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

Iranian university students in the 1970s. Although religious studies was a popular area of research, courses in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and literature were also well-attended fields. Today, roughly 35,000 full- and part-time students are enrolled at the university.

Courtesy of Kaveh Farrokh

 

Cara Parks is the deputy managing editor of Foreign Policy.