{"id":474,"date":"2012-09-12T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=474"},"modified":"2012-09-12T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T06:00:15","slug":"afghanistan-1975-0413-busiran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan 1975 – 04\/13 – Bus\/Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

No stopping for fellow travelers to buy carpets in Mashad as on the previous trip. Iran was transited quickly by bus, yielding few photographs.<\/p>\n

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It was Bill and Eric (as I recall) that were fellow radio people from Canada. Here, Bill poses with a Turkish farmer who passed by where we had stopped near the border with Iran.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There was a bit of jostling for position as we neared the Irani border. We all got off the bus while the driver did an off-road maneuver.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s a look at the crowd headed to Iran on the overland route.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Amidst the sights of Teheran I chose to photograph this communications tower. Iran has been more technologically advanced than its neighbors for quite some time.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In 1975 in Iran you could say, “Pepsi please.” You had to be careful about using other words at the time. Mossadegh or SAVAK were words not to be used in public in the heyday of the Shah.<\/p><\/div>\n

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No stopping for fellow travelers to buy carpets in Mashad as on the previous trip. Iran was transited quickly by bus, yielding few photographs.
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