Photos of Iran in the 1960s and 1970s often shock people today. Women in universities without headscarves. Western fashion in Tehran. Nightclubs, cinemas, and modern highways. This was not an illusion — but it was also not the full picture. Iran under the Shahs was a country racing toward modernity while quietly storing up resentment. | History Gone Bananas

Photos Show What Life Looked Like for Iranian Women Before 1979 Revolution

Women Who Were Nearly Forgotten by the Folk Revival Scene of the 1960s

When Hijab Was Not in Force, Vintage Photographs Show How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1960s and 1970s