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The ancient city of Izeh (settled probably during the Ilamite period), Province of Khuzestan
http://tinyurl.com/kub6uj2

"The ice-man [Rasoul Soleymani]" of Meshghin-Shahr, Ardebil Province (Sabalaan mountains)
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193744.php?page=1

Kordestan teachers on strike
http://www.kurdpa.net/farsi/idame/18893

Aab-ghoust, a favorite dish
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193875.php

Transporting a fridge via the subway
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193873.php

Tehran, then and now
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193872.php

"The rich kids of Tehran"
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193958.php?page=1

Kooh-Gol, near Yaasouj, the capital of the Province of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer-Ahmad
http://tinyurl.com/lo3y3hh

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Pre-revolutionary photos/paintings/videos

"The current Iranian calendar was officially adopted on February 22, 1911 (sponsored by Mirza Abdolghaffaar-e Esfahani) .  It was originally adopted on 15 March 1079 by the Seljuk Sultan Jalal al-Din Malik Shah I (for whom it was named), based on the recommendations of a committee of astronomers, including Omar Khayyam, at the imperial observatory in his capital city of Isfahan." Source.
https://tavaana.org/fa/Taghvim_%20Hejri_Shamsi

Ad for "fixator" [hair spray] Wella Flex DeLuxe in the 1970s ["spend 25 rials more"--get a better hair spray!]
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2015/03/193771.php
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From next door, and from afar: 
Snow in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/2015/03/150303_k05_panjshir_avalanch

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