Images from another time in Iran. Behind the headlines, politics, and the news cycle is a vast country filled with diverse people and stories too often overlooked.
Our dear friend @sarahpannell has spent years documenting Iran and its people. The result is “Well Come” a title inspired by a common misspelling found in Iranian places making a genuine effort to welcome the foreigners who find themselves there.
These images show a country of warm people who have had to endure decades of political repression and violence, sanctions, isolation, censorship, and war. Burdens that no people should have to carry. Despite it all we continue to love and be welcoming of others…
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All our gatherings are born from the same belief in global human connection. See you at our parties in NYC, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Paris, and more.
Link in our bio! 💚🤍❤️
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#discotehran #photography #iran #travel #explorerpage
Images from a different time in our country…Iran beyond the headlines, politics, and the news cycle is a vast country filled with diverse people and stories too often overlooked. Our dear friend @sarahpannell spent years from 2016 to 2019 documenting Iran and its people.
The result is “Well Come” a title inspired by the common misspelling found in Iranian spots making a genuine effort to welcome the foreigners who find themselves there. Sarah sent us this video, and maybe if we’re lucky we’ll get to experience the slideshow soon. Stay tuned!
See you at our parties in NYC, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Paris, and more. Tickets in bio where you’ll find our newsletter for early access to discounted entries
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#iran #discotehran #danceparty #travel #explorepage
In Rome, we sat down with @variety to mark the end of our Nowrouz tour and reflect on years of global community building across NYC, Paris, London, Berlin, Rome, Mexico and more through Disco Tehran, Cinema Tehran, and Studio Tehran.
In the middle of war, division, and repression we build spaces celebrating humanity & cross cultural solidarity inviting people to come together through music, cinema, and dance.
This project has always been a multicultural labor of love, independent, community funded, and powered only by you.
Beyond the parties and screenings, our events also helped support VPN access for people in Iran navigating internet shutdowns and censorship.
Merci mil gracias family for carrying this with us from city to city. Our next tour dates in NYC, Paris, Berlin, Oslo, and more are available through our newsletter and the link in bio. 💚🤍❤️
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A very special thanks to Nick Vivareli for the article, @metrograph ‘s @bitterstranger for curation of “Travel Companions” (celebrating Bahram Beyzayi & Amir Naderi) - photos @byruvan & @ounissa_zermani
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#discotehran #cinematehran #cinema #explorepage #global
In a world that often reduces Iranian lives, especially the people and minorities of Southern Iran, Hormuz, and Qeshm to mere statistics, we hold these images close.
We warm our hearts to these gorgeous photos by Romanian filmmaker (and our dear family) @vladpetri
Vlad has spent years learning and creating work about the rich cultures and histories of Iran and speaks Persian beautifully. These are his photos from a trip to Hormuz and Qeshm Islands in January 2018. Share it if you love it! 💚🤍❤️🌍
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#nowar #iran #persiangulf #straitofhormuz #travel
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Here are three views and the pathway to Khaled Nabi Shrine in Golestan region of Iran. According to oral tradition of the Yomut Turkman people of Iran, Khaled was a pre-Islamic mystic & prophet living sometime in the 3rd to the 6th century.
His mausoleum is a destination for pilgrimage. Women visitors, in search of blessings for their welfare, are known to tie ribbons on trees near the tomb, merging ancient traditions with contemporary practices of pilgrimage.
Iran’s rich nature & history is filled with wonders like this. We hope that this day brings the people of this planet closer and more curious about each other and the finite moments we have on our vast and unique Mother Earth. May we treat our only home the best, may peace prevail in our world.
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#iran #peace #nowar #earthday
Excepts from our presentation at @studiotehran.nyc with a lovely intro by @aryadreaming , all shown using the original 35mm slides and Carl’s Kodak projector.
I’ve been working on this archival project in isolation for 3 years, with help from @madison.albano and @ficlarn . It felt so beautiful to finally share it with the world of a whole room! Thank you to everyone who came to experience Carl’s archive. I hope this inspires everyone to bear witness and document the world around them, even if they’re not sure who the audience is. Maybe in 50 years, your point of view will have newfound and heavy meaning.
Is it closed? Is it open? Either way this is who you target to send your infinite music requests (someone didn’t read our lineup) and your late night political rants. Tell them to end it so I can go back to smoking my ci I mean eating my cucumber.
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On one of the darkest days in contemporary Iranian history, we’d like to wish everyone a happy Sizdah be-dar.
This ancient Iranian festival marks the end of Nowrouz celebrations. On the 13th day of Nowrouz, we go out into the nature and we untie the Sabzeh (the green sprouts on Haft Seen table) as a symbol of our wishes for a good year without heartache and difficulties. This is a symbol of hope we deeply need today.
Sizdah be-dar is also the day of respect for Mother Nature. We like to use this opportunity to remind everyone that we have only one planet. War is an evil that once unleashed will destroy everything on its path. We will not survive without protecting the environment, and the indigenous communities that protect us around the world.
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Photos taken in 1890, 1958, 1972, 1999, and 2023 in Iran
Credits belong to @fardid_khadem archives, Hengameh Fahimi, Ata Kenare, Sevruguin, Bruno Barbey, last photographer unknown
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#iran #spring #nowrouz #womanlifefreedom #tehran
A double rainbow appears over Tehran, at the moment of Nowrouz, the arrival of spring, and the new year. We think of the Iranian people and their decades long sacrifices for freedom. We hope this year brings the best for mother Iran, her children, and her nature. Nowrouz Pirooz, family!
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#discotehran #nowar #tehran #nature #nowrouz
To celebrate Nowrouz, Cinema Tehran arrives in London on March 29 at @riocinema to present Bahram Beyzayi’s iconic film “The Stranger and the Fog”.
Beyzayi, the titan of Iranian cinema and theater, passed away, leaving behind an unparalleled body of work.
Set along the misty shores of the Caspian Sea, Beyzayi’s masterpiece unfolds as a haunting, dreamlike experience unlike any other film. Tickets in @cinematehran.nyc bio. Share with your cinephile friends. See you at the cinema!
THE STRANGER AND THE FOG was restored in 4K using the original camera and sound negatives and was carried out at L’Immagine Ritrovata in 2023. Color grading was supervised by Bahram Beyzaie. Introduction by (@cinematehran.nyc ) founder Arya Ghavamian (@aryadreaming ) special thanks to @cinetecabologna
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Artwork by @arminrangani
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#iran #cinematehran #artfilm #filmmaking #tehran
Happy Charshanbeh Soori!
On one of the most difficult nights in contemporary Iranian history, we hold close the images of the iconic singers Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Hayedeh, and Mahasti celebrating this day. This ancient Iranian tradition marks the last Tuesday before Nowrouz, the Iranian New Year, and welcomes the arrival of spring.
At sunset, our families gather and jump over bonfires singing:
“زردی من از تو، سرخی تو از من”
We ask the fire to take away our pain and return to us its warmth, strength, & light.
May this Nowrouz bring a brighter future for the people of Iran and peace for everyone in the region, against all odds.
See you at our Nowrouz gatherings in NYC, Paris, London, Berlin, and Rome. Final tickets in bio!
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#tehran #discotehran #nevruz #nowrouz #charshanbesoori
Tehran’s skyline on the final nights of winter, just before Nowrouz, the arrival of spring and the new year. In the background, a massive fire burns from a fuel depot targeted by Israel & the USA, casting apocalyptic scenes and toxic clouds over the city. And still, a few friends sit together and sing…
Iranians have been defying the Islamic Republic and all oppressors for decades. This is what resistance looks like in the darkness of our time.
For millennia, Nowrouz has carried the promise of light with the arrival of spring in Iran and across the region. May this Nowrouz bring freedom and success, against all odds, to the people of Iran, and peace to everyone.
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#nowar #nowrouz #iran #tehran #iranrevolution
