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| Woodrow Wilson Center Washington DC - January 14, 2008 |
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| Isfahan - Friday Mosque - Mongol Mihrab (prayer niche) 14th Century |
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| Kashan: "Bagh-i Fin" - pavilion and falls |
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| Kashan: "Bagh-i Fin" - channel and walkway |
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| Friday Mosque - Isfahan, Iran "Masjid-i Jum’eh" passage to courtyard |
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| Town of Karaj to Chalus: Tomb tower |
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| Town of Karaj to Chalus: Sheep crossing bridge |
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| Maku: Cliff houses - spider and web |
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| Road to Tabriz: Eroded vari-colored hills, reminding one of parts of New Mexico/Utah |
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| The mythical Mt. Damavand - 18000 ft the highest mountain in the Middle East |
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| Nahavand, Iran - a typical beloved "jube" or irrigation channel |
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| Taq-e Bostan (near Kermanshah): Grotto of Khosraw II (rgd. 610-626 CE), Sassanian winged victory |
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| Tehran: Iran Bastan Museum, Quran opened to the end of Surah 45 |
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| Tehran: Iran Bastan Museum, detail of lacquered door Qajar Dynasty |
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| Tehran: Iran Bastan Museum, Achaemenian bas-relief from Persepolis |
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| Khorramabad, Iran - Castle of Falak-ol-Aflak |
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| Khoy, Northwest Iran - "Minar-e Shams" decorated with the horns of wild rams |
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| Laleh Bakhtiar (Mary Nell) my mother |
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