Much has been said about Iran Before the Islamic Revolution online. The topic even evolved to a catchphrase used in memes that parody depictions of Iran as Western and liberal before the culmination of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The internet's obsession with the revolution in Iran dates back decades, inspiring Redditors to dig up their family archives and rusted pictures, hoping to understand and visualize the lives of many Iranians that were affected by the revolution that led to significant changes in Iranian society, including the imposition of Islamic law and restrictions on personal freedoms.
We've gathered 21 rare pictures showing just a glimpse of the family dynamics, social events, and the long-forgotten Iranian lifestyle before its revolution.
Iranian family before the revolution (From the 40’s to 70’s)
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Iranian family before the revolution (From the 40’s to 70’s) pt.2
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Iranian family before the revolution (From the 40’s to 70’s) pt.3
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Iranian family before the revolution (From the 40’s to 70’s) pt.4
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Iranian advertising before the Islamic revolution, 1979.
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1970s Iranian family pre-revolution
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Iranian family before the 1979 Islamic revolution, 1960s
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Before and after the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution
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An Iranian couple in 1974
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My parents back in Pre-Islamic Iran (Circa 1977)
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1977 The Year before the Revolution Tehran, Iran
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My grandparents, my mom, and my uncle. Tehran, Iran 1966
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Parents pre-Islamic regime in Iran, 1973
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Someone's Grandmother, 1970 – Iran
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Iran circa 1936
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1976, Tehran, Iran – 4 years prior to the Tehran conference.
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What Iran looked like before the Islamic Revolution in the 1970s
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Someone's dad with a bunch of girls in Iran sometime in the 1970s.
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Scout girls before the Islamic revolution
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Grandparents, pre-revolution Iran, 1976.
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