Mention the word Iran to most people and this image is probably close to what first comes to mind:
Older people will remember a vastly different impression of Iran though, the Iran from before the Islamic Revolution. There are a large number of pictures and videos out there that show a radically different country from the one today…
Atta Behmanesh (sport anchor), Giti (singer), and Parviz Gharib Afshar (producer) on Iranian state run TV
Portrait of Mahasti, famous Persian songstress, on cover of “Weekly Ettelaat” magazine (1974)
Photo of “Forouzan” printed on the cover of «Weekly Ettelaat» magazine, No.1706 (1974).
Khandaniha Magazine’s front page, published on Saturday, Wednesday, May 10, 1972
Photo published with an interview of “Weejly Ettelaat” with “Ali Hatami”, 3 months after marriage with “Zari Khoshkam”
This photo was printed on the cover of “Weekly Ettelaat” magazine, No.1523, together with this note: “Forouzan and the latest fashion; Will people of Tehran approve it?”
Street scene from Tehran in 1975. Note the Canada Dry sign in the back.
