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IRAN:
Past and Present
 Iranian News in Pictures : In this section you will find
Iranian News in Picture format - some pictures maybe disturbing, viewer
discretion is advised.
Album 1 : The series of pictures that are
shown here were taken from the war torn regions of Iran
between 1980 and 1988 after the invasion of Iran by Iraq.
Some pictures may not be suitable to sensitive viewers
and discretion is advised. Use the buttons on the right
panel to view the pictures frame by frame. Any
unauthorized display or copying of these pictures are prohibited. If you have pictures from Iran which you would
like to post, please use the comment button from the main
panel.
Album 2 : Three
pictures from the friendly soccer game between Canada and
Iran prior to the 1998 World Cup finals. The game was
played on August 17th, 1997 in Toronto, Canada. This was
the first presence of the Iranian soccer team in North
America after the 1979 Revolution. The Varsity Stadium in
Toronto was filled with 17,000 Iranians, the largest
number of Iranians EVER gathered in one place in North
America. In the months that followed Iran beat Australia
to qualify for the World Cup finals. The Canada - Iran
game resulted in a 1 - 0 victory for Iran.
Album 3 : Seven pictures taken during 1960 from various locations
of Iran. These images are presented in a JAVA enhanced
album. JAVA enabled browser are
required.
Album 4 :
Beauty of Persia: A pictures taken from a famous Persian site. Can you
name the site?
Album 5 :
Iranian Currency (1939-1980) : Iranian paper-currency
spanning four decades and three governments gives
different perspective of Iranian history.
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