Iran | 1950-1960
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Iran poses with his second wife Queen Soraya, 1962
A newly-wed couple in Iran, 1960
Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran, 1961
Two traditional folk dancers performing in Teheran, Iran, 1961
American first lady, Jackie Kennedy, introduces her son, John Kennedy Jr. to Farah, Empress Of Persia in the grounds of the White House, 1962
Reza, Crown Prince of Iran (right), sitting comfortably a gala parade to mark his fourth birthday at the Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, with his mother Queen Farah Dibah, 1963
Miss Chirine Tahmassab, Iran's first woman foreign diplomat, 1967
Muhammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran wearing the Pahlavi crown in procession through Golestan Palace after his coronation in Teheran, 1967
Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, the Empress of Iran and wife of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 1950
Two men perform the customary handwashing ceremony at a traditional Muslim wedding in the Mazanderan province of Iran, 1950
A peasant woman roasts a joint of meat in the Muslim manner, in the Mazanderan province of northern Iran, 1951
A woman taking off her shoes and leaving them with a pile of others at the entrance to the former Shah of Persia's Mausoleum which is guarded by soldiers, 1952
Two actors from a production of Oscar Wilde's play, “Lady Windemere's Fan” talk back-stage at the Theatre Saadi in Tehran, 1950
A young Iranian boy learning how to write on a blackboard, 1951
Princess Fatima of Persia and her bridegroom, American University graduate, Vincent Les Hillyer, at their Muslim wedding ceremony at the Persian Embassy in Paris.
On the right is American film actress and dancer Rita Hayworth, Princess Aly Khan, 1950
A Khan or feudal lord of a province lifts the veil from the face of a muslim bride in a village wedding ceremony. Her groom sits beside her with lit candles symbolising life, 1952
A street stall in Teheran selling bowls of steaming soup, 1951
Standing on a rooftop a muezzin is calling the faithful to prayer. Behind him rises a minaret, 1952
A girl student at a vocational training school for seamstresses studies the theoretical aspects of her work. This is one of the first schools for girls founded by the government in Teheran, 1950
Official Iranian government newspapers lead with a cover denouncing the encroachment of Russia's influence in Iran. In this newspaper a red-starred hand is shown reaching over the northern border mountains of Iran into the mosques of the nation, 1952
An Iranian oil worker in an arid landscape, an oil tank in the distance, sits enjoying the labourer's staple diet of bread and tea, 1954
The Shah of Iran and his wife Queen Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari with Sir Winston Churchill leaving No 10 Downing Street, 1954
An Iranian smokes a Persian hookah or water pipe on the pavement in Isafahan. The pipe is hired by a specialist merchant for single use, 1955
Oil drilling taking place in Iran, 1955
A railway engineer resting for a cigarette at Zagheh in the Luristan mountains of West Central Persia, 1955
The Melli bank which is the centre of foreign commerce in Teheran, Persia. The architecture is modern though the relief figures on the front are of ancient Persians, 1955