The scarf sellers. Our enemies? These two cut-ups?
I love this one. Two old men, life long friends.
Blind fortune teller
An international tradition ~ an Iranian father and his daughter shopping for a bridal gown.
Similar playground scenes used to be common in Tripoli and Damascus before NATO.
Shia merchant's tea shop
Mural of old Tehran
Jay walking. Almost all roads are gently curved, no intersections as we know them.
A young bicycle mechanic ~ elegant, confident, serene.
Elmer Fudd?
The storyteller and rapt audience
There are public fitness areas in all parks and scattered around the city.
Auto wrecking and spare parts men
Curtains on the buses is interesting.
Hanging out in the alley
He has seen it all
A lot of smiling going on.
Grooming
There are flowers everywhere in Tehran
Spice sellers
If anyone can tell me what this gentleman is doing I would be grateful
Shop owner and mannequin
Father and son barbershop
Boys coming home after school
Simon Bolivar....
NOW, tell me just how evil these people are! Note the contented expressions on most of them... they are at peace with themselves and the world. There are a lot of smiles on the faces of these Iranians.
Excellent, as usual, Noor. Maybe your readers would like too see this documentary: http://youtu.be/D61uriEGsIM Rick Steves' Iran
ReplyDeleteSweet and wonderful look. thanks, Noor
ReplyDeleteAfter looking through my magnifying glass, I would say he is selling incense, but that is just a guess on my part.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, these people and their country are not the enemy they are made out to be.
Thanks Noor, for a trip through a different culture worthy of exploring and not annihilating.