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Sports popular in Iran before the Revolution 

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Sports popular in Iran before the Revolution 

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Before the Revolution the most popular sport in Iran was football (soccer). "Their team made their World Cup debut in 1978, but the revolution was a major setback. (Britannica, Sports and Recreations). Another popular sport was wrestling. The Iranian people took pride in both their wrestling and soccer teams, and even participated in the Olympics in 1948. “Participating or viewing sporting events weren’t limited to race or gender” (BBC Iranian Women) Men or women could attend games or participate in any sporting team in Iran in the times before the revolution.

“Iranian Women - before and after the Islamic Revolution.” BBC News, BBC, 8 Feb. 2019, www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47032829.

“Sports and Recreation.” Edited by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/place/Iran/Sports-and-recreation. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.

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I did not know that iranians were so involved in sports. I love that both women and men participated. -HZ

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I didn't know sports were a big thing in iranc - mws

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I didn't know sports were a big thing in iranc - mws

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Good thing sports had a big role in Iranian culture.-MG

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Good thing sports had a big role in Iranian culture.-MG

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It's cool how sports were not limited by race or gender. AP

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It's cool how sports were not limited by race or gender. AP

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I didn't know that Iran had a Famous soccer team. CB

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I didn't know that Iran had a Famous soccer team. CB

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I find it interesting that wrestling was a popular sport for them.-kg

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I think its cool how they incorporated calligraphy into the artwork-AC

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I think its cool how they incorporated calligraphy into the artwork-AC

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Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar

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In Iran the arts started flourishing in the 1950's and continued though the early 70's. Many art fairs, festivals, and galleries were held (1958-66). These galleries and art fairs gained many local supporters and even attracted foreign collectors, these art fairs were backed by the gov.(The Shiraz Arts Festival at Persepolis) Artists, musicians, and dancers from all around the world came to 'The Shiraz Arts Festival At Persepolis', This helped continue/ pushed the lively art scene. Abstract lettering with calligraphy had been popularized by Faramarz Pilaram and Hossein Zenderoudi. these works focused on the configuration and forms of the letters not as much focus on the content of the art pieces. Most of the push of the arts came from the economic success Iran was having with the polices the Shah at the time(Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi and the Empress Farah Diba). (Ekhtiar, Maryam, and Julia Rooney. “Years Leading to the Iranian Revolution, 1960–79: Essay: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.” The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, 1 May 2016, www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/irnv/hd_irnv.htm.)

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Its interesting how so much of their media is inspired by the western media. - AC

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Its interesting how so much of their media is inspired by the western media. - AC

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In the mid 1970s miniskirts and rock music reigned. Since the revolution, the government banned certain things which made creativity in music hard to make. Guitarist Kourosh, he rebelled during the revolution by making rock n roll music. He was inspired by The Beatles, The Ventures, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. He mixed classical music he grew up with, and western instrumentation. While he was the rock n roll "god", Googoosh was a part of his band, and she was poetic songstress. Eventually, when Khomeini took power in Iran, rock n roll and pop music was overall banned. It was banned because, leaders of Iran did not appreciate how westernized it was.

They rocked in Iran before the revolution - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Pre-Revolutionary Iranian Pop: Googoosh to Farrokhzad | The World from PRX

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It is very interesting how western media influenced iranian culture. -HZ

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Im suprised rock music was popular in iran - mws

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Im suprised rock music was popular in iran - mws

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It's interesting how much western media influenced Iran before the revolution. AP

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It's interesting how much western media influenced Iran before the revolution. AP

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Why did Iran's government think they needed to ban certain things? CB

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Why did Iran's government think they needed to ban certain things? CB

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Although the movie industry was fairly average in Iran, there are some to be mentioned. To name a few, The Pleasure of Love in Iran is described as, "A couple find their erotic love mirrored perfectly in the architecture and mosaics of Iran." (IMDb: The Pleasure of Love In Iran) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0196855/ With the director being Agnès Varda, this short film scored a 6.4 stars out of 10. Another example of Iranian films prior to 1979 is Torkaman. Torkaman is a 1974 Iranian Persian-genre romance film directed by Amir Shervan with a 4.8 stars out of 10 rating.https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1914389/ Looking at the cover picture it looks as if the actors are sporting a rather American hairstyle for that time demonstrating the Western influence is well integrated into Iranian culture.

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I find it interesting that meat was looked down on, then it became popular.-kg

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Cuisine Prior to the revolution in Iran 

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Cuisine Prior to the revolution in Iran 

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Iranian cuisine pre-revolutionary was filled with bread, rice, meat, and dairy. Bread which had made its way from Russia into the pallets of the Iranians by being served with feta cheese. Rice being another major part in the diet had stemmed from others in the surrounding central Asian cultures but was influenced to fit the Persian diet with the making of Tahdig a crispy rice. In Iran meat had been a variety of poultry, lamb, beef, and fish. Pork was once something that was consumed but had died off due to the rising influence of Islamic beliefs, but Christians in Iran were allowed it the high price of pork diminished its popularity. The most consumed meat was lamb, and beef was seen as something to look down on. However, by the mid-twentieth century beef became a popular meat. The dairy in Iran comes different from the west by Iran's dairy coming from a female goat instead of a cow, this resulted from the nomadic tribes based in Iran. Yogurt was a major part in the Iranian diet and was usually made at home. Lighvan is a domestic cheese that is like feta cheese, it is the most popular cheese usually put on bread, cucumbers, or walnuts.

The Unmanly chef. Food with a backstory: Persian food. 2014.

https://theunmanlychef.com/food-back-story-persian-food/ . Accessed 31 Jan. 2024