LFG3711677: Shadows in Blood of Iranian Shiite Men Who are Beating Themselves with Iron Chains to Commemorate Ashura, Kurdistan Province, Bijar, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711692: Iranian Shiite Muslim Men Having a Nazri Charity Diner during Muharram before Ashura Celebrations, Golestan Province, Gorgan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711703: Iranian Worker Packing Henna Bags in a Traditional Mill, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711711: Wind Towers used as a Natural Cooling System in Iranian Traditional Architecture, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711717: Wind Towers used as a Natural Cooling System in Iranian Traditional Architecture, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711762: Portrait of an Iranian Woman wearing Traditional Floreal Chador in Zoroastrian Village, Isfahan Province, Abyaneh, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711789: Detail of a Painted Ceiling with a Deer in Bagh-e Tarikhi-ye Fin Garden, Isfahan Province, Kashan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711806: Iranian Shiite Muslim Woman Holding her Baby mourning Imam Hussein on the Day of Tasua with her Face Covered by a Veil, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711831: Fatima Al-masumeh Shrine at Night, Central County, Qom, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711868: Portrait of Iranian Women wearing Traditional Floreal Chadors and Men in Zoroastrian Village, Isfahan Province, Abyaneh, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711876: Iranian Shiite Muslim Men in a Mosque Chanting and Self-flagellating during Ashura, Isfahan Province, Kashan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711896: Iranian Shiite Muslim Mourners From the Mad of Hussein Community Chanting and Self-flagellating in Circle during Muharram, Isfahan Province, Kashan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711908: Iranian Shiite Muslims Men Parading with Red Flags during Ashura, Isfahan Province, Kashan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711915: Shotor Galou-e-shah Abbasi in Fin Garden, Isfahan Province, Kashan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711931: Iranian Young Man with Green Veil Covering His Face during Chehel Menbari Festival on Tasua to Commemorate the Martyrdom of Hussein, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711527: The old citadel of Arg-e Bam, Kerman Province, Bam, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711535: Famous acoustic ceiling in the music room of ali qapu palace, Isfahan Province, Isfahan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711575: Iranian Shiite Women Putting Green Ribbons on an Alam to Make Wishes during Chehel Menbari Festival on Tasua Day, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711608: Iranian Shiite Muslim Men Covered in Mud, Chanting and Self-flagellating during Ashura, Kurdistan Province, Bijar, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711642: Iranian Shiite Muslim Woman Covered in Mud, Chanting and Self-flagellating during Ashura, Kurdistan Province, Bijar, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711961: Ziai Ye School, Former Alexander Prison, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711993: Aghazadeh Mansion Wind Towers used as a Natural Cooling System in Iranian Traditional Architecture, Fars Province, Abarkooh, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3711999: Aghazadeh Mansion Wind Towers used as a Natural Cooling System in Iranian Traditional Architecture, Fars Province, Abarkooh, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712019: The Tower Knows As the Ka'bah of Zoroaster in Naqsh-e Rustam Necropolis, Fars Province, Shiraz, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712034: Iranian Shiite Muslim Man Reading the Koran in Fatima Al-masumeh Mosque, Fars Province, Shiraz, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712040: Scarf Shop in the Bazaar, Kermanshah, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712049: Old Kurdish Village of Palangan, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712057: Fishery in the Old Kurdish Village of Palangan at Dusk, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712064: Pir Shaliar Shrine, Howraman, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712072: Taq-e Bostan, Kermanshah, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712081: Old Bazaar, Kermanshah, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712096: Men Drinking Tea in a Cafe, Kermanshah, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712106: The Shah-e-Cheragh Mausoleum, Fars province, Shiraz, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712115: Khan Hamman, Sanandaj, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712130: Seaside decoration, Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LFG3712147: little girl in traditional cbandari lothing, Hormozgan, Bandar-e Kong, Iran (photo) / Bridgeman Images