Reza Shah

Next to the old palace was the remant of a big bronze statue of Reza Shah. (the greenish thing). All the other statues of him or his son Muhammad Reza Shah were destroyed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

That's our Iranian-American translator in the middle.

Sa'd Abad Museum in Tehran

The Shah's White Palace is where the 1953 CIA coup to overthrow the Prime Minister was agreed on.

Tehran

This the great seal at the former US Embassy in Tehran, now known as the Den of Spies. The Seal is chipped, probably by sledge hammers, but you can still kind of make it out.

Tehran has tall mountains to its north. People go hiking there. This is a view after it rained the day before. It rained in the city and snowed in the mountains.

Isfahan

This is a pretty bridge in Isfahan called Pol-e-Khaju. At night a surprisingly large number of people come there to sing, drink tea walk around and hang out.

On our tour bus the yellow mirror holders looked like insect antenni

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Iran has some pretty tilework too. These two shots are of a masjid ceiling and wall in Shiraz.

Iran has some tasty food. They're big on fruits particularly

Zebra Fried Chicken

No American franchises are allowed in Iran but Iranians manage somehow

Destroyed statue

This is the remnant of a statue of the Shah demolished by patriotic Iranians.

Here's our translator with a bunch of school kids on a field trip to see where the no good old Shah used to live.

Hijab

The first day of the tour all the women had to buy a "Manteau" to make sure they were properly covered

Back from Tehran

Here is a shot of a sick man on a bus on the last day of his tour of Iran. The ladies on the bus got all the men to wear hijab.