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Tehran has a wide range of shopping centers, and is home to over 60 modern shopping malls. [86] [87] The city has a number of commercial districts, including those located at Valiasr, Davudie, and Zaferanie. The largest old bazaars of Tehran are the Grand Bazaar and the Bazaar of Tajrish. Iran Mall is the largest mall in the world in area. [88]
Tehran Times newspaper begins publication. 1980 Reza Zavarehi becomes mayor, succeeded by Seyed amal ol-din Neek Ravesh. [11] Iranian legislative election, 1980 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) held. German Embassy School Tehran inaugurated. 1981 28 June: Hafte Tir bombing. Apadana Residential Complex built. Gholam-Hossein Deljoo ...
Despite the occurrence of earthquakes during and before the Qajar era, some buildings still remain from Tehran's era of antiquity. However, most of Tehran's historic architecture has been obliterated by a wave of hasty modernisation that has swept the capital over the last 40 to 50 years. Of the eight city gates of old Tehran, none remain today.
Tehran men celebrating the 1953 Iranian coup d'état. Initially there were hopes that post-occupation Iran could become a constitutional monarchy. The new, young Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi initially took a very hands-off role in government, and allowed parliament to hold a lot of power. Some elections were held in the first shaky years ...
Makhsus Road: This road is the old road from Tehran to Karaj. Because trucks are not allowed on the freeway this road has a high congestion of trucks. Road 38: This road connects Tehran to Shahriar and Malard in southwestern Tehran and continues towards Buin-Zahra in Qazvin province. Road 44: This Expressway connects Tehran to Mashhad.
A mosque in Oudlajan Remains of an old wealthy house. Oudlajan is amongst the oldest neighborhoods of Tehran, for it already existed when Tehran was still a village. Its inhabitants originally spoke a dialect that was very much akin to that of Shemiran. [2] The neighborhood used to be situated in the north-eastern part of what is old Tehran.
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa ...
An old locomotive that connected Tehran and Ray on one of Iran's earliest railways. In the middle of the 19th century, Ray was described as a place of ruins, the only settlement being around the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine. [31]