A private Caribbean...Precarious cargo: Fascinating images reveal that babies on...From an amphibious Lamborghini to a boat that looks like...Breathtaking views that inspired Lord Byron: A spectacular...Private pools in paradise: The dreamy Thai hotel that gives...Va-Va Zoom! Pictured above left, Persian actresses Haleh and Mahnaz in the 1970s. Pictured above, students at Tehran's National University not long before the 1979 revolutionAfter women faced having very few rights in the 19th Century, the Iranian women’s movement was established in 1910. Forouzan was banned from performing after the 1979 revolutionThe Iranian women's rights movement was going strong in the 1960s and 70s, and many women joined the work force and mixed freely with men. But as these images of Iran before 1979 suggest, there once was a time when the streets of Tehran mirrored those of, say, L.A., and national leaders would engage in discourse that consisted of more than sighs, sanctions, and spats.
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