tehran

     

Tehran (or Teheran) (tʰehˈɾɒn (help·info); Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital an largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province.

Trivia about tehran

  • (Johnny Gilbert reads.) Teri was seen at the airport by Misou, who was on her way to a shoot in this capital of Iran
  • At about 7 million, this Iranian city is the Middle East's second most populous, after Cairo
  • In 1971 the Shah put up the Shahyad Towers in this city; the tower has been renamed
  • In 2003 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became mayor of this capital city
  • This capital's name is derived from the Old Persian for "warm place"
  • 8 Americans were killed April 24, 1980 in a failed attempt to rescue American hostages held in this city
  • This Iranian capital lies at the foot of the Elburz mountains
  • Its name ends in the same 3 letters as its country, Iran
  • A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city
  • On April 24, 1980 an attempt to rescue 53 hostages in this capital city was called off
  • Its historic Toopkhaneh Square is now Imam Khomeini Square
  • A 2003 memoir:"Reading Lolita in" this capital
  • The name of this Middle Eastern capital is Persian for "warm place"

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