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Abadan Summer of 78 Abadan - the way it was Photographs by Hamid Arjomand February 15, 1999 The Iranian I guess it would be romantic to think that I had some subconscious feeling that I would not go back to Abadan for a long while. It was the summer of 1978, right before the Cinema Rex fire. I borrowed my mother's camera, put on my Ray Bans, and jumped on my Honda moped on a hot afternoon. So it was that I documented as many of the streets of Braim as the two rolls of film permitted: Note: The locations of where some of these photos were taken are unknow. If you know, let us know: Buildings - Annex - Tennis club - Naft Club - Near Naft club - Airline offices - Babak school - Hotel Abadan - Khoosheh - Super Ladan - "Deefteery" 1 - "Deefteery" 2 - Building 2 - Circle near Sunshine - Building 4 Installations - Refinery 1 - Refinery 2 - Petrochemcal plant - Ship repair platform Streets - Near Radio Abadan - Street 2 - Street 3 - Chaharbagh - Chaharbagh - Street 6 - Street 7 - Bus stop, Chaharbagh - Street 9 - Street 10 - Street 11 Other - Driving test mound - Circle - Field 1 - Field 2 - Near Abadan Hotel - Near Taxi-raani - Send a comment for The Iranian letters section Links * Abadan section * Features * Cover stories * Bookstore * Who's who * Subscribe to The Iranian Times Copyright © Abadan Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. May not be duplicated or distributed in any form Web Site Design by Multimedia Internet Services, Inc Internet server by Global Publishing Group.