This is Tehran oil refinery.
Archive for the ‘Everday Life’ Category
Tehran Oil Refinery پالايشگاه نفت تهرا
October 21, 2008
Bloodletting
February 22, 2008Bloodletting, Hajamat in Persian, is an old medical practice in Iran. This youtube video shows you how the process works. Some Iranians still believe bloodletting is the best way to get rid of the human body’s toxics.
Flying Over Tehran
January 27, 2008
Vank Church
January 2, 2008The new year celebration (2008) inside the historical Vank Church in Isfahan.
مراسم آغاز سال ٢٠٠٨ميلادي – كليساي وانك
Joseph Church in Tehran مراسم ميلاد مسيح(ع) در كليساي حضرت يوسف
December 27, 2007Some pictures of Christmas Eve in St. Joseph Church in Tehran.
مراسم ميلاد مسيح(ع) در كليساي حضرت يوسف -اسقف رمزي گرمو
Christmas in Tehran, Iran کریسمس
December 27, 2007
Here are some pictures of Christmas 2008 in Tehran, Iran. I have heard nowadays some Muslim Persians celebrate this holiday along with Iranian Christians…don’t get excited. It’s just a showoff!
Camping at Gahar lake
November 19, 2007Gahar lake offers the most beautiful landscape in Lorestan Province. It is at the heart of the mount Oshtoran Kouh and is surrounded by Zagros Mountains. The lake is 40 kms to the south of town of Dorud and lies 2,360 meters above the sea. If you are into fishing, this lake would be good a place of choice.
دریاچه گَهَر در میان رشته کوه اشترانکوه در استان لرستان ایران و در ارتفاع 2350 متری از سطح دریا در قرار دارد
Veiled conservative Iranian women
November 19, 2007TEHRAN, IRAN: Veiled conservative Iranian women pass a billboard advertising a movie titled ‘Iranian Girl’ with a portrait of local film star, Hediyeh Tehrani, as they demonstrate after the Friday prayers in Tehran 23 January 2004, to protest a draft law by the French government to ban Islamic head scarves at state schools in France.
A Church in Tehran
November 18, 2007I think this church is called Sourp Sarkis Mother Church. It is an Armenian Apostolic Church located in Karim khan Ave. in upper central Tehran. Looking at these pictures simply reminds me of numerous memories as a kid.
Satellite Dish
November 18, 2007An Iranian woman checks her satellite dish on the roof of her Tehran apartment in 2005. Iranian MP Saeed Abutaleb has claimed that more than half of Iran’s 70 million population watch satellite television channels even though they are illegal in the Islamic republic!
