I recently went on a trip to Iran. I didn’t go to Shiraz but my cousin did and took pictures. Here are some of the pictures. You can also go to Shiraz Pictures folder in the gallery.

Shiraz is the 5th most populated city in Iran and is located on the south side close to persian Gulf. Shiraz is known as the city of poets, wine and flowers. You probably at some point have had Shiraz wine which is originated from Shiraz, Iran.

Shiraz is over 4000 years old and is full of monuments and tourisim attractions such as Hafiz and Sa’adi tombs, Persepolis, Pasargad, and more.

Hafiz Tomb

Persepolis

Shahrak Ekbatan (Ekbatan Apartments) is probably the largest apartment complex in Tehran and Iran. It was built in Shah’s time and has been developed further and expanded since.

Ekbatan is right beside Apadana apartments on the west side of Tehran beside Karaj autobahn. Ekbatan has its own shopping centers, elementary/middle school/high schools, parks, mosques, and a lot more. I would guess close to 100,000 people live in Ekbatan.

Here are some pictures of Shahrak Ekbatan that I took on my last trip to Tehran, Iran:

Shahrak Ekbatan

you can find more pictures of Ekbatan apartments under Tehran Pictures.

I just uploaded close to 100 pictures of Tehran, Iran. I took them myself during my trip to Iran last month.

You can view them in the gallery under Tehran Pictures. I have also put some of them in this post.

My family (and I) lived at Apadana apartments (Shahrak Apadana) for 14 years. My best friendes and memories are from that complex. Apadana is located on the west side of Tehran in Iran.

The apartments hadn’t changed since 7 years ago that I left Iran, but the complex had changed slightly. The entrance was moved and the shopping centeres were more developed.

We used to play soccer outside almost every single night when I was a kid, but surprisingly no one was in the playgrounds when I went there over my trip (last month) - not even on Thursday and Friday nights (Iran’s off days). Seemed like kids are not nearly as active as we used to be. The funny part is my dad always used to tell me how me and my brother weren’t nearly as active he used to be when he was a kids….

Here are some pictures of Shahrak Apadana.

I got back in United States last night (July 31). The trip was amazing; couldn’t be any better. I hadn’t been back for almost 7 years so I made sure every day of the trip was worth it.

I took over 2000 pictures. I’ll post al the non-private ones in the Gallery section under Iran Pictures. There are pictures of Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah, and more.

I will soon write a post about cars in Iran. I was surprise by number of expensive luxury cars there. I also brought back a really Farsi Calligraphy writting by a famous Iranian painter/writer which I will take pictures of (after I frame it).

I will be modifying some of my websites and selling more of them in the upcoming weeks as well. Basically busy couple weeks are coming up before school starts back on Aug 25th.

Check back soon (hopefully in a day or two) for pictures.