Iran Tabriz to Isfahan

As US citizens, we were essentially restricted to the itinerary that was sent to the Iran Foreign Ministry in Tehran since this was the basis of our being granted an authorization to travel and to get our visa. The same restrictions applied to the Canadian and British citizens in our group. It was permissible to go for walks near the hotels on our own however.

At the Azerbaijan Museum. I met this family again the next day at the St. Stephanous Monastery.
The Blue Mosque suffered damage in an 1778 earthquake but the government restored the remains in the early 1900's as part of an initiative to perserve Persian culture.

The family that I first met in Tabriz

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