Journey through Iran
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- In late 2013 I had the chance to travel through Iran for around 5 weeks, a great possibility to see more of a country that captivated my attention in previous years. Mostly making headlines for all the wrong reasons, there had to be more to a country with such a long and diverse history.
This travel video is a modest attempt to show some of the diversity that exists in Iran. It was edited in early 2014 and should be seen in a different (political) context than today's. The economic sanctions, that have recently been eased, were still very much in place. Many people were struggling to make a living, yet there always seemed a way to make things happen.
The openess and welcoming attitude of the Iranian people were probably the things that most impressed me. Walking the ancient bazaars was a great way to meet people and talk about daily life. Almost everywhere I went, I was received with a smile and in many cases a fresh cup of tea.
The video starts with a brief introduction of Iran's modern history. It then shows some different aspects of society, from the rural areas to the cities, from the country's broader economic picture to the role of religion.
It is by no means an attempt to give a full overview of Iran. You would have to read dozens of books, watch countless documentaries, and do more research. The best advice I can give if you want to learn more about this fascinating country, however, is to visit for yourself. No doubt, you will be surprised.
Copyright of all footage: Hoffer Media
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IRAN one of great n beautiful country, lots of love from INDIA 😃
Iran
So most indians migrated from Iran for sure. Huge similarity. Iran is beautiful, no doubt.
Iran one day I wanna visit... love from India
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This is the best footage I have ever seen about Iran. It's really accurate and true !
It tells about all Iranian social classes. You can see all the normal people and you can have a good idea about what Iranians and Iran looks like. This is not some bullshit propaganda who only show the rarest and most special Iranians in order to please some political or ideological goal.
Of course this is not ALL Iran, there is more too see, but it pictures really well what the majority of Iranians looks like.
Thank you !
Love this country.. my mom dad lived 15 years there... such emotional connection
I love Iran country, iranian so much. The love from Viet Nam
I enjoyed traveling to Iran through your eyes, even though you stayed for a very limited time, only a month or so. I am absolutely positive, that you had done a very extended study, and exploring about Iran before traveling to Iran. Tourists who travel to Iran must have in-depth questions and understandings about the human race. Iran offers a society and culture which has been shaped throughout many centuries. Iran defends its culture and way of living because Iranians enjoy being caring and friendly. Iranians are nature-friendly and human-friendly. As you noticed, Iran is gathering of many different cultures with a different language, but they all chose to be called Persians/Iranians . Upon my prediction, there would be an end of time on earth, but I can't point out its cause, or estimate the time, but I can assure you, country of Iran will be there to witness it.Long Live Iran.
+Farid Aryan Thank you for your reply Farid, glad to read you enjoyed the video. You are right, 5 weeks is much too short to spend in Iran. Hopefully I can visit again one day.
your welcome to iran at any time and in hope you enjoy more then last time :)
were they christian before i mean Persians just a question
Really awesome)) We also visited IRAN a few mounth ago
Aleksandra Chernenkova what you do in iran
Most people have family or at least people they know there, but some just go to explore as well.
we have a lot of rainfall and snowfall in this month so Iran can be amazing for tourists in next month , because most of Mountains and deserts are colourful by wildflowers
Aleksandra Chernenkova for what ?
Travelling
I am Bangladeshi. but I love iran.
ইতিহাসবেত্তা The Historian
I'm a vagina but I love eating ass...!!!😜😜😜
Love my country IRAN
Great thanks
m Bangladeshi too and love IRAN, Grew up watching Iranina's movies
Thank you so much Steff for such a beautiful documentary. thanks a ton man !
love for Iran and great respect for ayatollah Khomeini and great Iranian people. love from India.
I love Iranian people, they are very kind. One day I will visit Iran it's my dream country love from India
So spot on! And it brought back so many sweet memories for me. Thank you!
I love Iran and I love their people. Such friendly people. Love you all :)
absolutely beautiful, will visit next year. thanks
GREAT documentary!!!!! Congrats for this video and the way that you share with us that amazing culture!
thanks for sharing your times and your thoughts
Don't know way I find myself watching this amazing videos of this faraway land of Iran.
I get lost for hours on end watching this documentaries. love the people & their culture. So different & yet so similar.
Beautiful documentary. Impartially made like it should have been made. Congratulations!
this is a well-prepared video. Thanks for your hard work!
Beautful Iran and beautiful Iranian. North of Iran is heaven on earth. Lush green with tea planted mountains on one side and Caspian sea on the other side. Qizvin is the first city while traveling from Tehran, then Lagrood, Sari and lastly Rasht. Raining is frequent and the weather is cool, damp compared to hot summer months in the rest of Iran. Shahre-Babak, Kirman was the place where I stayed for 5 years working as a doctor. That part of Iran is desert with hot summermonths ,although weather is surprisengly cool in Shahre-Babik. Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, Mashad, Shiraz, Tabrez, Hamadan, Bander Abbas, Abadan are beautiful cities.
the good thing is this video is that it shows the more classic parts of iran. every other youtuber only shows the modern parts of there.
thanks steff :) brilliant as always :)
Thank you for this provocative & informative documentary. You have covered things I never knew about these. mysterious people.
It is beautiful! ☺️ I from México!
Great, like Irán
Great video!!! just beautiful and amazing... hope to visit Iran someday.
Greetings from Costa Rica :)
Thank you for this very well told and shown story of your travel... I loved it...
LOVE FROM ROMANIA❤️
Zendeh bad IRAN !!!❤️🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience. Really enjoyed it.
We have a lot of rainfall in this year so spring season can be amazing in Iran ,If you are a backpacker try to travel to Iran in march or April
Very educational and thought provoking documentary. Thank you for sharing.
Those Iranian children seem so friendly and welcoming! Love 🇮🇷
Iran is in my bucket list. Love from india. May god bless u all and your Rehbari system. We here in indian occupied kashmir we are muslims becoz of iran. We are still alive becoz of iran. Irani taught us art..thankue iran
Fantastic. Thanks for posting.
I too love Iran beautiful people and landscape...Love from India
love from india :)
its sad to see iranians have to go through some of the hardest times back and even dare to stand against superpowers. who dares that? hats off to these beautiful people. i felt sorry at somepoints but realized it couldnt have been anybetter than this. We know how badly libya, egypt, syria, iraq got tricked but Iran is standing strong and I am proud of it no matter shia or sunni, we love as a muslim
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Nice covered major things about Iran. Very well directed. :)
Great video, educational. Thank you
Excellent documentary. Thank you for sharing. Danke schoen.
Photographer: you made avery nice educational videos here! Excellent!!
Why nobody goes to the north of Iran.
There is a different world on the coast of Caspian sea.
Simply took my breath away. I will never forget the last line: "If travel is most interesting when it surprises, then Iran might just be the most eye opening destination in the world."
Prachtige reportage over dit geweldige veelzijdige land. Heb nu al zin om weer te gaan....
Thank you so much for this unbiased video. :)
@Rose indo Good question
I appreciate the various aspects of the Iranian culture, history and tradition that is being presented in the documentary. Having said that I would say 5 weeks is a short time to be able to appreciate a civilization that dates back to 1000 BC. I would in my life would like to visit Isfahan and Shiraz. Iran is a beautiful country and it deserves to be portrayed to the western world the way it is with its rich culture and civilization.
P.S. I wonder why Mashhad was not mentioned in in the documentary.
Really excellent. Much enjoyed.
This viedo was wonderfull. Thank you.
If you are a backpacker try to travel to Iran in Next month because most of Mountains & Deserts are green and colourful by wildflowers , I am a backpacker too and I was in Many areas in Iran,India ,Nepal and Andaman islands .
I rally like the document move thank you
Iran is such a lovely country, it was a very unique experience for 18 days across the country, Iranians are the best people in the world, not the image of 'axis of Evil'
Good documentary, very calm very smooth
Hey Loren....We have a lot of rainfall & Snowfall in this month ,So if you are a backpacker try to travel to Iran in March or April ,because spring can be amazing here and most of Mountains are colourful by wildflowers ,,,,,,I am a backpacker from Iran
Fascinating video. You should produce similar content from other places you’ve traveled to
Thanks, I'm trying to upload new content.
for me this video is so beautiful and Emotion about Iran, its shows how wonderful Iran Really is, people of Iran, They're so religious and am personally respect to all of Iranian People. the landscape/history Place are so stunning..
Politics/Government made Iran So down, i guess the people is so Open minded and friendly, i never visit Iran but its in my Bucket List maybe on May/June/July this Year 2017. ( am Sunni Muslim from Kuala Lumpur)..
Most beautiful country with wonderful people, a big salute & respect from India
you are a real journalist .you tried to show facts.It can help our tourism .thanks a lot Mr Hoffer
Iran so unique to me ,like I'm standing of the mountain peak then i can see the one side day of sun and one side night of moon
I enjoyed this video so much. The voice, the videos, music, sound etc, was relaxing. And I sure learned a lot
Great effort, well done :)
really good documentary
thank you .
your video took me to places in my own country i had never seen before .
how come you went to so many deserted places?
i ask this because most tourists just take the routine route , tehran ,Damavand ,Isfahan ,SHiraz and Yazd and back to tehran but you broke that routine and went to places i admit i had never been or seen . i was amazed .
you went to most poor places .i had heard that the westerners love these places ,.is that true?
big love from Saudi Arabia to iran
I hope Iran become secular again one day- Love from Turkey
Please shut up, I am an Iranian...
We hate secularism, Islam is our love and life.
usernamemetin bak mal onlar farslar sen kafana onlar sıçmak isterler. Sen Türk olduğunu unutma !!! Masın yahu
Javad Goudarzi maybe its your life and your love not me and many other like me. don't generalize it talk for yourself...
You mean secular enough to ban hijab like in turkey?Sorry we're Muslims not kaffaar.
i have been there too...love iranian so much
Was that Bazaar you visited in Tabriz by any chance? Its a shame you didn't visit the North of Iran along the Caspian; very lush, green and beautiful there. The Road from Tehran to the Caspian is quite an eye opener too! Glad you enjoyed your stay :)
I am Indian & I support Iran. every time U.S try to show they are 'elder brother' all over the world, but this is not applicable in Iran & India. long live India & Iran.....
Marhaba! Love from Bangladesh.
Thank you Stef Hoffer sir for showing the reality.
What I love watching was their pride for their history. Afganistan taliban demolished buddhist statues, similar things happened in syria, Iraq. TheyTry to wipe out all non muslim history but same is not for Iran. It cherishes it's history alongside it's religion. this amaze me the most. Also, most Islamic countries are too conservative but on contrast Iran is liberal and gives importance of freedom of choice which is not only good but also an eye opener for other islamic countries.
The hindi word bazaar and many other words are derived directly from persian which highlights the links between india and iran.
Even bodybuilding ways are similar. And yes special to mention their love for poetry which clearly demonstrates knowledge is mightier than swords.
Nice video !
nice and informative
Someday I also hope go to Iran from Japan
I think Iran is the most beautifull country in the Middle East. Let's hope it becomes much more liberal in the future.
Well maybe because it is not i Middle east but central Asia?
Junaid Nadeem it is in the middle East.
fuck you and your liberlism bitch you cant stop islam the true faith
+Knight's King
What makes you think it is better/trueer than other religions?
Itspietertime its perfect and love
Iran is such an amazing country in theworld.
Would love to see Iran 1 day.
Very interesting video and presented with as much fairness as possible. I am also glad that you called the stretch of water to the south of Iran by its proper name that has been used for more than 2000 years, the Persian Gulf. It seems that the Arabs and the BBC are the only two interested parties that refarin from calling it the Persian Gulf, always the Gulf or at times the Arabian Gulf which incidentally is geographically incorrect. Many Thanks, A.G
wow......nice country iran........i never see before about iran.....!! we all Bangladeshi love and respect irani culture ..........!!! in sha Allah i will go in winter for enjoy snowfall ...............!!!
Lots of Love for Iran from Pakistan 😍
#Long_Live_ Iran ✌
thanks a lot steff hoffer superb nation, nice cinematography, direction as well as beautifully narrated awesome people nice culture. Am from India being in such great cultural mother I loved Iran and found many similarities with our country, am not a follower of Islam but till now had a wrong perception about Islamic countries because of my poor knowledge gained by different wars like gulf war, Syrian civil war Egyptian war and our lovely neighborhood but this video changed my perception over Islamic countries and governance and their culture.... lovely work now I really want to visit Iran but right away can't afford due to economic reasons and few commitments so pls visit places and upload such wonderful videos 😍😘😅😝🙏👍👌.. thank you sir.
Iranians are the best people ever known to me, very friendly people. Is there a way to migrate to Iran, I never know.
awesome video, #beautifulcountry
Great country nice. salam from Indonesia
I love iran, from india
Would like to come and travel through Iran on my Harley love from Ireland
Nice video
Phenomenal documentary. Footage, music & insight all 5 star! question, can someone translate what's written on the hand of the girl that reveals her palms.
on her left hand, marg bar amrika, "death to america"; on right hand, janam fedaye rahbar, "my life for the leader".
+romillyh unfortunate.
Thanks
love from india
nice video
Hi hoffer, I couldn't recommend you more but to visit najaf to karbala, Iraq by walk. This is an estimate 3 to 4 day walk to reach karbala before or at aashoora. You could see the heaven on Earth while walking along the road.
are you on Drugs???? I wouldn't send my enemy to that part of the world.
lool
:-) Despite of ongoing war in Iraq and despite of terrorist threats, 20-22 million mourners continue to #Karbala to observe #Arbaeen of #ImamHussain every year.
It's not a bias or bigoted documentary, but in my neutral opinion on " The Documentary" Politics and Religion gets much more attention than needed. Out of 34 minutes nearly 11-14 minutes are spent on either politics or religion. Iran has much more to offer than religion and politics.
down with the america:D where did u found iiiit?I never see sth like that in Iran?...!!
nice journey
went to passargad but not Shiraz which is only few miles away!!!!!!
I Live Persia for ever. God bless him
Although very eyeopening and nicely edited, as an Iranian I have a complaint to make. The music that you used is considered a stereotypical "desert" music and has little to nothing to do with Iran. Traditional and modern Iranian music is completely different than what you have used in your otherwise very nicely done documentary. Thanks for visiting our country. :)
Iran is a very powerful country, managing to resist globalization for 38 years.
Although most Iranians are brave and have always stood against injustices but, on the other hand, they are very kind, hospitable and peaceful
Great and nice country
This is one of the classy video i have ever seen. I am from pakistan and i am muslim. Its really nice feeling how you describe about islam but there are some miss conceptious in this video.
A very neutral docu, this is what alot of people including me search for, unfortunately very few such examples nowdays. Only the fear mongering and beating of war drums. Off course, i knew Iran is nothing like what/how they portray in the western media, because they have the same perception about all Muslim majority countries(their allies exempted). But hey! thats them, aint nothing we can do about it.
Keep up the good work. Cheers.
Iranians are beautiful people
Can someone tell me where in Iran can I find the best quality and cheapest price for a Real Persian Rug? Thanks!
Go to Tehran city and ask for Bazar area