Doostane Farsi Zabane Man, which translates from Persian (Farsi) to “My Persian-Speaking Friends,” aims to increase friendship and cultural understanding between Iranians and Americans through a pen pal program between young citizens of Iran and the United States.Tumblr (3.0; @farsizaban)http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f1cde948f8ee1a37d39923c50e9324c/tumblr_mm8hepLuVQ1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, (23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907) was the fifth Qajar king of Iran. He reigned between the years 1896 and 1907.</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51200756973http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51200756973Thu, 23 May 2013 23:30:17 -0400IranQajarShahKingHistoricalPicturePhotographyRoyal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7734aa6e8f55e8e2d6a9f5ac4e4e3731/tumblr_mn3sbzcS1y1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb2b4fd184b28c3ae3dd9fb578d058b0/tumblr_mn3sbzcS1y1qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/098488c93d725c98543fc83b04c13bcc/tumblr_mn3sbzcS1y1qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some pictures from the Shrine of Imam Reza, Mashhad, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51175141005http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51175141005Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:28 -0400IranMashhadShrineIslamMosque<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/63cf64c25bce1dd37368b57f1de530fb/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd757da8850e6f2b695f4826bcbb3869/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/390e984ace5905e7092d86e819f27ad8/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0f6063e480875faf6060d41db2ad502/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0fa74c35485dd09572597f4d1b0eeadd/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c1f24b845d3f1b33916643d53649d591/tumblr_mn3k92n8pS1qfthwao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Arasbaran, Eastern Azerbaijan, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51157846813http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51157846813Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:04 -0400IranArasbaranJungelAzerbijanNature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2632761d8c3b29ad19e9a490ceee21a7/tumblr_mn0l7uUYMv1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shapour Bakhtiar, The last Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi </p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51123819807http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51123819807Wed, 22 May 2013 23:30:21 -0400IranPrime MinisterShapour BakhtiarMohammad Reza PalaviShah<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bcabffb3a41eaa3eb91e8c4a62b73f1/tumblr_mn7rfuPip31qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e64b62d4aaabc8fb11c17f8a27f4b34f/tumblr_mn7rfuPip31qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/063be646f771ac0b69bbf9ee9fe26d3d/tumblr_mn7rfuPip31qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7acb0553832b0031974d0038485fcd2/tumblr_mn7rfuPip31qfthwao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d031333be25e99f47b838ffa46f99c7d/tumblr_mn7rfuPip31qfthwao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Kermanshah, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51106655456http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51106655456Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:05 -0400IranKermanshahNatureGreenFlower<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5cc3ed7cc70d67dcf51776b12bf0d666/tumblr_mn7p9rZchg1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51083698736http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51083698736Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:58 -0400IranRoad SignTehranShirazIsfahan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee2827c92b1708f15144b3932c95c778/tumblr_mn3kh0AhiN1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f936d37758bb57ff983d470deab0531/tumblr_mn3kh0AhiN1qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/353c219f8ecf16a1fc9891d143bae53d/tumblr_mn3kh0AhiN1qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9bf9465bd52f0ddb46c26c39dad9be2/tumblr_mn3kh0AhiN1qfthwao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Interior of Tomb of Sheikh Safi Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51082204135http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51082204135Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:10 -0400IranArdebilTombSheikh SafiInterior<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52fed889bd8ea26373f6d4917b3e55f8/tumblr_mn3k1nVBhF1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Malek Mosque, Kerman, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51044732238http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51044732238Tue, 21 May 2013 23:30:34 -0400IranKermanMosqueMalek<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/34de3e6bd6a717b314b7043c703b5169/tumblr_mn5w8wTSps1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1861e7a72d727cb0efc3576f3faae673/tumblr_mn5w8wTSps1qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>24 May is the anniversary of Liberation of Khorramshar in Iran. <span>The Iraqi army captured the city on October 26, 1980 during Iran-Iraq war, but It was re-captured by the Iranian army on </span><span>May 24, 1982.</span><span> </span></p> <p>Top picture : The new welcome sign which was put in Khorramshar after the liberation of the city. The entire population of Iran was 36 Millions at the time.</p> <p>Bottom picture : Iranian flags fly over the Central mosque of Khorrmshar after liberation.   </p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51008918711http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/51008918711Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:27 -0400IranIran-Iraq WarLiberation of KhorramsharWarArmyKhorramshar1980'sHistoryIranian History<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8af0c93829988f97b6f4bb58e8b56f0/tumblr_mn3z82XsY61qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Firoozkooh, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50998630561http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50998630561Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:26 -0400IranFiroozkoohNature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5dbc804f866609f20a353895c5c26ed6/tumblr_mn3kd1stwr1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d33c9d74602e549d8ea8b8c93e250f6e/tumblr_mn3kd1stwr1qfthwao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90de8e30a33386e1405b10937a1b8b61/tumblr_mn3kd1stwr1qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Tomb of Sheikh Safi Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50963639361http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50963639361Mon, 20 May 2013 23:30:17 -0400IranArdebilSheikh SafiTomb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d61622b303c1dedeb9e3c42f882ecfc2/tumblr_mn3tbuWOC21qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9425abbeacba5459bf2a50021544824/tumblr_mn3tbuWOC21qfthwao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Zahra Nemati was the first Iranian woman to win a gold medal in Paralympic games.</p> <p>She won a gold medal in Women’s archery individual W1/W2 class event at 2012 London Paralympics.</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50912288258http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50912288258Mon, 20 May 2013 11:50:00 -0400IranPatalympicLondon ParalympicZahra NematiArcheryWheelchairGold MedalWomenHijabDisabled<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0423d7c1230ad3a437b5c51160b71477/tumblr_mn3jdnsnzK1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alasht, Mazandaran, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50902382311http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50902382311Mon, 20 May 2013 08:15:23 -0400IranAlashtMazandaranNature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58fd995d084aa420036cfdeeb41b471a/tumblr_mn0peomsVR1qg7hlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sinousine.tumblr.com/post/50801993638/cutlere-princess-sitting-in-a-garden-safavid">sinousine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cutlere.tumblr.com/post/50767620974/princess-sitting-in-a-garden-safavid-dynasty">cutlere</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Princess Sitting in a Garden, Safavid Dynasty</p> </blockquote> <p>that hat though</p> <p>isn’t it a few centuries too early for cowboy hats</p> </blockquote>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50880428239http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50880428239Sun, 19 May 2013 23:30:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbc920b3cfaf8451a453e1f4c3209d87/tumblr_mm8hh8iDOH1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coronation of Shah of Iran and Empress Farah (1967)</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50835527892http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50835527892Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:57 -0400IranShahPahlaviEmpress FarahCoronationRoyalRoyality<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ce405084e43e7929a13cb464abddb32/tumblr_mm8qt4Feku1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Persepolis, Iran</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50783574081http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50783574081Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:35 -0400IranPersepolis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f871957fdfc4d4500b70dfff6349136/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2c453def3e642f951644b20d000e65db/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/012b2bdc82038ab5eb89a90e7236dca1/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9a7a08ff48b6ce92fa1c8ad207240fc/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bfdb8e7cfc3cf463f696fc5d8f7f9628/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a53f53500c781f21afa8989ed622eb8/tumblr_mmuxzmWxoE1s9mw0ko6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><strong>AFP Iranian photographer Behrouz Mehri has documented the final months of his sister’s breast cancer battle…</strong></p> <p>1) <span class="image-caption current">Soheila Mehri, waits for her husband to take her home after she was examined by a traditional herbal doctor at a clinic in Tehran on February 21, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain.</span><strong><span class="image-caption current"> </span></strong></p> <p><span class="image-caption current">2)</span><span class="image-caption current"> </span><span class="image-caption current">Hamed (L) and Masood (R) carry their sister Soheila Mehri (C) on a chair from her flat on the fourth flour to take her to the hospital for radiotherapy on February 23, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain.</span></p> <p><span class="image-caption current">3) </span><span class="image-caption current">Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, puts on her scarf after undergoing radiotherapy treatment at a hospital in Tehran on March 4, 2013.</span></p> <p><span class="image-caption current">4) </span><span class="image-caption current">Soheila Mehri, and her children Sara (L) and Hossein (R) congratulate each other at the beginning of Noruz festival at their house in Tehran on March 20, 2013, on the first day of new Persian year.</span></p> <p>5) <span class="image-caption current">Sara cries as she kisses the hand of her mother Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, in a hospital in Tehran on April 11, 2013.</span></p> <p><span class="image-caption current">6) </span><span class="image-caption current">Sara and Hossein hug each other over the grave of their mother Soheila Mehri during her burial ceremony at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on April 14, 2013, a day after she died. Soheila, a retired primary school teacher in Iran, passed away at the age of 54 after battling breast cancer for several months.</span></p> </blockquote>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50754815231http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50754815231Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/54e7b081d6f96971abd7d33d4ecf499d/tumblr_mm8kkfFape1qfthwao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Peacock Throne, Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran (Circa late 1800’s)</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50750370084http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50750370084Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:45 -0400IranPeacock ThroneTehranThroneHistorical Picture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ccb97a7b14c9022ee4790656330fe4ed/tumblr_mm8imzGZIF1qfthwao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Qajar era Girl</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50701858020http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50701858020Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:16 -0400IranQajarGirlFashion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3558dbbc94df81c2e23276bddfaee704/tumblr_mm8jvrfwMW1qfthwao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Naghshe Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran (Circa 1940’s)</p>http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50628537243http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/50628537243Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:28 -0400IranIsfahanMosqueNaghshe JahanSquare