For freedom.

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Tehran Skyline - Tehran, Iran
Skyscrapers are popping up all over Iran's mega capital of close to 15 million people (Greater Tehran)

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Milad Telecom Tower, - Tehran, Iran
Milad Telecom Tower - Currently under construction - Will feature 4th highest construction in the world, hospital, restaurants, shopping mall, and museum.

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Upscale apartment complex - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Grand Hotel

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Tehran by night - Tehran, Iran
Iran's capital metropolis glittering at night

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Tehran by night - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran office buildings - Tehran, Iran
A modern capital in an ancient land

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View of Tehran and Milad Tower at night - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Skyline - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran, Iran

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A night out in Tehran - Tehran, Iran
Although entertainment is limited in Iran due to restrictions imposed on the population by the so called "Islamic"
regime, Tehran still has quite a sophisticated and cosmopolitan restaurant scene. You can virtually find food from all four courners of the world in the capital.

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Tehran neighbourhood with Milad Tower in background - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran skyline against backdrop of majestic snow-covered mountains - Tehran, Iran

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View of Tehran at night - Tehran, Iran

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Postmodernistic architecture - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran office building - Tehran, Iran

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Flower vendor in Tehran - Tehran, Iran

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Upscale Tehran neighborhood - Tehran, Iran

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Commercial street at night - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran neighborhood - Tehran, Iran

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A park - Tehran, Iran
Where this park now stands the biggest vegetable market in Tehran once stood

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Photography exhibition - Tehran, Iran
Tehran is no stranger to the art scene - Galleries and exhibitions are plenty

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Tehran at night - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran street at night - Tehran, Iran

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Post-modern architecture - Tehran, Iran

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Post-modern neo-classic architecture - Tehran, Iran
One will find quite a few new interesting buildings in Tehran - Some of them fascinating and appealing while others are not. Tehran is a city constantly in transition and an identity crisis, and this is clearly reflected in its architecture.

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View of Tehran at dusk from the hills - Tehran, Iran

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Hafezieh Palace

To be contd..

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Avicenna Cultural Center - Tehran, Iran
In spite of government-imposed
restrictions and censorship, Tehran is a hot-spot for various cultural activities. And at its disposal there's an ever increasingly eager audience.

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View of Tehran at night from a high-rise restaurant - Tehran, Iran

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Avicenna Cultural Center courtyard

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Boutique window of women's fashion in shopping mall - Tehran, Iran

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Zaferaniyeh Cultural Center - Tehran, Iran

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Zaferaniyeh Cultural Center - Tehran, Iran
One of many cultural centers throughout Tehran

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Post-Modernistic residential architecture - Tehran, Iran

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Hotel - Tehran, Iran

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Department store - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran at night - Tehran, Iran

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Commercial street - Tehran, Iran

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Residential complex

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Street

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Young bikers

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Old and new architecture side by side - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran youngsters pushing their Jeep - Tehran, Iran

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Car toll - Tehran, Iran (Paykan galore)

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Post-modernistic architecture - Tehran, Iran

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Shop window displaying teenage fashion - Tehran, Iran

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Audio & TV shop - Tehran, Iran

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Post-modern architecture - Tehran, Iran

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New residential area - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro - subway - underground - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro - subway - underground - Tehran, Iran

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A Tehran Metro station escalators - Tehran, Iran

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A Tehran Metro station platform - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / subway station - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / subway ticket hall - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway ticket hall - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran Metro / Subway - Tehran, Iran

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Tehran highway exit - Tehran, Iran

Very beautiful and very impressive.

Thanks blackforest for showing us beautiful Tehran.

very nice pictures, it seems different than when i was there 6 years ago.

Thanks for the pics, looks like a nice metro. The variety of architecture is interesting there. Nice to see new developments poppin up in that city.

Very nice pictures!!

wow great pics! very interesting things about tehran i never knew!

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Awesome pix! I've never seen them before and the texts are also :okay:


Thank you very much!! :)

great pics, subway is superb

some great pics showing (in)sights i'd never expected from Tehran. Positive!
only, in the contrary to pakboy, i don't like the subwaystations at all. All that gold and marble looks just out of these times.

great pixs from tehran, what a amazing city

there are more pixy from tehran www.tehran24.com


do you have pixs from other iran cities

like esfahan, mashhad ....

thanxs

I posted pix from Esfehan & Shiraz on this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=197275) thread :)

Iran have some great sights!! And even greater Chelo Kebab!! :eat:

great pixs from tehran, what a amazing city

there are more pixy from tehran www.tehran24.com


do you have pixs from other iran cities

like esfahan, mashhad ....

thanxs

I have hundreds of images of Isfahan and other Iranian cities. I'll post you some later if you like.

now that is what i call, chicks.

why arnt there any of those birds flying around in london. We need to bring em here.

I have hundreds of images of Isfahan and other Iranian cities. I'll post you some later if you like.


Please post, when you have time :)

سپاسگزارم

I mostly collect images of cultures and people, but I have some of architecture. Starting off with a few images of famous landmarks in Isfahan..

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Imam Square
Imam Square is one of the largest in the world (500m x 160m), twice as large as Moscow's Red square. It was the symbolic centre of the Safavid Empire and was used for holding festivals, markets and games of polo. The square is surrounded on all four sides by long walls with the Imam Mosque in the south, the Mosque of Sheikh Lotfollah in the east, the Ali Qapu Palace in the west and the entrance of the great Bazaar in the north.

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Imam Mosque
At the end of the Imam Square is one of the most stunning buildings in Iran, the Imam Mosque. Two turquoise minarets flank the huge gateway (27m high) Which are shown in the picture. The mosque was built over a period of 26 years and was eventually completed in 1638.The mosque is decorated with glazed tiles which take on a different hue according to the light conditions

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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
This small mosque was built during Shah Abbas' time and dedicated to his father in law, Sheikh Lotfollah. The pale tiles on the dome change colour from cream to pink, depending on the light conditions; and the mosque is unusual because it has no minaret or courtyard. The mosque was once called the Women's Mosque, because there is apparently a tunnel between this mosque and the Ali Qapu Palace, allowing women from the old dynasties to attend prayers without being seen in public.

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Ali Qapu Palace
Ali Qapu is a magnificent palace built in the reign of Shah Abbas to be used as a reception center for guests, foreign envoys and courtiers. The palace which is six floors tall, the tallest in the time, has a tiled staircase and a remarkable plaster-work, and much of its interior is covered with frescos and miniature paintings.

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Hotel Abbasi Garden
The Abbasi Hotel was originally built as a caravanserai by the mother of Shah Sultan Hossein, the last the Safavid ruler. The old caravanserai was restored in the 1960's as a luxury hotel. To stay at the Abbasi Hotel is to walk through history. The picture shows its courtyard abd a veiw of Madrasah Chahar Bagh magnificent yellow and turquoise dome which is beside it. A masterpiece of Iranian art and architecture, the Abbasi Hotel, while enjoying all the facilities of a modern hotel, gives you the opportunity to see authentic Persian miniatures, paintings and tiles, gilt ornaments, mirror, inlaid and plaster works. The pic shows its expansive courtyard where guests can dine, enjoy tea and relax.

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Madrasah Chahar Bagh
Madrasah Chahar Bagh ( Four Garden School) is a religios school which is built beside Caravanserai Abbasi. The construction of this Madrasah marked the end of a sustained and brilliant period in the history of architecture. The Madrasah was built on the initiative of Shah Sultan Hussein's mother between 1706 and 1714. The tiles are monochrome. So to create this colorful decoration, thousands of tiny tiles in different shapes and colors are put side by side.

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Hasht Behesht Palace
The palace of Hasht Behesht was completed in 1669. 'Hasht Behesht' translates as 'Eight Paradises' and refers to a Timurid palace building type consisting of two stories of 4 octagonal corner rooms around a central domed space. The garden around Hasht Behesht Palace has been beautifully restored in recent years.

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Chehel Sotun Palace
This palace was built as a reception hall during Shah Abbas I and II. Shows the finest examples of Safavid period (16th century) architecture. Name indicates the multiplicity, there are 20 columns and see the other 20 in the reflecting pool. Nice view at night if it is open. The small museum inside displays ceramics, pottery, old coins, and several Korans. The paintings on the wall (inside the museum) indicate the scenes from war squares and entertainment parties of Safavid Kings.

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Vank Cathedral
This is a world-famous architectural monument of the Safavid period in New Jolfa. The belfry faces the main entrance. There is a small museum, and Vank Cathedral's Press was founded in 1636 and was one of the first ones in the Middle East to print the Book of Psalms in 1638.

Other landmarks around the city include:
· Naqsh-e Jahan Square
· Pol-e Shahrestān (The Shahrestan Bridge) - 11th Century.
· Si-o-Seh Pol (The Bridge of 33 Arches) - 1602.
· Pol-e Khaju (Khaju Bridge) - 1650.
· Talar Ashraf (The Palace of Ashraf) - 1650.
· Atashgāh - a Zoroastrian fire temple.
· Buqe'h-ye Ibn-Sina (Avicenna's Dome) - 12th Century.
· The Tombs of Nizam al-Mulk & Malek Shah - 12th & 18th Century.
· Meidan-e-Shah Square - 1602.
· Jolfa (The Armenian Quarter).
· The Bathhouse of Sheikh Bahai.
· Pigeon Towers - 17th Century.
· Meidan-e-Enghelab (Revolution Square).

Wow, you keep on surprising us with great pictures !! Thanks alot:)

Can you put some pics of Neyavaran Palace and Laaleh Gardens??

Some more info on Tehran and Iran for Visitors:

http://www.gomideast.com/iran/teh/index.htm

Sorry.. almost forgot about this thread.. I have some more Tehran city skyline shots.. here's one pano:

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Milad:

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Milad Kaj :D :

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General view:

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Milad Kaj :D :


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:)

why does it look like the milad tower is about to tip over?!

why does it look like the milad tower is about to tip over?!

It was a joke.. :) sorry for misleading you.

It was a joke.. :) sorry for misleading you.

it had actually started to lean and they had to fix the fundation.

راستی اون ماشین پیکانه ? :)

it actually had starting to lean and they had to fix the fundation.


:) راستی اون ماشین پیکانه ?

LOL.. are :)

Better than your shir-o-khorshid

Booooro binaaaaaaaaaam, dokhtar :jk:

Boro khoooonaaah!! hehe

Wow, It's getting more beautiful and modern life than 80's.

Does women in Iran is still required to wear scraf?

Wow, It's getting more beautiful and modern life than 80's.

Does women in Iran is still required to wear scraf?

Yes.

Yes.

Seriously????? :runaway:

Seriously????? :runaway:

You should check out this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221213) thread. You'll be amazed ;)

Wow!!! I am very impressed! Iran's capital reminds me of a modern Turkish metropolis! I hope the city grows and becomes even more modern in the future! I love the skyline.

Just curious... are the skyscrapers residential highrises or office towers? Company headquarters? Are they built by the government, Iranian property companies or by the demand of foreign investors? Anyway, it is amazing to see Tehran with all those highrises, very modern.

Nice thread, I always found the land of Iran to be very attractive. I like the ancient history too. ;)

wow ...

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hey guys greetings from Mexico! your capital looks beautiful, i really liked it :)

Gotta love the subway stations

hey guys greetings from Mexico! your capital looks beautiful, i really liked it :)

Agree..

I always knew that Tehran is more developed and nicer than many people expect but I didn't know myself that it was that developed!I'm surprised and hope the best for this country!Its people deserve a better government and more right like in the 60's!!I'm waiting for the comeback of this wonderful country,I hope it won't take that much time!!!

Really nice. I'm kinda blown away. I wasnt expecting it to be anythign like this. I knew tehran isnt an emty city but i was expectign such a good skyline. Its actually pretty good. Considering the fact that Iran is a self dependant country, the work done by the iranian government for their people is very good. Thumbs up.
The city is nothing like the images that international tv channels show us. Seriously, tats quite pathetic on media's behalf. They always show the bad side.
Once again., peopel of iran. Good job. :)

^^ there is plenty of bad side, but Tehran rocks! :)

Actually i would say the work done by the Iranians for their capital city is good, all the towers are actually built by private investors (many outside Iran) the government doesnt even give a decent loan :(

I though religion was supposed to be anti communist? You know why you dont see many office buildings but a ton of apartment buildings? Thats cuz 80% of the economy is government controlled.

I cant wait till Iran opens up and lets in foreign investment...the skyline then will be 100 times better.

I cant wait till Iran opens up and lets in foreign investment...the skyline then will be 100 times better.

Well USD 200 billion of Iranian money has gone to Dubai this year alone. Even the Iranian government invests abroad mainly.

Iran can only dream about having things better in the near future. The only respectable architecture it possesses is that going back to the Qajar dynasty or older. All you see coming up today are white concrete slabs representing apartment blocks.

Isfahan: i think isfahan is one of the nicest cities in the world and with a little improvemnt and political climate change i would compare it to paris.

Samovar: i heard that so far, after the revolution, $700 billion of iranian investments have been moved to europe, US, and Dubai (not the governments money, im talking about iranian companies that moved out of iran after the mullahs came to power and iranian businessmen who left iran for better opportunities in the west)

Wow, i have noticed that a lot of y guys are really biased toward the government of Iran. I don't support them, but when someone says that "all the towers in Iran are built by private investors" that pretty much shows their ignorance. Try to see the best of both sides guys. At least these mullahs have done more than the shah ever could.

Wow, i have noticed that a lot of y guys are really biased toward the government of Iran. I don't support them, but when someone says that "all the towers in Iran are built by private investors" that pretty much shows their ignorance. Try to see the best of both sides guys. At least these mullahs have done more than the shah ever could.

lol. :cheers:

what are you talking about irnfutbol when you say "but when someone says that "all the towers in Iran are built by private investors" that pretty much shows their ignorance. " ?

freedom was right in want he said, the government doesnt do anything to allow businesses to flourish.