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Oil refinery complex at Abadan
A BLEND OF OLD AND NEW
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Rapidly
modernizing lran still retains its links with the
post. While oil dominates lran's export pic–
ture, famed Persian carpets still find ready
access to world markets. Picture, above right,
shows rug maker washing his product prior to
sale. Nation's capital, Teheran, with over
3,000,000 people, is growing rapidly and is
the hub of the nation's nonpetroleum-based
industry. Construction is seen everywhere and
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swirling automobile traffic attests to the
nation's growing prosperity. A taxi ride in Te–
heran is almost more exciting than a Coney
lsland roller coaster. Shopping in Teheran is
en joyable for the foreigner as well. Shops and
bazaars are well stocked with all types of con–
sumer goods, from brilliantly colored fabrics
to glittering silver and turquoise jewelry. Handi–
craft items, fortunately, hove not disappeared
in lran's rush into the modern world.