2. The Safavid Empire

3. Painting of the Battle of Karbala, Brooklyn Museum, NYC

4. 19th century Iranian Painting, now in Amsterdam

5. Shrine in Iraq, Karbala

6. Interior of Shrine to Hussein

7. Shiite Flagellation Ritual

8. Persian Rugs

9. Ali-qapu Palace

10. Sophisticated Bridges

11. Eman Mosque

12. The Peacock Throne

13. THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY

14. The Ayatollah Khomeini, Young and Old (1900-89)

15. American Hostages in Iran, 1979 – 1981, 444 Days in Captivity

16. Anti-Iranian Backlash

17. President
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad,
In office since 2005

18. Protests to the 2009 Elections

19. Ayatollah Ali Khameini