Sep/101
Tehran Iran by Asiatravel.com
Tehran (Persian: تهران Tehrān, pronounced [tʰehˈɾɒn][3]) is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Tochal mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia. The city is famous for its numerous resorts on the Alborz slopes, large museums, art centers, and palace complexes. Tehran is the largest city in the Middle East and is the 16th most populated city in the world with a population of around 7800000 people. Most Iranian industries are headquartered in Tehran, including the manufacturing of automobiles, electrical equipment, military weaponry, textiles, sugar, cement, and chemical products. Tehran is also a leading center for the sale of carpets and furniture. There is an oil refinery located south of the city.[4] In the 20th century, Tehran faced a large migration of people from all around Iran. Today, the city contains various religious minorities, and has many historic mosques, churches, synagogues and Zoroastrian fire temples. Contemporary Tehran is a modern and expensive city featuring many skyscrapers, of which the Azadi Tower and the Milad Tower have come to be symbols of Tehran itself. Tehran’s climate is largely defined by its geographic location, with the towering Alborz Mountains to its North and the central desert to the South. It can be generally described as mild in the spring, hot and dry in the summer, pleasant in the autumn, and …
May/104
Tehran: The Old Meets The New (1)
Report from Tehran, highlighting the city’s mixture of ancient tradition and oil-funded modernity. Footage of muscular bare-chested man beating large drum (which is tucked underneath his left arm) with his hands. Titles displayed over this footage: ITN Presents/Roving Report/Teheran Today. Shots of more muscular bare chested men twirling enormous clubs around to the rhythm of the drumming man, who then begins to sing. Commentary: Cyrus, King of the Medes and Persians, trained his warriors like this. Shots of muscular men doing press-ups and more club twirling, watched by audience of men in suits. Piece to camera: Brinton picks up one of the clubs. It is so heavy he can barely lift it. He is in a wrestling club, but one that also encourages its members to write poetry. Shot of bas-relief of Persian poet Ferdowsi on wall of gym. Cut to Brinton leaving the gym and getting into large, American car. Street scenes: double-decker buses, traffic policeman, sheep in the road, men on bikes, man on a cart being pulled by a donkey; veiled women and women wearing western style clothing. Ext. shot of Teheran bazaar, with car park and modern frontage. Shot of Brinton entering bazaar. Shots inside bazaar: stalls and crowds of people. Sequence of shots showing life inside the bazaar, focussing on stall owners: craftsman hammering out small metal bowl; man working on earring with a pair of pliers: he finishes his work and adds pair of earrings to the display on his stall; man using abacus …