U.S. Envoy Averell Harriman in Tehran, Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian oil conflict. Harriman disembarks from a U.S. aircraft and is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady. He climbs up the steps of the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). Harriman meets with the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at the Niavaran Palace. Harriman with Iranian government officials. Protest by the communists in the Parliament Square (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 12, Baharestan Square, MCRJ+7HF, Iran). People holding placards demonstrate. Police on horseback try to control the crowd. Harriman in conference with Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (or Mossadegh).
Street scenes in pre revolution Tehran, Iran. A policeman directs traffic in front of the Bagh-e Melli Gate (Tehran, District 12, Imam Khomeini St, Iran) at the National Garden of Tehran. The policeman stands beside a traffic light. Cars, buses, horse carts, and bicycles are seen in traffic. Iranian worker man uses a primitive rope reel to pull a bucket out of a hole in downtown Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran).
Scenes of Tehran, Iran during World War 2. A view of the Royal Palace of Tehran. The Sepahsalar Mosque (Jomhuri Ave Baharestan Square, Tehran 11369 Iran) and its minarets. Traffic stops for crossing camel caravan. An American soldier in a Jeep, waits for the camel caravan to pass. Camels, trucks, cars, horse drawn carriage, bicycles, and bus, in a traffic circle in Tehran. Veiled women in streets. A commercial shopping district in the city, with streets, wide sidewalks, and numerous shops in buildings. Many pedestrians and shoppers are seen. Many men and women wear modern Western-style clothes. In contrast, the next scene shows camels and merchants in a traditional old-style open-air market.
Cars and horse carts move past the Iran Central Bank building, now the Treasury of National Jewels Museum (Tehran Province, Tehran, Javadiyeh, 213 Avenue Central Bank of Ferdowsi, Iran.) Cars drive past the modernist Bank Melli Iran building on Ferdowsi Avenue, Tehran. Tehran Toopkhaneh / Sepah Square (Imam Khomeini Sq.) with view of Reza Shah Pahlavi statue.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Tehran, Iran. President Nixon and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi look out from the rooftop opening of their car in a motorcade. President Nixon, the Shah, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon and Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi, wife of the Shah of Iran, step from a car at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). The children of Shah Pahlavi greet Mr. and Mrs. Nixon upon their arrival. The group poses for pictures. The group enters the palace.
A reception for U.S. President Richard Nixon at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran, Iran. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon and Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanu or Empress of Iran, greet guests prior to a sumptuous state dinner. Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and President Nixon talk to each other while they shake hands with others. President Nixon, Shah and spouses heading for the dinner.
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