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The north of Iran is quite different from south of the mountains. I have been many times to the Caspian coast and into its hinterland. My girlfriend's grandfather was called "Shah Gilan" at one time. He owned vast tracts of agricultural land that the Shah took from him in the CIA-inspired White Revolution. Her older brother was mayor of Babolsar - one of the towns on the Caspian. It was an important assignment at one time as the Shah had a palace there.

But 50 years ago, there were few cars and few houses. This video is a bit of a shocker for me.

The hills are so steep that the torrential rains drain straight into the Caspian. Almost 2000mm (78" ) per year. I cannot understand why they cannot pipe some of this water to Tehran. The mountains go up above 4000m (13,000ft).

Mount Damavand is an extinct volcano. It is near Tehran. It has an elevation of 5,609 metres (18,402 ft) - 800m higher than Mont Blanc.