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The vast mountains at Debkri Pass, Iran.
Veiled women head to the Jame Masjid, the Great Mosque in Kerman.
A group of men negotiate the purchase of a silk carpet in Tabriz market.
In Yazd, the Towers of Silence were open-air burial places.
Still inhabited, the ancient houses in Kandovan are dug out if cones of eroded rock.
Yazd bristles with dozens of Towers of the Wind.
At dawn the fishing boats are dragged into the water.
In this extreme tip of Iran, the wind and water provide a comfort the interior lacks.
Traditional fishing in the Strait of Hormuz, off Bandar i Abbas.
Rich with copper, the sulfurous water in Cheshme Genu is effective against skin diseases.
Bam's walls enclose the world's largest citadel.
Mighty Bam was built by the Zoroastrians in the twelfth century.
Sunset inflames the crescent symbol atop the dome of the Jame Masjid.
Votive Chapels at the base of the Zoroastrian funerary platforms.
Alamut, Castle of the Assassins, aerial view
Still inhabited, the ancient houses in Kandovan are dug out of cones of eroded rock.
One of Kerman's oldest hammams, (Turkish baths) still in use today.
Marco Polo wrote about the “black-skinned people” of the western coastal region of Iran along the Persian Gulf. Because the r...
The Jame Masjid (Friday Mosque) is a masterpiece of elegant polychromy.
The bazaar in Tabriz is still famous for its jewelery and gold and silver ornaments.