We entered Iran from Turkey on June 11, 1977. Here's our route map across Iran:
Most of the small villages in Iran look like this. Mud brick buildings surrounded by a treeless wilderness.
This is a typical tea shop in a souk (market). Domed roof with an opening to let out the heat. They served tea, flat bread and yogurt and some sticky sweet desserts.
This is an ancient cooling tower and is part of this regions ancient water management system know as a qanat. These are underground canals and bore holes used to bring precious water to where its needed. The towers cool the air and water by evaporation.