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| | SalamIran - Province of Tehran |
 | | After his return to Iran, Nader Shah sent part of the booties to the neighboring monarchs as souvenir, and donated a major portion of it to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. |
 | | The inverted Y-shaped monumental Banay-e Azadi (Azadi Tower) in the vicinity of Tehran airport, now a symbol of Tehran as the country’s capital, and composed of 2,500 facing stone pieces in 15,000 different shapes, was built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the establishment of the Iranian Empire. |
 | | On the first floor, Iran’s postage stamps, photographs relating to postal services, as well as all sorts of instruments and equipment used in mail distributions, including horse carriages used to this same purpose during the Qajar period, are preserved and displayed. |
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