Topic

Industrial Development

The Shah and Queen Farah Pahlavi visit the Tehran Research Reactor at its inauguration in 1967, during Iran’s period of rapid industrial and scientific development. Photo: Manoto
Essay

The Iran My Great-Grandfather Built

An old company book leads Noor Afshar to reconsider the Iran her great-grandfather helped build. Tracing GAMMA’s history across the 1979 Revolution, she reflects on industrial achievement, family memory, and what survives political rupture.

Noor Afshar