“This began with a black and white photo I have of my Aunt Batool – I added the other elements like the picture of her husband, who was Dr Amini Prime Minister of Iran, the traditional Qajar miniature painting and porcelain Chinese cats because I remember them at her apartment. They need to study Gene Sharp on revolutions and understand that once the delicate balance is disturbed the environment is created that is ripe for the phenomenon known as "The Rise of The Radicals. 14 votes, 41 comments. Three of the artists in the exhibition lived through the Revolution, while two are from the second generation of the Iranian diaspora: “It’s their story too,” says Makari-Aghdam. The Shah who was in charge as these pics were taken was a puppet to the west, and steered the country with an iron hand; all political opposition to his affiliation with the west was destroyed, tortured or killed by his secret police. This country needs to stop. They could choose up to a point. Back in the 1970s, before Afghanistan imploded and the shah still sat on the throne in Iran, apart from a short flight into Rangoon and out the other side, you could travel from Singapore to … Jul 2, 2020 - Explore Morine Linky's board "Iran in the 1970s" on Pinterest. United Kingdom Winston Churchill By submitting email you agree to get Bored Panda newsletter. So at the end of the day message in the picture is right. Like us on Facebook for more stories like this: "Karen" Keeps Leaving Notes Complaining About Woman's Decorations, Woman Responds By Adding Even More, 50 Dogs Who Don’t Understand How BIG They Are, 17 Y.O. Well, do people in US dress like pictures in playboy magazines? Your account is not active. Iran and the U.S. are now competitors for influence in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. Any westerners who complain about Iran today would do well to go back and read some history; the hypocrisy and lack of education on display is sickening. Read about our approach to external linking. The eighth photo. When we pose we pose in a regimented manner and it was interesting to contrast a very elegant woman and her childlike self – we behave as adults but part of us remains a child and we don’t show that very often.”, Nostalgia and missing her homeland are key themes in Nayiny’s Past Residues series, for which she digitally combines photos of demolition sites with billboard advertisements, magazine covers, and mass-media images from before the Iranian Revolution. All three of them had educated parents (or at least […] Scroll down below to check the vintage photos of Iranian ladies sporting the 70s style in the pre-revolution times. I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to the US some day soon! www.pagef30.com/2009/04/iran-in-1970s-before-islamic-revolution.html Iran's Transformation From The 1950s To Today, In Pictures. Most of those photos are taken in ruins of cities and some rural areas, where the authorities do not really care. That sounds very much like Indonesian politics after the fall of Sukarno in 1965 (which was suspected to the doings of US too). Like what you're reading? By Sherlock Pope | Culture,History . One of her earliest memories of understanding her father’s background was discovering the Persian pop cassettes from his youth. 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I’ve superimposed imagery from my life in Iran before the Revolution when women were liberated and encouraged to be Western. Your comment makes some sense but not all sense. 14 Iran in the 70s,before the Sharia Law. Please provide your email address and we will send your password shortly. New York City resident Norma Lee Mahdavi lived in Iran from 1960 to 1967 and served as marketing director for the Iranian National Tourist Organization's New York office in the 1970s.. Mahdavi recently let us sort through several boxes of official tourism slides taken in Iran during the 1960s and 70s — and we've reproduced two dozen of our favorites in the gallery above. I agree BjornArvidsson. She was a child star like Shirley Temple, we would watch TV and see her father pull up a chair for her to stand on and she would sing and dance – we grew up with her, from girl to teenager to young woman. “I left Iran in 1979 and I’m a Londoner more than anything else, however those teenage years have stayed with me and are very strong in my identity.” She has collected match boxes for years. “My dad has a tape collection of music from Iran. United States Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. A young woman standing in front of one of the first mass housing complexes in Tehran in the 1960s. “The go-go boots have been one of the most popular works because they’re easy to understand, stunning and unusual as you don’t usually see traditional Persian painting mixed with fashion. A group of artists are tapping into memories to present a different view of Iran, including Persian pop and psychedelia. Fight boredom with iPhones and iPads here. Lots of it is taped from the radio and he really clings to it and treasures it,” Sara Makari-Aghdam tells BBC Culture. Before the Islamic Revolution: 21 Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Tehran, Iran From the 1960s and 1970s . It was secular, Western-oriented and allowed a fair amount of cultural freedom. Nevertheless, Iranian women are generally stylish and tend to choose colorful outfits. By the spring of 1988 Iran was totally exhausted and could not continue the war.