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What was the Iran hostage crisis?
After the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehrān in November 1979 by Iranian students...
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Iran: Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains rise above pasturelands, southwestern Iran.
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Iran: Elburz Mountains
A stream running through a section of the Elburz Mountains in Māzandarān, Iran.
Robert Harding Picture Library
Iran: Kavīr Desert
Kavīr Desert, Iran.
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Dezfūl, Iran: Dez River
Dezfūl on the left bank of the Dez River, Iran.
Fred J. Maroon/Photo Researchers
Kurdish settlement in southwestern Asia
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Iran: Qashqāʾī women
Cloth being woven by Qashqāʾī women in the area of Shīrāz, Iran.
© R. & S. Michaud/Woodfin Camp & Associates
Eṣfahān Iran: Māder-e Shah madrasah
The Arabesque dome of the Māder-e Shah madrasah, Eṣfahān, Iran.
Ray Manley/Shostal Associates
Population density of Iran
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Tehrān: mosque in bazaar
Mosque with cupola in the bazaar, Tehrān.
Margot Wolf—SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Tehrān, Iran: Niavaran Palace
The Niavaran Palace, Tehrān, Iran.
Robert Harding Picture Library
Iran: Age breakdown
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Tehrān, Iran: bazaar
Shoppers throng the bazaar in Tehrān, Iran.
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Iran: agricultural region
The rich agricultural region of northwestern Iran.
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Kāzerūn, Iran: citrus orchards
Citrus orchards outside Kāzerūn, Iran.
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Bandar-e Anzalī, Iran: Caspian port
Wharf at the Caspian port of Bandar-e Anzalī, Iran.
Fred J. Maroon/Photo Researchers
Persian silk hunting carpet
Detail of a Persian silk hunting carpet from Kāshān, Iran, 16th century.
Courtesy of the Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna; photograph, Eric Lessing/Magnum Photos
Mashhad: shrine of ʿAlī al-Riḍā
Shrine of the imam ʿAlī al-Riḍā, Mashhad, Iran.
Fred J. Maroon/Photo Researchers
Qom, Iran: Dome of the Shrine of Fāṭimah
Dome of the Shrine of Fāṭimah, Qom, Iran.
Kurt Scholz/Shostal Associates
Āzādī Tower
The Āzādī (“Freedom”) Tower, Tehrān.
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Shīrāz, Iran: tomb of Hāfeẓ
Gardens at the tomb of the poet Hāfeẓ, Shīrāz, Iran.
Paolo Koch/Photo Researchers
Eṣfahān, Iran: Masjed-e Emām (“Imam Mosque”)
The Masjed-e Emām (“Imam Mosque”) in Eṣfahān, Iran.
Ray Manley/Shostal Associates
Nādir Shāh
Nādir Shāh, painting by an unknown artist, c. 1740; in the Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran.
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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran, 1979.
Alain Keler/Sygma
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Mohammad Mosaddegh, former prime minister of Iran.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini (at open window) greeting supporters after returning to Tehrān...
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Iran hostage crisis
Blindfolded American hostage surrounded by captors outside the U.S. embassy in Tehrān,...
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Mohammad Khatami
Mohammad Khatami.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 2006.
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Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani, 2013.
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Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi, 2021.
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Iranian protests in 2022
Iranian women removing their head coverings on September 19, 2022, in protest against...
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Woman, Life, Freedom protest against Iranian authorities
Protest against the Iranian regime following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in custody...
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European Union, P5+1, and Iranian officials
European Union, P5+1, and Iranian officials in Geneva, July 2015.
U.S Department of State
molded tile
Iranian molded tile showing four nobles in attendance at the court of Nāṣer al-Dīn...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 1991.2
Zagros Mountains
Zagros Mountains, southwestern Iran.
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Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman, oil on canvas, Iran, mid-18th century;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, bequest of Irma B. Wilkinson in memory of her husband, Charles K. Wilkinson, 1997.108.4
religious sites of ancient Indo-Iranian peoples
Significant religious sites and sites containing religious artifacts of ancient Indo-Iranian...
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Indo-Iranian languages
Distribution of Indo-Iranian languages.
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Achaemenian dynasty
The Achaemenian Empire in the 6th and 5th centuries bce.
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Parthian empire
The Parthian empire in the 1st century bce.
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Sāsānian empire at the time of Shāpūr I
The Sāsānian empire at the time of Shāpūr I.
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Arabian-Iranian basin oil fields
Major oil fields of the Arabian-Iranian basin region.
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Persia, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, c. 1902
Map of Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, from the 10th edition of the...
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Iran: Ethnic composition
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Iran: Religious affiliation
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Iran: Urban-rural
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Iran: Major import sources
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Iran: Major export destinations
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