Construction workers are making a reinforced concrete structure that will be a 13-storey building. The workers come from surrounding villages to the large city of Tabriz to work. Most of their families are in the village.

After an intense electoral campaign and a landslide participation, the 2009 presidential election in Iran turned into a quagmire for most Iranians as the results were officially announced. As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was being officially declared the winner, a huge number of Iranians (up to three million...

Iran has a thousand-year-old history of the art of pottery. This Iranian art is now in decline.  

This article is about the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran. Although the economic influence of Tehran's Grand Bazaar has diminished somewhat in recent years, it remains the largest market of its kind in the world. The Grand Bazaar is a historical market situated in the capital of Iran, Tehran...

The grand historic bazaar of Isfahan is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

This is the story of a 40-year-old woman named Maryam who has suffered a severe lung disease her whole life. Maryam has been waiting for a lung implant for a long time until a man's family who suffered brain damage in an accident decided to donate his body parts (including his lungs) ...

Known as Persia until 1935, Iran has been inhabited since the stone age and treasured for its rich and ancient culture, abundant natural resources, and sacred landmarks. However, currently the nation is at a crossroads between its fresh modern culture and traditional culture. Iran is a focal...

Images of disabled Iranians, many war veterans from the Iraq/Iran war, living in centers for the destitute and disabled.

This rehabilitation center for psychiatric patients in the city of Marand, East Azarbaijan Province in Iran. Patients smile upon seeing you. 

In Iran women are not allowed to show their body, but they don't have to hide their faces. For the modern Iranian women this means their face has to be perfect. Progressive women use a lot of cosmetics and, if they have money, visit a plastic surgeon to fix their noses. Even if you already have ...

Rural girls from distant places come to study in boarding schools. They are only 12 years old when they come to study and finish high school. Their greatest wish is to go to college. They are studying constantly throughout the day, no TV, no phone, and they are not allowed outside...

Persian carpets are one of the most important crafts. There are several stages to prepare a carpet. Painted yarn is one of the most important steps. Good color and quality of the strings is an important factor in their beauty.

This exhibit is about people who migrate during special times of the year into Iran.

Disabled people with mental retardation center in Bandar Abbas

Ghadir conference commemorates the Ashura rituals that remind us of one of the children killed in the Ashura protests by Muslims in Iran and other countries such as India, Pakistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, etc. Every year on the first Friday, Muharram is executed.