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Iranian mission established in Ottawa in 1956 and the first Canadian Head of Mission dispatched to Tehran in 1959

1-The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal- Photo credit: © National Archives of Canada

2-The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal -Photo credit: @ Mainvl

3-The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal- Photo credit: © National Archives of Canada

4-Interior of the Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal- Photo credit: © “Expo 67 Montreal Canada.” Toronto: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Photograph graciously supplied by D.C. Hillier

5-The hanging structure from the ceiling of the Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67 Photo credit: © A. John Robinson

6-This is an excellent photo detailing the fine artwork on the exterior of the Iran Pavilion at Expo 67. Photo credit: © Bill Dutfield

7- The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal -Photo credit: © Ken Patterson

8- Model to scale of the Iran Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal. Photo credit: © Commissioned by the Federal Corporation for Expo 67 and published by the Banque Nataionale de Paris.

9- Iran floor plan, Photo credit: © I. Kalin, “Expo 67 Building Materials, Systems and Techniques,” Dept. of Industry and Trade and Commerce, 1969

10-The construction of the Iran Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal – Photo credit: © Bill Dutfield

11-Iran’s pavilion was adorned by decorative tile work

12-Decorative interior wall of Iran’s pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal – Photo credit: © Bill Dutfield

13- Iran pavilion at night- Photo credit: © Bill Dutfield

14- Welcome to Iran Pavilion Expo 67 Pamphlet

15- The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal, Photo by Ghislain Bunneau @ www.gbphotodidactial.ca

16- The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal was on the Ile Sainte-Helene across from the Metro station

17- The Pavilion of Iran, Iran of the past, the present and the future: this is the theme within the framework of Man and his World

18- The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal – Its style was inspired by an ancient Iranian structure, and the tile work that decorates its columns is an authentic example of Iranian decorative art.

19- The Pavilion of Iran at Expo 67, Montreal, Photo by Gracieusete du Jean Laliberte

20- Iran at Expo 67 Canada

Professor Fazlollah Reza (Ambassador of Iran to Canada, from 1974 until the end of 1978) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Allan MacEachen), Ottawa 1975, Photo Credit: Mehregon Magazine, – Year 2 – Issue 14_May 2011

Professor Fazlollah Reza (Ambassador of Iran to Canada, from 1974 until the end of 1978) and Mayor of Montreal (Jean Drapeau), Montreal 1976 Photo Credit: Mehregon Magazine, Year 2 – Issue 14_May 2011

Iran at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games Group C: Iran Vs Cuba 20 July 1976 Lansdowne Road, Ottawa Attendance: 11,324 Referee: Adolf Prokop (GDR) HT: 1-0 IRAN 1 (Mazloomi) CUBA 0 Iran: Hejazi – Nazavi, Zolfoqalnassab, Abdollahi, Eskandarian (Nayebagha) -Parvin, Qelichkhani, Ghassempour – Rowshan, Mazloomi (Jaahni), Khorshidi.

Iranian fans at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games Group C: Iran Vs Poland, 22 July 1976 Olympic Stadium, Montreal Attendance: 32,309 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Bra) HT: 0-1 POLAND 3 (Szarmach 2, Deyna) IRAN 2 (Parvin, Rowshan)

Iran at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games Group C, Quarter-Finals, Iran Vs Soviet Union 25 July 1976 Municipal Stadium, Sherbrooke Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Col) HT: 1-0 SOVIET UNION 2 (Minaev, Zvagintsev) IRAN 1 (Qelichkhani) Iran: Hejazi – Nazavi, Zolfoqalnassab, Mirfakhrai, Eskandarian – Parvin, Qelichkhani, Ghassempor – Rowshan, Nouraii (Mazloomi), Jahani.

1976 Olympic Montreal, Weightlifting, 52 kg class Mohammad Nassiri won Bronze in 52 kg class Snatch: 100 kg, Clean and Jerk: 135 kg and Total: 235 kg

1976 Montréal Summer Olympics Mansour Barzegar won Silver in 74 kg Freestyle Wrestling

Iran Wrestling Freestyle team at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games Standing from right: Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (coach), Mansour Barzegar, Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi, Alireza Soleimani, Reza Soukhteh Saraei, Ebrahim Javadi Sitting from right; Mohammad Reza Navaei, Mohsen Farahvashi, Ramezan Kheder, Habib Fattahi and Sobhan Rouhi

Iran Olympic team at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games

Iran Olympic team at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games Left to right: Hassan Roshan (Football), GholamHossein Ghassab (Wrestling), Ali Parvin (Football), Mohammad Nasiri (weightlifting)

Mehdi Hashemi and Mohammed Hosein Adeli (Charge’d’ affaires of Embassy of Iran), Ottawa 1980, Photo Credit: Mehdi Hashemi