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Persepolis remains a major tourist attraction in Iran and apparently there are suggestions to rehabilitate the archeological site as it is a proclamation of Iranian history. The tent city remained operating until 1979 for private and government rent, when it was looted by locals after the Shah fled. The iron rods for the tents and roads for the festival area still remain and are open as a park, but there are no markers making any reference to what they were for. The rededicated Azadi Tower is a major landmark in Tehran. The mausoleum of Reza Shah Pahlavi was destroyed after the revolution and replaced by an Islamic religious school.
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