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Iran's most famous modern monument, the Azadi (Freedom) Tower in Tehran, has been the backdrop to every major news story coming out of the country. A plaza for celebrations, anniversaries ...
the bloggers dance at night near Tehran’s landmark Azadi (Freedom) tower, which marks the western entrance to Iran's capital. The couple twirl and dance as they embrace in front of the glowing ...
Although Tehran is more than 2,300 years old, the Azadi Tower has become the symbol of Iran 's capital city in just a few decades. The arch rises from Azadi Square mirroring the Alborz mountain range ...
“As a photographer I saw Azadi Tower as a character in my pictures ... that were the rapidly changing Tehran,” wrote Abbas Milani, an Iran expert at Stanford University, in his 2011 ...
She emphasized increasing cultural and artistic interactions between Bolivia and Iran during her visit to the Azadi tower. Houshyar Parsian, who presides over the Azadi complex, said his complex is ...
The couple has been sentenced to a decade in prison. An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of over 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran's main landmarks in a ...
By Cora Engelbrecht A young Iranian couple appears alone in the video, dancing in front of the Azadi Tower in downtown Tehran ... widespread protests in Iran. In the months afterward, those ...