Mehrshahr

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Mehrshahr (in Persian: مهرشهر) is an area located south-west of Karaj city, in Tehran province, Iran. The word Mehrshahr is composed of Mehr which means sun or love, and Shahr which means city. So Mehrshahr means city of sun or love (while this name is not very connected to the actuall geographical facts of the area).

[edit] History

In 1960s the area was mostly made up of large apple orchards owned by the members of the Pahlavi dynasty. They built the Morvarid palace and a small set of scattered villas. The area was not open to the public.

After a decade the number of these houses increased and the area was reshaped into a town. Since 1979, when Pahlavi family left the Iran, the area has been opened for public residency and became populated. The old areas are now recognized as Phases One, Two and Three which are around the Shahrdari boulevard. Many other new towns like Kianmehr, Phase Four and Phase Five have also built in this area.

[edit] Today

Today Mehrshahr is also the name of a suburb of Karaj, including Mehrshar town itself and other close localities. Some of these localities and important areas include:

• Apple Garden
• Morvarid Palace
• Phases one, two and three of Mehrshahr (in Shahrdari boulevard)
• Golestan
• Hussein Abad (Vali-asr town)
• Kianmehr
• Phase four of Mehrshahr

Other towns, villages and localities in Mehrshahr suburb:

• Sohrabieh,
• Zanbagh town,
• Akbar Abad (Shahid Bagheri or Naft St.),
• Asad Abad,
• Kuye Afshar,
• Eram Blvd.,
• Kuye Mehr (Farhang),
• Shaban Abad,
• Akhtar Abad,
• Ahad Abad,
• Malek Abad,
• Rajab Abad and
• Agh Tapeh.