 Pigeon tower outside Isfahan on the road to Yazd |
 Pigeon tower, originally used to collect droppings for fertilizer |
 The road from Isfahan to Naein and Yazd |
 Village with a watchtower on the Isfahan-Naein highway |
 Caravanserai |
 Pasdaran of Naein (religious militia) |
 Naein Tourist Inn |
 Restaurant at the Naein Tourist Inn |
 Naein Tourist Inn, built in the style of a caravanserai |
 Traditional house, Naein |
 Iranians camp everywhere during No Ruz |
 Jame Mosque of Naein, 10th Century |
 Jame Mosque of Naein |
 Minaret, Jameh Mosque, Naein |
 Jame Mosque of Naein |
 Entrance, Jameh Mosque, Naein |
 Part of the Jameh Mosque complex, Naein |
 Part of the Jameh Mosque complex |
 Windtower and the Jameh Mosque minaret, Naein |
 Jameh Mosque, Naein |
 Jameh Mosque, Nain |
 Water vessel near the Jameh Mosque |
 Courtyard, Jameh Mosque, Na'in |
 Courtyard, Jameh Mosque |
 Jameh Mosque interior |
 Detail of a pillar in Naein's Jameh Mosque |
 The name of Ali |
 Jameh Mosque, Naein |
 Lower level of the Jameh Mosque |
 Mud brick fort, Naein |
 Mud brick fort, Naein |
 Mud brick fort, Naein |
 Ab Anbar, an underground cistern, ventilated by windtowers, badgirs |
 Cistern and fort, Naein |
 Windtowers with the small mudbrick fort of Naein near the Jameh Mosque |
 Ab Anbar and fort, Naein |
 Fort, Nain |
 Fort, Na'in |
 Ehsan, a boy from Naein on his bike |
 Ehsan comes back with his brother Yahya |
 Ehsan |
 Yahya |
 Ehsan |
 Ehsan posing with the fort of Naein |
 Ehsan and Yahya wave goodbye |
 alssalama alika ya aba abdullah al-hussein |
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 Mohammadie district of Naein |
 Ab Anbar (cister) Naein-Mohammadie |
 Ab Anbar (cister) Nain-Mohammadie |
 Underground workshops, Naein-Mohammadie |
 Weavers work underground to escape the heat of summer and cold of winter |
 Weaver at work on a loom making a rough heavy cloth |
 Weaver at work, Na'in |
 Weaving loom, Naein |
 The larger citidel (ghaleh) of Naein at Mohammadie |
 Na'in Castle (Narin Galeh) |
 Nain Castle (Narin Galeh) parts of which are said to be 2000 years old |
 Rooftops of Naein seen from the ruins of Naein Castle |
 Street at the base of Naein Castle |
 Naein street sign |
 Naein Castle seen from the distance |
 Naein Castle seen from the distance |
 Camel crossing the the desert between Naein and |
 Caravanserai between Naein and Ardakan |
 Shah Abbas the Great built a system of 999 caravanserais in Persia |
 Caravanserai |
 Each caravanserai is approximiately 30-50 km from the next |
 Corner tower of a caravanserai |
 Melting mud brick wall |
 Camels in an adjacent ruin |
 Caravanserai |
 Nogonbad Caravanserai |
 Caravanserai courtyard |
 This particular caravanserai between Naein and Aqda/Ardakan has 2 main compounds |
 Caravanserai |
 This second compound served as the stables |
 Caravanserai |
 Caravanserai tower |
 Caravanserai in the desert |
 Caravanserai |
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 The symbol of the Islamic Republic is a stylized version of the word الله Allah |
 Another caravanserai just outside Aqda between Nain and Ardakan |
 Another caravanserai just outside Aqda between Nain and Ardakan |
 Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
 Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
 Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
 Iranian traffic police checkpoint during No Ruz |
 He's a cartoon character used in Iran to represent bad drivers |
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 Roadside mosque between Aqda and Ardekan |
 Turnoff for Mashad, over 1000 km away |
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