Iranian grooms, Javad Jafari, left, and his brother, Mehdi, right, pose
for photographs with their brides, Maryam Sadeghi, second left, and
Zahra Abolghasemi, who wear their formal wedding dresses prior to their
wedding in Ghalehsar village, about 220 mi (360 km) northeast of the
capital Tehran, Iran, on July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Amin Gholami, right, dances in Azeri-style as Aydin Kanani plays a
Gaval, a large tambourine, in the Gharadagh mountainous area in
northwestern, Iran, on October 26, 2011. In the 1980s, Iran's music
almost vanished. Music schools went into full recession, police or
militias stopped cars to check what passengers were listening to and
broke tapes playing pre-revolutionary singers, and clerical institutions
even banned music as un-Islamic. But Iran's social life has
dramatically changed a decade later, with a landslide victory of former
President Mohammad Khatami relaxing some of rigid restrictions on
cultural and social activities, including bans on music bands, but Iran
has recently tightened censorship of books, films, and music since
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power. (AP Photo) #
Iranian dog-lover Andia caresses a puppy as she brings food donations
to the Vafa animal shelter in the town of Hashtgerd, some 70 km west of
the capital Tehran, on June 30, 2011. The first animal shelter in Iran,
the non-government charity relies on private donations and volunteers to
provide shelter to injured and homeless dogs in Iran. Canine lovers in
the Islamic Republic were faced with a motion put forth by lawmakers to
ban the public appearance of dogs due to their "uncleanness" and to
combat "a blind imitation of vulgar Western culture." If the motion
becomes law, first-time offenders will be fined five million rials (472
USD or 337 euros) and will be given a 10-day period to get rid of the
dog or face the canine's confiscation to an unknown fate. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images) #
Sevan Shahmirian, a member of the underground music band "Wednesday
Call" prepares for a practice session at a home music studio in Tehran,
on July 7, 2011. Many Iranian bands do not bother asking for the
mandatory government permits to release their music and seek contracts
with foreign companies or put their music on websites blocked by the
state but still accessible to anyone with a modicum of technical skill. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) #
The Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat near Susa, in Khuzestan province,
southwestern Iran, photographed on September 29, 2011. The ziggurat was
built around 1250 BC by the king Untash-Napirisha, and in 1979 it became
the first Iranian site to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage
List. (Reuters/Raheb Homavandi) #
Iranian Jewish men pray during Hanukkah celebrations at the Yousefabad
Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, December 27, 2011. Iran's
population of 75 million includes about 20,000 Jews, the largest
community in the Middle East outside Israel, and they face no
restriction on their religious practice, though they must follow Islamic
dress codes such as head scarves for women. They have one Jewish
representative in the parliament under the constitution. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) #
A weaver works on a carpet at a carpet workshop in Isfahan, Iran, on
November 14, 2011. Persian carpets can be mostly divided into three size
groups: large (3x4 meters), medium (2x3 meters) and small (1x1.5
meters), which is called Ghaliche. For a larger 24-square-meter silk
carpet, every 70 cm (27.5 inches) section takes about a month to make.
The price of each carpet is set by officials from Iran's national carpet
company after examining each completed work. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) #
Supporters of Iranian soccer team Persepolis, prior to start of the
match with Esteghlal in their 73rd derby, during Iran's Jam-e-Hazfi, or
Elimination Cup, at the Azadi (Freedom) stadium in Tehran, on December
9, 2011. Iran's two giant soccer teams fought in a quarter final match
of the cup and Esteghlal won 3-0. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) #
Satellite dishes which were smashed by Iran's police are left at a
housing estate in Tehran, on June 4, 2011. Iran outlawed satellite
dishes in the mid-1990s as part of efforts to curb what it considers
Western cultural aggression, but the ban was largely ignored under
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's predecessor Mohammad Khatami who tried
to increase social freedoms after he was elected in 1997. However,
hardliners have pressed for renewed restrictions after Ahmadinejad took
office in 2005. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) #
Iranian youths shoot water at each other with water guns, during water
fights at the Water and Fire Park in northern Tehran, on July 29, 2011.
During the summer, Iran was trying to put down a new wave of civil
disobedience - flash mobs of young people who broke into boisterous
fights with water guns in public parks. Dozens of water fighters were
arrested and a top judiciary official warned that
"counter-revolutionaries" were behind them. (AP Photo/Milad Beheshti) #
A woman poses for a picture in front of the beached Greek ship Moula F,
during sunset off Kish Island, 1,250 km (777 miles) south of Tehran, on
April 27, 2011. The ship ran aground on the southwest side of the
island en route to Greece and was abandoned after salvage efforts proved
unfeasible. (Reuters/Caren Firouz) #
Iranian Ghashghai men play a traditional game called Dorna Bazi during a
nomadic pastoralist festival in northern Tehran, on September 16, 2011.
The Ghashghai are Iran's largest nomadic pastoralist group who live in
Fars, Khuzestan and southern Isfahan province. Each year they travel
with their flocks from Shiraz in the hot season to the winter pastures
near the Persian Gulf. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) #
A trader stands in Tabriz historic market, 633 km (393 miles) northwest
of Tehran, early in the morning of August 28, 2011. The Tabriz market
was located along the Silk Road trade route and comprised of interlinked
structures and spaces for various commercial, religious and educational
uses. This market was registered as a UNESCO heritage site on July 31,
according to UNESCO's website. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) #
Iranian Christians pray during New Year Mass at the Vank church in the
central city of Isfahan, Iran, on Sunday, January 1, 2012. According to
both Iranian and Western sources, approximately 300,000 Christians live
in Iran, the majority of them belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church
of Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) #
Noora (right) and Shahrzad Naraghi practice on a motocross track in the
mountains overlooking Tehran, on July 3, 2011. Shahrzad Naraghi started
riding motocross eight years ago to spend more time with her daughter
Noora who became interested in the sport after watching her father
compete in races, and began riding motorcycles at the age of four. The
pair raced against each other at first and in women's only motocross
races in Iran in 2009. In 2010, Noora travelled to the United States,
completed training courses and raced in competitions sponsored by the
American Motorcyclist Association. Women are banned from driving
motorcycles on the streets of Iran. (Reuters/Caren Firouz) #
Nature lovers prepare before a trash disposal campaign in the Miankaleh
area, 250 km (155 mi) northeast of Tehran , onSeptember 22, 2011. The
Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF), an NGO organization,
arranged a symbolic trash disposal campaign with 200 environmentally
friendly people, along the Caspian Sea. They collected more than 3 tons
of trash. (Reuters/Raheb Homavandi) #
Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Tehran, on May 9, 2011.
Websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and countless others were
banned shortly after the re-election of Iran's President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and the huge street protests that followed. Seen by the
government as part of a "soft war" waged by the enemies of the Islamic
Republic, social networking and picture sharing sites were a vital
communication tool for the anti-Ahmadinejad opposition. In Iran, trying
to access Facebook on a normal Internet line will redirect the user to a
filter page, which says blocked sites are those considered criminal,
that offend "Islamic sanctities" or insult public and government
officials. But, for many Iranians, bypassing the government filter is as
easy as switching on the computer. (Reuters/Raheb Homavandi) #
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