Rick Steves' Iran: Yesterday and Today

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Rick Steves in the Media

BBC Radio: "The World"

What was it like to film in Iran?

ABCNews.com Interview

A country full of paradoxes

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Travel guru assesses Iran

Los Angeles Times

Rick’s fascinating destination

Budget Travel

Rick shares impressions of Iran

Voices Education Project

Finding Peace in Esfahan

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Rick's sold-out talk on Iran

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Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of Iran's rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing nation, and experience Iranian life today in its historic capital and in a countryside village. Most important, you'll meet the people of this nation whose government so exasperates our own.

Debuting nationwide January 2009. If you’d like to see it on prime time in your city, please tell your local public television station.

Learn More About Iran

Iran Travel Journal

Rick's behind-the-scenes look at filming the special

Iran Radio Podcast

Rick discusses what he learned

Iran Slideshow

View Rick’s snapshots

Every Woman's a Nun?

About Iran's modesty rules

Living in a Theocracy

Iran's system of government

Islam in a Pistachio Shell

About this world religion

Bombast & Axis of Evil

A look at Iran-US tensions

Iran Almanac

Its geography, economy and more.

Encounters with Islam

Rick Steves' travel resources