I am a historian, so you cannot blame me for being interested in my own history. I never knew my grandmothers, as both were dead by the time I could remember anything. My paternal grandfather also had died years before I was born. My maternal grandfather lived far away, and I have a relatively small family. But I like their history, the connections we have to the history of Tehran, and I love old photographs. So, here is a little photo-essay for you.

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