Queen Elizabeth II state visit to Iran in 1961.



Film of the first visit to Iran by a reigning British Monarch. The Queen and
Prince Philip are greeted at Mehrabad Airport by Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi
and Queen Farah Pahlavi. At the 'Place of 24th Esfand' the Queen is presented
with keys to the city of Tehran; visit to the tomb of Reza Shah the Great at
Rey; visit to a workers housing estate; visit to the Conto Institute of
Nuclear Science at Tehran University; attendance at a sports display at
Amjadieh Stadium; visit to Isfahan; visit to Shiraz and the tomb of 14th
century poet Hafez; visit to Persepolis.