk_road" "aran_bidgol_city" "salt_lake" merchants "middle_east" "desert_trail" jewels spices perfumes dyes metals "rare_woods" ivory oils textiles "arabian_peninsula" "shah_abbas" "16th_19th_centuries_ad"
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Vank Chuch by rezavos

an old church in Esfahan city-400 years ago safavid era

November 2006 - Iran
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Eram by tehranmyci

shiraz

31 September 2006 - Iran
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Muharram Procession - Allaamat Carrier by kombizz

Allaamat is NOT just heavy, but also is very long. So the allaamat carrier not only should bear the weight of it but also should balance it. I saw few people who could manage to carry them more than 7 minutes walk!