Azadi Tower, Tehran

Completing the Seven

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October 3rd 2015
The route of our journey through Iran resembled the Persian number seven ۷ It is in no way a reflection of our guides but writing the blog entries for Iran has made us realise that having everything arranged for us and without using public transport while making things easy also makes travelling less interesting and gives little to write about - we don't want to read a laundry list of “then we ... read more

Middle East » Iran » North » Tabriz

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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and the shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political author... ... read more