Iason Athanasiadis's photographs of Iranian society

4 September 2005: A panoramic view of Tehran at dawn, before the morning rush hour generates the capital’s customary pall of smog Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis/Iason Athanasiadis

22 May 2006: Teenage girls protesting against their ban from attending football games wave a national flag outside the training ground of the Azadi (Freedom) stadium in Tehran. Women are banned by law from going to games due to concerns that the sight of footballers will stoke lust for them Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis

30 June 2006: Multicoloured boats lie next to Lake Zarivar, in the western Kordestan province Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis/Iason Athanasiadis

28 October 2005: A chador-clad woman with an antiquated analogue Zenit camera and a foreign photographer struggle for the same shot during the annual Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis/Other

30 January 2007: Two women walk away from a commemoration of the feast day of Ashura in the western town of Khorramabad. Their chadors bear a symbolic handprint and the legend 'Oh Hossayn', in reference to the seventh-century martyrdom of the prophet Muhammad’s grandson Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis/Iason Athanasiadis

26 December 2006: A model strikes a pose at an underground fashion show in Tehran before a mixed-sex audience. The Islamic republic’s cultural authorities ban female models from appearing before male audiences unless they are wearing Islamic dress Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis

21 March 2005: A skier and a snowboarder ride a shah-era ski lift in the Shemshak ski resort near Tehran. Islamic regulations are more laxly enforced in holiday resorts such as Shemshak and Kish Island Photograph: Iason Athanasiadis/Iason Athanasiadis