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Tehran (/ t ɛ ˈ r æ n,-ˈ r ɑː n, ... In 2009, the Ab-o-Atash Park ("Water and Fire park") was founded. Its main features are an open water fountain area for ...
1929 – Governmental Technical Institute founded. 1931 – University of Tehran Botanical Garden founded. [12] 1932 – The Second Eastern Women's Congress takes place in Tehran in Iran. 1934 University of Tehran inaugurated. Gholi Hooshmand becomes mayor. [11] 1937 National Library of Iran inaugurated. Marble Palace completed. 1938
The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great, was the largest empire the world had seen, spanning from the Balkans to North Africa and Central Asia. They were succeeded by the Seleucid , Parthian , and Sasanian Empires , who governed Iran for almost 1,000 years, making Iran a leading power once again.
The Achaemenid Empire is founded by Cyrus the Great after he overthrows and conquers the Median Empire. 547 BC: Cyrus conquers the Lydian Empire in western Asia Minor. 545–540 BC: Cyrus conquers Bactria, Arachosia, Sogdia, Sakastan, Chorasmia, and Margiana during his eastern campaign. 539 BC
The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great, was the largest empire the world had seen, spanning from the Balkans to North Africa and Central Asia. They were succeeded by the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, who governed Iran for almost 1,000 years, making Iran a leading power once again.
Tehran province (Persian: استان تهران) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.Its capital is the city of Tehran. [6]Tehran province covers an area of 18,814 square kilometres (7,264 sq mi) and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran.
The second site, located in the northern city of Semnan, the Imam Khomeini Spaceport – Iran’s first spaceport – made international headlines just last month when Tehran launched its heaviest ...
In April 2007, the Tehran police began the most fierce crackdown on "bad hijab" in more than a decade. In the capital Tehran thousands of Iranian women were cautioned over their poor Islamic dress and several hundred arrested. [55] In 2011, an estimated 70,000 police in Tehran alone, patrolled for clothing and hair infractions. [182]