Iran in Pictures

Iran Photos: Selected Media Images and Photo-Stories – Iran and its attractions through the lens of photographers. The best photos of Iran’s nature, culture, traditions, history, tourism and daily life.

Nature and Wildlife

Iranian plain abounds with snake’s head flowers

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Fritillaria, more commonly called snake’s head or leper’s lily, is one of the most unique plants local to Iranian mountains. A genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family, it is bell-shaped and bends downward, hence its name in Persian Laleh Vazhgoon (upside down tulip).
Environment

Iranian Garden: Capital city’s little paradise

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People in the Iranian capital Tehran have the chance to visit “Iranian Garden” park which is replete with colorful tulips within green space.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Qasr-e Qand, Green jewel of Balouchestan

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In his book “Balouchestan and its Ancient Civilization”, Iranian writer and poet Iraj Afshar quotes Etemad al-Saltaneh as saying, “Qasr-e Qand is in fact the capital of all Makran (the coastal region of Baluchistan); it is home to a strong fortress, is on a high hill, and is the residence of the ruler".
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Symbolic polo game played in Isfahan’s iconic field

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Symbolic polo competitions have been held at Naqshe-Jahan, a major square in the central Iranian city of Isfahan to commemorate Nowruz, which marks the beginning of the Persian New Year.
Custom

‘Carnival of Joy’ marks Nowruz across Iran’s Semnan Province

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A festive carnival, called the Carnival of Joy, has been travelling across Iran’s north-central province of Semnan, as Iranians are celebrating the start of spring and the Persian New Year.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Golestan Province in full spring bloom

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These days, every corner of the northern Iranian Province of Golestan is covered with pink, blue, purple, yellow and green blooms and scents of trees are everywhere in the air.
Custom

Nowruz in Kurdistan’s Poloureh Village

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Poloureh is a village in the Sarshiv area of Marivan County in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Chabahar’s Martian Mountains

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Chabahar’s Martian or Miniature Mountains, which are called Kalani or Aria in the local dialect, are located 35 to 40 kilometers off the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar.
Custom

Iran’s capital celebrates start of New Year with fireworks

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Firework displays have been held at several landmarks across the Iranian capital, Tehran, to celebrate the start of Nowruz or the Persian New Year.
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Nowruz feast for working children

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A Nowruz feast was held for working children in brick kilns near Shahr-e-Rey, southern Tehran.
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New Year shoppers throng Grand Bazzar of Tehran in last-minute shopping sprees

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Iranians are getting ready to ring in the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Shopping centers, in particular, are seething with people, who are bustling around stores to buy the items they need.
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Iranians on shopping sprees as countdown to Persian New Year begins

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With the Persian New Year, Nowruz, just around the corner, Iranians go on shopping sprees and spend much time outdoors at bazaars and markets.
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Chaharshanbe Suri and spoon-banging-Hamedan

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Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the most ancient and beautiful traditional festivals of Iran. This festival has been celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year since ancient times up until now. Chaharshanbe Suri is very popular among Iranians and is marked across the country.
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Nowruz Global Ritual held in western Iran

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A ceremony dubbed Nowruz Global Ritual has started in the tourism route of western Iran aimed at introducing the customs of this ancient occasion in the presence of different Iranian ethnic groups and guests from UNESCO in Hamadan as the capital of Iranian history and civilization.
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Iran’s Kurdish village welcomes spring

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Locals in the western Iranian village of Palangan, in Kurdistan Province have held their annual spring festival to mark the coming of the Persian New Year.
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Tehran holds ceremony celebrating Nowruz

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The Iranian capital Tehran has held a ceremony featuring traditional music and arts to celebrate Nowruz, a festival that marks the Persian New Year.
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Nowruz traditions: Goldfish, guests at Haft Seen tables

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Nowruz is one of the most beautiful and lasting traditions of Iranians and ethnic Iranians, which is marked across the world. Nowruz rituals ranging from Haji Firuz, Chaharshanbe Suri and New Year house-cleaning to Haft Seen and visits to relatives’ houses and Sizdah Bedar have evolved over a span of thousands of years and are observed with slight differences at each corner of the Iranian lands.
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Nowruz Khani, a tradition marking arrival of spring in Guilan

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One of the traditional customs and rituals in Guilan Province is Nowruz Khani – or singing to mark Persian New Year, Nowruz.
Custom

Noruz Khani ancient tradition in Iran’s Mazandaran Province

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Noruz Khani is a traditional song that has been sung since ancient times in many Iranian cities since the middle of the Persian month of Esfand (around March 6).
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Pics: Iran villagers begin spring house cleaning before Nowruz

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With Nowruz or the Persian New Year just around the corner, Iranian villagers, like other compatriots, begin spring house cleaning, called Khooneh Tekooni in the Persian language, a national tradition marked by almost all Iranians every year prior to the turn of the season.
Tourism

Sa’adat, a historical school in Iran’s Bushehr

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The National Day of Bushehr coincides with the anniversary of the founding of Sa’adat School in the southern Iranian port city.
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Tabriz hosts giant colored eggs festival

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A park in the Iranian city of Tabriz is hosting a festival of large colored Nowruz eggs.
Tourism

Tajrish bustling in run up to Nowruz

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The Iranian New Year is fast approaching and the festive mood can be felt in the streets of the capital in the run up to Nowruz.
Nature and Wildlife

Red Beach of Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf

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Hormuz Island spans an area of 42 square kilometers and is located in the Persian Gulf, 16 kilometers off the coasts of Bandar Abbas.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran tourism attractions: Beris, a port village in southeast

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Beris is a village 60 km east of Chabahar in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
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