![This picture showed a photo of a woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973 5 years before the Islamic Revolution, according to Reddit and Twitter, but in reality was taken in 1971 and the cake was for a colleague's birthday.](https://media-proxy.snopes.com/width/600?url=https://media.snopes.com/2022/08/sima-cake-photo-hand.jpg)
The original photograph print of Sima cutting her colleague’s cake in Tehran in 1971.
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Woman wear western clothes in this 1970’s shot (Image: bowshrine.com)2 of 13 -
The infamous 1979 revolution changed Iran drastically (Image: bowshrine.com)3 of 13 -
Iran’s Islamic Revolution led to major upheaval and reform (Image: bowshrine.com)4 of 13 -
Iranian gal pals hang out poolside in revealing swimsuits (Image: bowshrine.com)5 of 13 -
This magazine cover would be unimaginable today (Image: bowshrine.com)6 of 13 -
The 70’s was a time when denim dungarees were acceptable (Image: bowshrine.com)7 of 13 -
Women are free to dress as they choose (Image: bowshrine.com)8 of 13 -
Pre-1979 Iran was a different country to the one we see today (Image: bowshrine.com)9 of 13 -
1970’s Iran is worlds away from how it is today (Image: bowshrine.com)10 of 13 -
Women were not forced to wear the hijab before the 1979 Iranian Revolution (Image: bowshrine.com)11 of 13 -
Men wear 1970s-style fashion (Image: bowshrine.com)12 of 13 -
Iranian women pose for a group photo (Image: bowshrine.com)13 of 13