IRAN

Explanations

First of all, I want to explain I don’t know who upload these photos here, . They are from a personal travel around Iran. I didn’t want to show the “real Iran” but “my travel”. It isn’t a report!
I traveled around Iran by my own for one month, not with a tour operator, and I visited only the places in which I was interested… I’m not interested in modern cities, because these are the same than any big city in the world.
I love this country, its culture, and above all Iranian people. I didn’t try to offend anybody with my photos. I’m sorry if I get it.
And finally, I want to clarify than the family dressed in the water isn’t in a beach, it is near a bridge in Isfahan, people cross the river from one bank to other. Only is this…

Great pictures...but have I seen them before?

I am wondering if I had seen some of these pics somewhere else. Just curious to know for sure that these are all in fact the publishers' own pictures.

Regardless I like them very much. Thank you

fine photogrpaphy

These are fine photos with interesting use of night lighting, good composition, use of color and contrast, all bringing out the strong content to forefront.
Thank you for sharing..

some times a tourist doesn't

some times a tourist doesn't go to Iran to see all of Iran, all of the images and representations. They go to real-ize the exaggerated, the different, that was mediated to them by media and texts.

to:"Just me": photos are sad, but they are part of realities

Almost every day we see similar or worst than these in our TVs. (remember Moharram and sine zani? ghame zani, zanjeer zani?). We also see some "usual" nice ones too (mostly northern part of Tehran, mostly long shots, not very many close-ups!!), but remember most of Iran is very similar to these photos and that's the sad fact of life in Iran, and that's the reason all Iranian (from left, right and center) screaming for change, for improvement, for share of oil income for developement of this fascinating people and country ( and not sending it to other countries/organizations/associations).
We can hide our dirt under the carpet for sometime but not all the time.

Perhaps she was not seeking.......

the usual tourist destinations. Like you mentioned in every country there are different socioeconomic areas.

Just like when tourists go to Mexico like Cancun, they do not go beyond the tourists destinations. I on the other hand have traveled to parts of Mexico that tourism wants to pretend do not exist.

I am sorry that your feelings are hurt but there is no escaping the reality of how some people are living in Iran. People have different lives depending if they live in a rural, suburban or major city.

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

My feelings are hurt and I need to speak up...

Although to a certain degree these pictures do reflect Iran, I wonder who the tour guide for this poor tourist has been. It appears that she has only visited the ghettos of different cities. There is not even one picture in this collection to show any other aspects of life and is this really all a tourist encounters in Iran? There is certainly a cynical element of negativism here. Living in Los Angeles, we always see tourists going to different places and I wonder what percentage of them visit Watts or East Los Angeles and what percentage visit Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. Please go back to the pictures 36 to 40 and think about Iran in 2008 and see how many Iranians are in these conditions. I think iranina.com and Mr. JJ should be more sensitive to what they post on their site. We all know that pictures are always the best for a web site since every time you click on next is another hit and better statistics for the site, hence higher advertising rates. Iranian.com is very selective about articles they post but very generous with publishing photos. Please check the link below and next to "Enter code to proceed" button enter the alpha-numeric code into the box to see the Power Point presentation of Iran. This is what most people see these days when they go there and I am sorry this lady missed out.

//www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=other&fi...

Real Iran

Thanks for sharing these pictures with us. That is a real Iran we know and in reality exists!
It is so sad to see a family, at the beach, trying to go in the water, with full cloths on!

Don Quixote...

Actually, it is when one writes in English and/or Persian that Haji then leaves a comment. So, you might want to think of a better reason.

Interesting choice of name. Especially when you want to ban Spanish on this web-site.

Ironic........hahahaha

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

Se habla Ingles???

Por favor habla Ingles adentro aqui, o si no puede, entonces habla Persian. After all, you don't want Hadjiagha to try and leave a comment in Spanish, do you??

P.s. nice pics

Why all the Spanish

You know, I am married to a Maria, but alas I never learned Spanish (She learning English was more
useful), So if you have to post in Jose, just do some
translation for the Persians.

Redwine.....

hay muchas extranjeras que reconocen la belleza de vuestro país, cultura, historia y gente. :o)

Buenos deseos para vos.

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

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eh ... Solo bromeaba ! Es un gran honor sabiendo que una extranjera tenga una buena opinion de mi Pais.

Encantado de conocerte :=) .

Aye! Redwine...

sois demasiado gracioso(a). Vosotros sabéis que no es necesario ser de algún grupo político para poder ir y disfrutar de un país tan bello como Irán.

Feliz Nowruz

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

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Bonitas fotografias ,Pero que hacias por alli ? no me digas que trabajas para Bush ? ha ? jejejeje

Thank you for sharing...

photos of your journey in Iran.

By the way I just love your name. :o)

Happy Nooruz!

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Natalia Nadia Álvarez