Yazd, Iran.  There are a large community of Zoroastrians here.

Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri’s ‘Life is Beautiful’ work features hundreds of knives stabbing the walls at the Pinault Foundation’s Palazzo Grassi (via Wallpaper)

Bamboo Emergency Housing - Pouya Khazaeli Parsa - Iran

(thanks to Arch Daily)

The domed ceiling and north transept arch of the All Saviors’ Cathedral, also known as the Vank Cathedral, in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran (photograph by Roger Wood, 1969). Courtesy of touba.

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Courtyard of the Imam Mosque (formerly the Shah Mosque), Isfahan, Iran

xenabitesback:

Pottery of Lalejin-Hamedan, Iran

(via quickwitter)

Nasir-ol-Molk mosque, Shiraz, Iran, 19th century (via).

rendan:

Standard (alam), Iran, 16th century: Made of steel, text from top to bottom says: “Ya Allah, ya Muhammad, ya ‘Ali” (“O God, O Muhammad, O Ali).

rendan:

pillowbiter:

epentesis:

ottomanempire:mystic-lady

GooGoosh. Iranian Diva

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touba:

Painted muqarnas ceiling, Hasht Behesht/Eight Paradises (Isfahan, Iran)

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rangeenhaseena:

Iranian Dome (by friend_faraway - New job , new place!)

Masjid in Tehran Bazaar, Iran

rendan:

heylight:

Painting of Iranian female musicians from Hasht-Behesht Palace (“Palace of the 8 heavens”), Isfahan, Iran, dated 1669.

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rendan:

Detail of restoration under work at Tabriz’s Blue Mosque.
Photo Fabien Dany – www.fabiendany.com

Isfahan, Iran