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  • The Khargerd Ghiasieh complex near Khaaf, Razavi Khorasan Province, in northeast Iran. Copyright Ali Torkzadeh, EscapefromTehran.com

    650-year-old Air-Conditioning in Iranian University
    The AC still works. No one cares.


  • The exterior of the Shah Mosque, the quintessential Persian mosque, located in Isfahan, Iran. Copyright Ali Torkzadeh, EscapefromTehran.com

    The Architecture of the Persian Mosque for the Iran visitor
    Terminology & purpose explained for tourists


  • Iranian woman street scene tehran escapefromtehran com (1 of 1) 2

    The struggle of the Iranian woman
    “I’m tired of fighting …”


  • Fall colors along the river running through the Valley of Purple (Valley of Arghawan) near Mashhad, Razavi Khorsan province, Copyright Ali Torkzadeh, Escapefromtehran.com

    Mashhad Day Trip: Purple Valley


  • Kamarmaghbola Petroglyphs near Torghabe, Mashhad, northeast Iran. Copyright Ali Torkzadeh, Escapefromtehran com

    Touring History in Iran: Ancient rock art in my backyard
    This time we find 4000-year-old petroglyphs 2 kilometers from our apartment


  • Samane Ehsaninia, 39, an Iranian quadriplegic visual artist

    Samane Ehsaninia: A brave Iranian artist


  • mazandaran shephard seyyed mahmud abolghasemi iran from village of ghaleh sar

    Our Iran Road Trip > Meeting a shepherd
    The hard life of a shepherd in Iran


  • Badab Soort or Surt mineral springs in southeastern Mazandaran, Iran travel tourism coastal copyright ali torkzadeh escapefromtehran.com

    Badab Soort hot springs of north Iran
    Iran’s Answer To Yellowstone’s Hot Springs


  • alandan or alendan lake deep inside the forest mazandaran iran tourism travel road trip

    Camping in Iran: Alendan of Mazandaran
    Fresh water lake at 1200 meters above sea level


  • in our Iran adventure we met ali zabei former racketeer mosbster turned moslem servant sari mazandaran iran copyright ali torkzadeh escapefromtehran.com

    Mobster turned Moslem servant
    “Mortician, wash my dead body calmly”


  • on our train trip in Iran Our Fadak train host helping us finding our sits at the Mashhad train station

    A Perfect Train trip in Iran
    The Tehran to Mashhad “Fadak” line is comfortable and relatively inexpensive


  • destruction of historical monuments in Iran - the towers at Seyyed Zein Al-Abedin Hoseiniye Sari Mazandaran Iran

    Tour of Caspian Coast: City of Sari
    The northernmost province of Iran


  • travel tourism village home in Seyyed Mahalleh near Sari Mazandaran province iran

    Waking in a traditional Iranian village home
    Deep unscientific analysis of sleeping on the floor in Iran


  • travel for real mahali local food in iran breakfast in filband mazandaran iran

    North Iran Tour: Fantastic local food
    And avoiding Iranian hotels on our 4th day of escape from Tehran


  • An island in an ocean of clouds, Filiband, Mazandaran. A strange world and yet jsut just a daytrip from Tehran

    Touring Iran’s Caspian Region: Filband
    Day 3 of our aimless escape to the highest point in Iran’s Mazandaran

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