In the eight decades since the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing tens of thousands in seconds; dooming tens of thousands more to death by injury and radiation poisoning; and effectively ending the Second World War. Here, on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945, photos from the dawn of the Atomic Age.

Rasa – Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The presence of people at the ballot box signifies their acceptance of the elected person and according to the constitution, the presidency will be validated by the leadership to give it legitimacy.”