Beyond the politics: The beauty of Iran in photos

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The Great Bazaar of Isfahan.
Image: Olivier Goujon/Robert Harding/Corbis

The Shah-e Cheragh Sanctuary in Shiraz.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis

14 Nov 2006, Ardabil, Iran --- Dome Interior at the Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi-ad-din Arbabili --- Image by © Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis

A man weaves silk on a handloom in Yazd.
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis

Alpine touring skiers climbing the Haftanan in the Zagros Mountains.
Image: Jean Heintz/Hemis/Corbis

Tilework at Nasir al-Molk Mosque in Shiraz--- Image by © Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis

A view of Iran's southern coastline
Image: Frans Lemmens/Corbis

A tea house in Kerman.
Image: Bruno MORANDI/Hemis/Corbis

The Friday mosque in Esfahan, Iran
Image: Stephen Alvarez/National Geogographic/Corbis

The Great Bazaar of Isfahan.
Image: Olivier Goujon/Robert Harding/Corbis

Women perform their Friday prayer at the Imam mosque in Isfahan.
Image: Ali Hamed Haghdoust/National Geographic Creative/Corbis

The Old Kurdish Village Of Palangan.
Image: Eric Lafforgue/arabianEye/Corbis

The Shah-e Cheragh Sanctuary in Shiraz.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis

The Persepolis ruins near Shiraz. Iran.
Image: Matthieu Paley/Corbis

Women pray during the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tehran.
Image: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

A parakeet awaits customers in order to choose a "fortune" outside of the beloved Iranian poet Hafez's tomb in Shiraz.
Image: John Moore/Getty

An interior of the Golestan Palace in Tehran.
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis

The Sultan Mir Ahmad Bathhouse in Kashan .
Image: Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis

Skiers are reflected in the goggles of another skiier at Dizin Ski Resort north of Tehran.
Image: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

People walk on the Khajou Bridge in Tehran.
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty

An Iranian-Armenian choir sings religious songs during a week-end mass at the Saint Stepanos church in the Julfa neighborhood of Isfahan. Julfa neighbourhood is where the biggest Armenian community in Iran resides
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty

A tourist takes pictures inside Vank Cathedral in Isfahan.
Image: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty

A family rides a motorcycle past the Amir Chakhmaq Hosseinieh worship site, one of the largest such structures in Yazd.
Image: John Moore/Getty

A relief sculpture of a sphinx on a balustrade of the Tripylon in Persepolis.
Image: azuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis

The Azadi Tower in Tehran.
Image: Sergio Pitamitz/robertharding/Corbis

The anccient city of Bam.
Image: George Steinmetz/Corbis

Men in a hookah lounge in Esfahan, Iran.
Image: Frans Lanting/Corbis

A woman walks down the grand stairway of Persepolis.
Image: Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis

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