Turkmenistan

Iran 2008

  Mashhad   Tehran - I   Persepolis   Shiraz   Yazd   Esfahan   Tehran - II

Mashhad

Hama e Razavi shrine

Hama e Razavi shrine (Phone Pic.)

Hama e Razavi shrine (Phone Pic.)

Hama e Razavi shrine (Phone Pic.)

Tehran - I

Mashhad-Tehran

"Nest of Spies"

"Nest of Spies"

"Nest of Spies"

"Nest of Spies"

Nearing Shiraz (by air).

Persepolis

Guardian Winged Bull

"Sycthians?"

King, supported by peoples.

Rock Tomb With Ahura Mazda symbol.

Naqsh-e Rostam Tombs

Tomb at Naqsh-e Rostam

Temple (?) at Naqsh-e Rostam

Shiraz

Arg-e Karim Khan 18th c. Shiraz Fortress.

Tethered Balloon aka Aramgah-e Shah-e Chreagh shrine

Another fine balloon Aramgah-e Shah-e Chreagh shrine

Shirad to Yazd

Yazd

Atashkadah

Ahura Mazda Symbol

Holy Flame

Holy Flame + Tourists

Holy Flame + Pious Scotsman

Holy Flame

Yazd cooling "badjirs"

Yazd Rooftops Note cooling "badjirs"

Yazd Mosque

Yazd Mosque

Yazd Mosque Interior

"Tower of Silence" Atop natural cliff.

"Tower of Silence" About 15-20 ft tall.

"Tower of Silence" Inenr pit for dissolving corpses.

Road to Chack Chak

Inside the Holy Shrine Catching the Holy Drips

Scotsman at Chack Chak

The Holy Shrine Built against natural cliff face.

Esfahan

Imam Mosque

Imam Mosque Inner Gateway.

Imam Mosque

Imam Mosque

Imam Mosque Interior

Imam Mosque Dome Interior

Imam Mosque

Sheik Lotfollah mosque

Sheik Lotfollah mosque

Sheik Lotfollah interior

Jame Mosque Interior

Jame Mosque

Jame Mosque

14th c. Mihrab Jame Mosque

Mosque of Ali minaret

Esfahan Bridge

Chehel Sotun palace

Chehel Sotun palace

Tehran - II

Imam Khmoeini Mosque Tehran Bazaar

Persepolis Capital Iranian National Museum

Frieze of King Iranian National Museum

Imam Khomeini Shrine

Imam Khomeini Mausoleum

Turkmenistan