PhotoBlog - climbers

Jul

2011

3:53pm, EDT

Vahid Salemi / AP

Female Iranian climber, Mahsa Hosseinabadi, right, and an unidentified female climber ascend Pars rock, at the Band-e-Yakhchal mountains, northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 29.

Female Iranian climbers practice in Band-e-Yakhchal mountains

Given the Islamic dress code in Iran, it's pretty surprising to see these women climbers near Tehran dressed like western women.

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