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History Is Running Backwards
Maybe you’ve seen photos of Tehran in the 1970s, just before the Islamic Revolution: images of young women going to work in miniskirts, of couples making out in parks while wearing bell-bottoms, of people at pools in bikinis. It looks like Paris or Milan or Los Angeles. But in 1979 the revolution happened, and now Tehran looks like something from an earlier century.
TL;DR
- Tehran in the 1970s featured young women in miniskirts, couples in parks in bell-bottoms, and people in bikinis at pools.
- The city's pre-revolution appearance was comparable to Western cities like Paris, Milan, or Los Angeles.
- The 1979 Islamic Revolution led to a drastic change in Tehran's appearance, making it resemble an earlier century.
- The article contrasts the modern, Westernized past with the traditional present of Tehran.