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![Flughafen Istanbul - Flughafen Shiraz](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140226_TheyWouldRock_RZ-150-2048x1365.jpg)
Istanbul AIRPORT – Shiraz AIRPORT
7 hours until the flight leaves for Iran
The previous weeks
7 hours later
Shiraz airport
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![Shiraz](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/02_Shiraz-2048x1363.jpg)
Shiraz
Two days with Mr. Rezaei
The other faces
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![Yazd](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/03_Yazd2-2048x1363.jpg)
Yazd
My family would be very happy to meet you!
An encounter with “the force”
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![Fast eine Woche Iran: Die vielleicht größte Gefahr](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/04_Gefahr-2048x1363.jpg)
Almost one week in Iran:
probably the biggest threat
Ali Schumacher & his countless brothers
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![Toudeshk](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/05_Toudeshk-2048x1363.jpg)
Toudeshk
A home away from home
Made in Toudeshk
Do you have gold?
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![1 Woche Iran: Schönheit und Sitte](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/06_Schoenheit-2048x1363.jpg)
1 Week in Iran:
Beauty and morals
The nose job
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![Esfahan](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140209_TheWouldRock_RZ116-2048x1365.jpg)
Esfahan
The beauty of the people
Would you marry my son?
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![1,5 Wochen Iran: Deutschland](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/08_Deutschland-2048x1363.jpg)
1.5 Weeks in Iran: Germany
Very like!
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![1,5 Wochen Iran: Zeitreise](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSCF0123-2048x1363.jpg)
1.5 Weeks in Iran: Time travel
No Ruz
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![Kashan](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/theywouldrock_Foto17-2048x1363.jpg)
Kashan
Welcome to the year 1392!
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![2 Wochen Iran: Entertainment-Media](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140209_TheWouldRock_RZ104-2048x1365.jpg)
2 Weeks in Iran: Entertainment media
Illegal? Never mind.
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![Teheran](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/12_Teheran-2048x1363.jpg)
Tehran
A capital on vacation
The young capital city dwellers
Step by step
Which god?
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![Khuzestan](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/13_Khuzestan2-2048x1363.jpg)
Khuzestan
Travelling the Iranian way
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![3 Wochen Iran: Ein omnipräsenter Krieg](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/14_Maertyrer-2048x1363.jpg)
3 Weeks in Iran:
An omnipresent war
Martyrs and military service
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![3 Wochen Iran: Alkoholfrei](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alkoholfrei-2048x1364.jpg)
3 Weeks in Iran:
without alcohol
Soda Beer
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![Hamadan](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/16_Hamadan.jpg)
Hamadan
Not welcome
Very welcome
Tea! Tea! Tea!
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![4 Wochen Iran: Das Visum verlängern](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140209_TheWouldRock_RZ831.jpg)
4 Weeks in Iran:
Extending the visa
30 more days
At your service
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![Gorgan](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSCF1448-2048x1363.jpg)
Gorgan
May I ask you a question?
Do you have to take your clothes off at a mixed German swimming pool?
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![4,5 Wochen Iran: Persisch für Anfänger](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/19_Persisch-2048x1363.jpg)
4.5 Weeks in Iran:
Persian for beginners
Thumbs up!
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![Mashhad II](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140209_TheWouldRock_RZ65.jpg)
Mashhad
In the heart of the most sacred place
About God and the world
My way of freedom
This will be the best day of our life
Mashhad – Tehran: You sit there alone!
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![5 Wochen Iran: Frauen und Männer](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/21_FrauenUndMaenner-2048x1363.jpg)
5 Weeks in Iran:
Of women and men
Separated together
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![Qazvin](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140226_TheyWouldRock_RZ-57-2048x1365.jpg)
Qazvin
We love all the people!
Muslims are not allowed
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![6 Wochen Iran: Chay!](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/23_Tee-2048x1363.jpg)
6 Weeks in Iran: Chay!
The colour of tea
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![Kermanshah](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rock_freisteller04-2.jpg)
Kermanshah
A woman. Alone. In Iran.
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![Paveh](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/25_Paveh-2048x1363.jpg)
Paveh
“Miss Helena” or: the feeling of being an ambassador for the foreign world
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![Sanandaj](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rock_freisteller16-2.jpg)
Sanandaj
Viva Kordestan!
Easy-going & relaxed
Don’t worry about it
Contemporary Kurdish art: KFC poetry
Godmother of godchild plants
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![7 Wochen Iran: Ta'arof](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/27_Taarof-2048x1363.jpg)
7 Weeks in Iran: Ta’arof
I still haven’t figured it out
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![7 Wochen Iran: Ein Entwicklungsland](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/28_Entwicklungsland-2048x1363.jpg)
7 Weeks in Iran:
A developing country
Really?
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![Rasht](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rock_freisteller18-2.jpg)
Rasht
In the North with Ahmadinejad
My heart will go on
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![7,5 Wochen Iran: Im Sammeltaxi](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sammeltaxi-2048x1364.jpg)
7.5 Weeks in Iran:
Shared taxi rides
“I’m tired of Iran.” Aziz, 11 Ordibehesht 1392 (May 1st, 2013)
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![Tabriz](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/theywouldrock_Foto01-2048x1363.jpg)
Tabriz
A farewell with intellectual heroes
Another brick in the wall
The grand finale
See you again, Iran!
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![Iran - Türkei](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/iran-tuerkei2-2048x1364.jpg)
Iran – Turkey
Hosts until the very last minute
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![they would rock - 59 Tage Iran](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140226_TheyWouldRock_RZ-41-2048x1365.jpg)
8 Weeks in Iran: Epilogue
![Leserichtung](http://www.theywouldrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pfeil.jpg)