Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Photos of a swinging Iran when the skirts were short, the dance was the twist, and America wasn't Enemy No. 1.

BY CARA PARKS | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Miss Iran 1967, Shahla Vahabzadeh. The Tehran Hilton hotel hosted beauty pageants, in which contestants competed in hopes of being crowned the country's most beautiful woman.

Courtesy of Kaveh Farrokh

 

Cara Parks is the deputy managing editor of Foreign Policy.