• Goats seek out grazing material at sunset near the village of Nasrabad.
    Goats seek out grazing material at sunset near the village of Nasrabad.
  • An employee walks up a grand staircase in the lobby of the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan.
    An employee walks up a grand staircase in the lobby of the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan.
  • A pair of Arab clerics speak in a hotel coffee shop before prayers at an Islamic shrine in Qom.
    A pair of Arab clerics speak in a hotel coffee shop before prayers at an Islamic shrine in Qom.
  • A father and son spend dusk together in the Unesco-listed Naqsh-eJanan Square Isfahan.
    A father and son spend dusk together in the Unesco-listed Naqsh-eJanan Square Isfahan.
  • A couple argues in the new Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan.
    A couple argues in the new Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan.
  • A cleric stokes the coals the ‘sacred eternal flame’ at the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd, Iran.
    A cleric stokes the coals the ‘sacred eternal flame’ at the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd, Iran.
  • A woman smokes a hookah while visiting a poetry calligraphy workshop in Shiraz.
    A woman smokes a hookah while visiting a poetry calligraphy workshop in Shiraz.
  • A girl runs past a horse trailer in the old city in the desert town of Yazd.
    A girl runs past a horse trailer in the old city in the desert town of Yazd.
  • A donkey stands amongst traditional mud brick homes on in the ancient mountain village of Abyaneh.
    A donkey stands amongst traditional mud brick homes on in the ancient mountain village of Abyaneh.
  • A cutout of a woman in Iranian dress stands in front of the Karim Khani Palace, also a former prison, in Shiraz.
    A cutout of a woman in Iranian dress stands in front of the Karim Khani Palace, also a former prison, in Shiraz.
  • A shepherd herds goats at sunset near the village of Nasrabad.
    A shepherd herds goats at sunset near the village of Nasrabad.
  • People change foreign currency for Iranian Rials at an exchange shop in the new Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan.
    People change foreign currency for Iranian Rials at an exchange shop in the new Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan.
  • Tilework master Abbas Kazemi draws patterns for intricate pieces to be used for the dome of the new Imam Hasan Asgari Mosque at a holy shrine complex in Qom.
    Tilework master Abbas Kazemi draws patterns for intricate pieces to be used for the dome of the new Imam Hasan Asgari Mosque at a holy shrine complex in Qom.
  • A woman fills her gas tank at a service station in Shahinshahr.
    A woman fills her gas tank at a service station in Shahinshahr.
  • Portraits of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei hang over shoppers in the historic Bazar-e Bozorg in Isfahan.
    Portraits of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei hang over shoppers in the historic Bazar-e Bozorg in Isfahan.
  • Farmer Abbas Hamamian works his wheat field in Meymeh, Iran.
    Farmer Abbas Hamamian works his wheat field in Meymeh, Iran.

Ayatollah Khomeini: Iran 25 years later

Robert Mickelson

June 04, 2014

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On June 4th, 2014, Iran marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the Ayatollah Khomeini and his legacy of the Islamic Revolution. His influence remains an important element of Iran’s culture and economy. Getty Photographer John Moore traveled to Iran and photographed the Persian lansdscape 25 years later.

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