Mohammad Reza, the photographer who bewitches the West with Islamic Art

The Foreign Office has relaxed its travel advice over Iran, now considering the vast majority of the country safe for British travellers. Until July 25, the British government advised against travel to the whole of Iran, but changed its recommendations because of "decreasing hostility under President Rouhani's government", Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, said.

The revision comes just few weeks after an historic deal on Iran's nuclear programme was struck between western powers and the Iranian government: this new Iranian Nuclear Deal, in fact, plans to limit Tehran's nuclear ability in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

That is indisputably good news for those working in Iran's tourism industry and for tourists, too: actually, many policies are invalid for visits to regions or countries to which the Foreign Office advises against travel. The relaxation of travel advice may encourage more British travellers to visit Iran, which has 19 Unesco World Heritage Sites, the Middle East's tallest mountain, as well as atmospheric bazaars and mosques.

Iranian tourism is so required by people that the Unofficial tourism campaign Must See Iran is already covering cities and regions throughout the country, and encourages Iranians and tourists to share photos of Iran's cities, mountains, traditions and food.

Regarding this, an Iranian photographer 25-years has long promoted his incredible and sumptuous country. Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji (December 1990) is an Iranian architectural, panoramic and tourist attraction photographer born in Tehran. He lives in the northern city of Babol and studies physics at University of Mazandaran.

Despite this, he magnificently illustrates features of Persian and Islamic buildings along with the details in architecture photography through artistic standpoints. Over five years ago, Ganji embarked on a project to photograph Muslim places of worship around Iran from unexpected viewpoints; his collections have been published by CNN, Spiegel and National Geographic, among others.

At first, he was inspired after seeing some shots taken from the interior of the Egyptian pyramids online and wondered if he too could take pictures of significant historical sites, such as the famous Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque (also known as the Pink Mosque) in Shiraz. And he is one of first who were allowed to take photos in such a place, showing foreigners a side of the country rarely seen.

"To take professional photos especially using a tripod", Ganji told MailOnline Travel, "you require permits for most of these locations. I go through the paperwork process to obtain a permit a few days before my trip; It's not an easy process and there has been times when even with a permit, I didn't receive the appropriate reception from the people in charge", he added.

Ganji normally uses wide and fish-eye lenses, because "It allows me to show all of the area in one image. Many of my pictures are a combination of more than three images", he revealed.

Through his gaudy photos, Ganji hopes "people can get known of these monuments and their beauties through my photography and art. I look forward to expand my photo series and take interior shots of other historical and important architectures all around the world as well as remaining sites in Iran. I have been also greatly interested to take photos of Jewish and Christian holy sites".

If everybody thought like that, beauty and arts could save the whole world.

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