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Tehrān: mosque in bazaar
Tehrān
Iran: Mount Damāvand
Population density of Iran
Āzādī Tower
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Tehrān, Iran: bazaar
The Grand Bazaar in Tehrān.
qanāt
Tehrān, Iran: Niavaran Palace
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