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

A shot of Istanbul Avenue in 1965. Fashionable American cars weren't uncommon in Tehran's streets. Visiting the Iranian capital, which Farrokh often did in the summer while living in Germany with his parents, was considered as cosmopolitan as a trip to New York or Paris.

Courtesy of Kaveh Farrokh

 

Cara Parks is the deputy managing editor of Foreign Policy.