![Sporting another mustache look in Isfahan](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sporting-another-mustache-look-in-Isfahan.jpeg)
Men across the country and from a broad range of backgrounds posed for Irish photographer Owen McCann who was travelling in Iran. ‘There was an obvious language barrier,’ he says, ‘but I found them to be very gentle and shy. I didn’t detect any macho tendencies among the men I encountered which surprised me a little. They were especially meticulous regarding grooming and their general appearance.’
![A man stands against a backdrop of ruins in Yazd.](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A-man-stands-against-a-backdrop-of-ruins-in-Yazd..jpeg)
![A sharply dressed badminton player at the park in Isfahan](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A-sharply-dressed-badminton-player-at-the-park-in-Isfahan.jpeg)
![The Iranian dress code](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-Iranian-dress-code.jpeg)
![young Iranians converge in Park-e Shahr to exhibit their hip hop skills](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/young-Iranians-converge-in-Park-e-Shahr-to-exhibit-their-hip-hop-skills.jpeg)
![A cool Tehrani](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A-cool-Tehrani.jpeg)
![Ice cream in the desert, on the outskirts of Yazd](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Ice-cream-in-the-desert-on-the-outskirts-of-Yazd.jpeg)
![A man squints in the glaring sun of Isfahan](http://iranianstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A-man-squints-in-the-glaring-sun-of-Isfahan.jpeg)
Iranian men at their leisure – in pictures
http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/gallery/2015/jan/19/-sp-iranian-men-profile-pictures