Alireza Nader is an independent scholar of Iran and the Middle East.
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Alireza Nader
This landscape view shows the shallow water at the shore of a manmade dammed lake, the water greenish and calm. Beyond the water, a high hill slopes up, dotted with trees at its more elevated parts.
An Iranian holds up a poster showing a portrait of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a small portrait in the corner showing Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran on Feb. 11.
Iranians walk near the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 Arches bridge) over the Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan on April 11, 2018.
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