Vintage 1970’s Pre-Revolution Inter-Continental Tehran Ashtrays Set of 2

Set of two Vintage Inter-Continental Tehran ashtrays. Features red and blue logos on white ceramic. No cracks or chips Been in storage for 50 years History The Inter-Continental Tehran opened in October 1971. The 13-story, 400-room hotel was built to house foreign tourists attending the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire festivities that same month. The hotel cost $13 million, with 50% of the funding supplied by the Iran National Tourist Organization, 25% supplied by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, and the remaining 25% provided by Pan Am's Inter-Continental Hotels division, which also operated the hotel and used it to host Pan Am air crews. During the Iranian Revolution, the hotel housed large numbers of international reporters. In 1980, all foreign hotel chain contracts were severed by the Iranian government, and the hotel was renamed the Laleh International Hotel (Laleh means Tulip in Persian