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[edit] Imam Khomeini International Airport

Imam Khomeini International Airport is now open, it is very far from the city which is why it is currently only taking flights from arabic countries, by 2006 summer it will be taking flights from all other countries.

As of Aug 4, 2005, Saudi Arabian Airlines was operating from Mehrabad. I think only flights to Dubai are from IKIA.--Zereshk 17:31, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tehran or Teheran

I believe it is Tehran, not Teheran, my source being Teach Yourself Persian. But the Persian script doesn't distinguish the two.

[edit] The original Persian spelling

The original Persian spelling of Tehran, as I have seen in many sources, was with a Tah (ط), and not a Teh (ت). That can be confirmed by visiting some Persian pages like [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], and [10], the latest of which is a letter from Mohammad Mosaddegh himself (search for the word طهران on the pages). Although the current Arabic language spelling is the same as the older Persian spelling, anti-Arabic advocates shouldn't be allowed to ignore the history of the word. I will revert the removal of the original spelling by the anonymous user 69.111.53.180, which was clearly labeled "originally", if no valid opposition comes up here (in, lets say, 48 hours). I seriously believe that bias against the Arabic language should not come in the way of undisputed facts. I also volunteer to find older official documents referring to the city as "طهران" if the need arises. "Nobody that I personally know of, spells Tehran that way" is not proof enough that Tehran was never spelled that way: Nobody I personally know of speaks Swahili either. Does that mean Swahili has never been spoken? Roozbeh 22:52, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The following paragraph has been heavily refactored to remove personal attacks. When refactoring, I have chosen to err on the side of leniency, allowing questionable-but-not-blatant portions to remain. The “content” of the message has not been changed, merely the inflammatory nature of the wording. SWAdair | Talk 03:59, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Roozbeh, my enquotion of "original" was in jest. The name Tehran is NOT an Arabic name. When the Arabs conquested Iran, they used to arabicize (both in spelling and pronounciation) all Iranian words and names. Later when the Arabic language flousirshed further, many people, including Iranians themselves, would intentionally arabicize as many words as they could in their writings, as a sign of "high education" and how "arabic literate" they are. This trend continued all the way until the end of the 19th century. They would even write french words such as "consul" with the arabic Q as Qonsul. Fortunately, Iranian intellectuals put an end to this [practice]. Sadly, however, even to this day there are people in Iran who call this "anti-arabism". It is YOU who is trying to perpetuate something that is clearly WRONG. Furthermore, this is English Wikipedia, why do you take your toolbox and go from page to page to page and put your "in Persian" mark on all articles? And as if that isn't bad enough, you want to even include old, WRONG, arabic spelling of words and names, too!!! and this is ENGLISH Wikipedia.
I want to mention in the article that Tehran was officially called "طهران" for some time, without trying to guess the reason (which is disputed). Is there anyway to do that in a way acceptable to you? BTW, Persian speakers in Afghanistan still spell and pronounce "consul" with a Ghaf (ق) officially. Letters, languages, spellings, and preferences shouldn't be called stupid, IMO. Wikipedia is here to document, not to prefer a certain reform in language or spelling. Roozbeh 13:57, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Mr. Roozbeh, first of all you are wrong, that mispelling of Tehran in Persian has never been "official" as you seem to indicate. However, it is quite official now that that old spelling was wrong and the official spelling is the correct spelling; and this has been established for a myriad of other misspellings of names and words in Persian. Secondly, what are you trying to achieve by including an outdated misspelling of the name of Tehran in an article in English about Tehran? What benefit can this possibly have for anyone to show in the ENGLISH article that for sometime, some people, in PERSIAN, used to misspell Tehran? I just like to understand your logic here, sir. Lastly, as I was reading some of your writings in Persian Wikipedia, and as another poster over there had noted and protested to you, your so-called "Persian" is, forgive me for using this word here, nauseating. It is essentially a string of arabic words connected together with thin persian grammar. This is exactly what others over there have complained about your Persian. I wonder if your real name is Roozbeh, as Roozbeh is a Persian name and Mullahs would only give Arabic names to their children. Other than your name everything else about you is indicative of a mullah (or son of a mullah) with Internet access.

Oh, and Mullah's are apes and do not think about things at all. MirzaGhalib 07:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The following comment has been refactored to remove personal attacks. SWAdair | Talk 04:01, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

DO NOT modify my writings in discussion area. This is not the main article, this is just the discussion area. People DO NOT want you to edit what they write in discussion areas. I am sick and tired of arguing with you.
Actually, we have a page here called Remova personal attacks which advocates that people should do this. Morwen 21:17, Apr 16, 2004 (UTC)

Note to 69.111.53.180 – Your positive contributions are welcome. YOU are welcome here. Inflammatory, personal attacks are not welcome and are against Wikipedia policy. Repeated behavior of this nature can lead to action being taken by the community, possibly resulting in a temporary or even permanent ban. If you continue to make personal attacks, it is likely that you will be banned, leaving only those who disagree with you to write the article. Again, you are welcome here, as are your positive contributions. Even disagreement is welcome, as that means you believe you can improve the Wikipedia. Please ensure that your conduct is professional, however. You will convince people by the force of your argument, not by the force of insults. SWAdair | Talk 04:03, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)


OK SWAdair, thanks. I agree with you. My using harsh langauge will actually work to his benefit and to my own disadvantage. I will respond to him above and yet again, try to reason with him. But trsut me, this person appears to be very unreasonable and stubborn.

Teheran?

Teheran?

What kind of moron says "Teheran"? I speak Persian, I've lived in Iran, Tehran and I've yet to see anyone pronounce Teh-ran as Teh-e-ran...

- Agreed. I've taken out the bit that says Teheran is more accurate, because it's not what I've heard and I haven't seen any evidence. If someone wants to add that claim back, please provide evidence. - anon, 5 June 2005

There is plenty of evidence in numerous books and sources where "teheran" is used. I think it has to do with the fact that the letter H in Teheran is correctly accentuated to reflect the Persian pronunciation, whereas in Tehran, the H is subdued, making the word sound like "Tay-ron". Anyhow, here is an example of Teheran being used in some older texts: [11] --Zereshk 00:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That is not evidence at all. It merely shows that the spelling Teheran is widely used in English, which we already know. The question is, what is the Persian name for the city? If it's Tehran the letter h is clearly and distinctly an [h]. This is common in Persian: shâh 'king', shahr 'city', have the [h] pronounced.

Nevertheless, I agree that it should be TEHRAN. But I also think we should mention: "also spelled Teheran in some texts". Otherwise, many people will start thinking Teheran is another city in Iran.--Zereshk 09:09, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This is not dissimilar to the difference between Isfahan (most common form used in English) and Esfahan (which more accurately reflects the Persian pronuniciation). As Zereshk has noted, when speaking Persian, Teheran more accurately reflects the Persian pronunciation, i.e. Tehe-ran (not Teh-e-ran) - in this form, the 'H' is accentuated, as there is a slight 'heh' in the pronunciation. Just thought I would point that out.

IMHO, the intro should be simplified for now as "Tehran or Teheran" as has been done in the article on Isfahan (city). But also, I am of the opinion that clarifying the proper Persian pronunciation (i.e. stating that Teheran and Esfahan more accurately represent Persian pronunciation, for example) for the reader is important. SouthernComfort 12:08, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

- I wrote Teheran on my userpage, it was a while back but I think it's because (and am curious as to why) it's sometimes written as Téhéran in French (where 'h' is a silent letter). -- Alireza Hashemi

[edit] Cleanup

This page is currently mostly a list of attractions. I serisously believe that the attractions should be discussed in one or two paragraphs and the reader referred to a longer page to know more about attractions of Tehran. It seems that an anoymous user keeps pasting these back in. Please consider reverting the article back to the shorter version. roozbeh July 2, 2005 02:54 (UTC)

[edit] Tourist information

Wow! This page was full of tourist information instead of information about the city itself. Please consider adding tourist information to Wikitravel for Tehran instead. roozbeh July 2, 2005 03:56 (UTC)

[edit] Roozbeh's unilateral rewrite

Every great cultural city in the world must set aside space to introduce its culture. Look at Saint Petersburg. 75% of their page is about their attractions. Berlin even has a special section for tourists, aside from its attractions. look at Hamburg, Vienna, Milan, Rome. At least half of their pages are about their cultural attractions.

I seriously think Roozbeh has no right to come around here once in a blue moon and gand bezaneh be safheh o bereh. YANEE CHEE????

If you think the page is too touristy, then why the hell did you rewrite the whole goddamn page? (and then put a cleanup tag after your own incredibly poor edits??!)

Mardom zahmat kesheedan eenjaa!!! And all you do is erase stuff you dont like.

hey zertee meeyaad gand mizaneh be hameh chee.

Im reverting back and making adjustments to make the page look less "touristy".

You are free to help with that. But I cant let you rewrite the entire page without the consent of the other editors.--Zereshk 2 July 2005 09:28 (UTC)

  1. If you think there is consensus about the way you think the page should be, show me consensus. It is only you who is talking about it.
  2. Please translate all you Persian sentences to English.
  3. As for your allegations in English, I didn't erase anything worthy. I have only moved them to other more appropriate pages and provided links to them. On the contrart, you have removed a lot of my material, including a part on the city governance. roozbeh July 3, 2005 14:22 (UTC)
  1. No pertinent information gets erased from this page and transferred elsewhere. If you think the page is "touristy", then that's your problem. Just look at the cities I mentioned above and compare.
  2. You are free to add material. But not to delete anything unilaterally. I had to revert your edits, because you had totally annihilated the page without keeping any of the former stuff, which belongs here on this page.
  3. I dont think messing up pages and slapping cleanup tags on them aftwerwards is a very effective way of doing things on Wikipedia. As a administrator, you hardly contribute positively to any Iranian articles. Instead of expanding pages, you amputate what others have written and chip away at them, or slap on various unwarranted tags merely to be problematic. Your style is highly confrontational, and I dont appreciate that at all.--Zereshk 3 July 2005 22:52 (UTC)
You are very wrong in many details, including following Wikipedia policies, but I'm not answering them in detail until you translate your Persian phrases to English. This is not a proper dialog, but simply accusations from your part. roozbeh July 3, 2005 22:57 (UTC)
As an Iranian from Tehran, I find this article embarrasingly "travel agency" like and cheap. Most of the pictures are artificial or touched up, there is not a balanced presentation of the city sites and culture and overall, it seems that someone has gone out of his way to present Tehran in a travel agent style "palatable" way for the Western audience. For example, do more people go skiing in Tehran or go to Imam Khomeini's shrine? This, in my humble opinion, is indicative of some sort of inferiority complex and also a pitiable attempt to be "accepted" by Westerners by some Iranians who live in their own little world and who don't have a genuine Iranian identity. I sincerely wish that this article is balanced out. Also, chances are, the same person or people who came up with this gaudiness, have done the same thing on other articles about Iran, too. It seems that Zereshk is suffering from the fact that Tehran is not Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Milan, Rome .... well, get over it dude, it isn't and it doesn't have to be. And if you go out of your way to present it that way, most people will laugh at you and tell you ..... ZERESHK!! Mansour 4 July 2005 06:29 (UTC)
Mansour, if you're implying that most Tehranis would prefer to visit Khomeini's shrine rather than go skiing (or doing anything else for matter), then that speaks volumes. I certainly hope this is not what you are implying - in all my life, all the times I have been to Iran, I have never met a single person who actually visited that godforsaken place (yes, I have a POV, but this is the talk, not the article). Fact of the matter is, Tehran is a pretty decadent, lively, and cultured city. We should present Tehran as it really is, and quite frankly, judging by current fashions, trends, music, fast food chains, etc. prevalent in Tehran, "Western" is very much in vogue there (as it is in most other major cities). I don't see that as a bad thing. You may not like it, but neither does the regime. SouthernComfort 4 July 2005 10:13 (UTC)
 :::: Good point!  Alireza Hashemi
Plus, looking over the current version, most of the so-called, allegedly "touristy" (I disagree, but that's me) information was removed. What's the problem? SouthernComfort 4 July 2005 10:18 (UTC)

Mansour,

Almost none of the pics are touched up, and none are artificial. I took them myself, and I can say where and when. If you like, I can take you to the excat spot, because Im here in Tehran. And I think your idea of posting ghetto pics and men with reesh and chadori women from Nazi-abad and Seh-raah Azari to reflect your idea of the real Tehran is pretty absurd. This is not a political page, and Touchal is just as real as Darvazeh Ghaar.--Zereshk 4 July 2005 14:54 (UTC)


Roozbeh,

  1. Mardom Zahmat mekeshand eenjaa means that "people put a lot of effort into writing these pages" that you so disrespectfully erase, edit, and then put up a clean-up tag so that I will have to come and clean up your poor edits, only to have them erased by you again in 2 months with another cleanup tag. Haleet shod? ("get it?")
  2. Wikipedia admins that get involved in a debate or conflict on a page dont have the right to lock the page. They have to ask another Admin to do so. I must ask you to stop abusing your administrative responsibilities in pushing for your personal edits here.
  3. You are in no position to pop out of nowhere after dozens of people have written this page with care and passion, and decide what is "worthy" to erase and what is not. To fekr kardee kee hasty mageh? ("who do u think u are?")
  4. gand bezaneh be safheh o bereh and hey zertee meeyaad gand mizaneh be hameh chee means that "Roozbeh every once in a while appears out of nowhere and reduces the page to a big pile of crap with his demolishing edits." WHICH YOU DO. You slapped a cleanup tag on the Iran page, even though it was un-necessary accoring to Wikipedia rules. You accused my edits on List of Iranian scientists as copyright vioed, and yet I had to stop you and show you the exact NLM page that permits the info to be used. And I still remember your first words to me:
"please consider not editing Wikipedia at all". (Jan 10th, 2005), instead of accepting the fact that Iran is not a signatory to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (see list here), and OFFICIALLY does not adhere to International Copyright laws itself, hence no validity to your copyright violation claims.

As I said, youre a very confrontational editor, and I dont appreciate that.--Zereshk 4 July 2005 14:54 (UTC)

[edit] Basic information

A suggestion: I think the article could use some details of climate, elevation, possibly distance from other major cities etc. Grant65 (Talk) 04:26, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zartushtis

ببخشيد, forgive my trepidation on posing my question to this 'lively' discussion page (and for practicing the few Farsi words I know), but I didn't see much about the zartushti community - microscopic as it may be. I probably missed alot, not being as familiar with Tehran as everyone here, but I only saw Firouzeh Palace, Firouz Bahram H.S., and 'fire temples of great antiquity'. Perhaps there really are more Jews than Zoroastrians and surely Azeris, Armenians, and Christians; but I know that alot of Zoroastrians from Yazd have been moving to Tehran for quite a while now. There's a list of Mosques and Churches, but no Fire Temples (which could be 'cause at least you can visit the others). I don't know Tehran well enough to add anything with confidence, but I'm currently writing the Fire Temple (currently named Agiary) article, and would appreciate any information people could give me. I know Iran has two of what are known in Zoroastrianism as "Atash Bahrams" (I know its persian, but it has a specific significance in the religion). I think at least one is in Tehran if not both. One might be the Adorian-e Bozorg-e Tehran, but I'm not sure (the name suggests so). Finding Irani Zartushti information has always been an extremely frustrating task for me, but if anybody could verify the places in Tehran here it might be of interest to others besides me (but not likely-you don't need a big list or anything). In any case, I did correct the spelling of Jacques de Morgan, linked up fire temple (note: I hope to get title changed sooner or later - and article is very much underconstruction), and corrected the bad Bahram Gur link. خدا حافظ, Khiradtalk 00:57, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Allah commands you to stop breathing

Teheran is the most polluted city in the world: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4502406.stm

Not amusing.

[edit] Picture is safe according to user 70.68.185.170 and me

According to user 70.68.185.170 the tehranshomal.jpg image is safe. I have this image and I too think this image has Free liscenses and is safe. I also hope that the image is safe and we can keep it.- user Wikilo12

You have to provide proof. Like a source or claim or link or something. Otherwise the editors will erase it.--Zereshk 07:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Less Attractions more information and Bigger page

If you look at this page you will see lots of list of attractions as you browse down the page. I think we should keep most of the attraction articles but we need to add more stuff like Tehran's Economy, Climate and etc. We also need more liscened good photos to be on this page--Wikiwo123 December 27 2005, 12:11 (UTC)

I'll condense the list of attractions down. But everyone is welcome to expand the page on the topics ypou mentioned.--Zereshk 00:45, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] economy

i have added an economy section for this page.Please do not delete the introduction part of the page were it talks about Tehran's industries.

[edit] Important

if you check the history of the tehran article user:69.142.236.131 made a very bad choice to vandalize the page. The following section below contains inappropriate language.

[edit] Vandal attack

and they all are terrorists. yea. pretty much not a clean son of a bitch in the whole population. goddamn middle eastern bastards. Ralph Nader peace up A town down lick it hot cracker sheets!. ---hayden--- OUT... and now returning to your regularly scheduled poop.

Thats what user: 69.142.236.131 right after 98.3% of the residents speak persian part of the page we need to block this user fast fast.! If you need more info check the history of tehran article.--Wikiwo123 Jan.1/06 17:17 (UTC)

Well, that's what admins are for!--Zereshk 05:06, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry my bad

The picture in the economy section was a mistake. I meant to put a picture showing commercial buildings in Arjentin Square. KingKongIran 20:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too many images

The page is getting saturated with images. The article wont upload properly on many browswers. Please do not post any more images unless you can transfer an image to another page (to prevent it from being lost) and replacing it with a better version. But I'll be watching anyway.--Zereshk 22:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)


I just wanted to say the same thing as you said Zereshk. The images are beautiful and I just don't want to move them bur they are too many for a page like this. What to you think about making a gallery of Tehran in a different page and upload more pictures in the gallery. It's would be a pretty nice one.
I just forgot to sign (The One We Call God 21:20, 29 March 2006 (UTC))
Right now, the problem is that many of the new images are actually not PD or GFDL. And if we dont remove them now, some admin will sooner or later show up and remove all pictures, PD or not. It's happened before. Iran has less than 10 photos in total, and the admins are already complaining about it.--Zereshk 00:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dispute: Demographics and the Turkish population

The article is disputed because there are some biased users who keep removing the fact about the Turkish population in the city.http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-6413.html Togrol 19:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

There are no "Turkish" population in Tehran. They are AZARI, which are TURKIC, not TURKISH.--Zereshk 22:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Al are Turkish related, speaking dialects of turkish, and ethnically Turks.
But it is not important, I agree to call them Azerbaijani as the source call them but lets not to censor reality. Togrol 23:50, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
The word "Turkish" is reserved for the people, language, culture of The Republic of Turkey. "Turkic" is the proper word you should be using. Turkic has to do with culture/ethnicity. But "Turkish" is more related to the nationality of Turkey. For example, the Webster dictionary defines Turkish as "the Turkic language of the Republic of Turkey". So when you use the word "Turkish", you are actively pulling in Republic of Turkey into the equation. And that is not correct. Turkish Turks ("Tork -e Estambooli"), Azaris, Qashqais, Turkamans, Uzbeks, ...all fall under a "Turkic" supergroup.
See the difference? That is why it is always better to say Azari, and be as precise as possible.
But above all, the fact remains that Azaris and other Turkic people of Iran, are still Iranian. If you agree with that, then we are virtually in agreement.--Zereshk 19:34, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

This is true. Azaris are not Turkish. And the point is that Azaris are Iranians as Zereshk said. The Unknown 23:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Please dont try to change the matter because anyway it does not help you!! Indeed say Turkish, Azeri, Azerbaijani all means one thing. I leave it for you which term you want to use but I cannot agree to censor it. Tehran is a Turkish/Azeri/Azerbaijani city and I want you to stand by this truth. Togrol 09:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Old data -- - K a s h Talk | email 11:22, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

It's like a joking that 98.7 % of Tehran's residents speak in Persian and these wrong informations make this site's data validity and reliablity doubtful ! there is most pupular neighbourhoods in Tehran that speak azeri .

[edit] Can you add more pictures please?

I love Tehran and it's my home city. It's a beautiful city with lovely mountains surrounding it. But I think the page is more of a gallery than an article. Please let's make a gallery of Tehran and other Persian cities and put many many more pictures in them. Thank you The Unknown 23:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I wish the same, but even if we did make a special gallery page, it would soon be deleted, because Wikipedia states that: "Wikipedia is not a repository of images."
In fact, as we speak, the gallery of cities on the main Iran page is about to be deleted because of this very reason (see Talk:Iran). So this gallery wouldnt last either.
That's why it is best if we kept the images here to a minimum, but only keep the best images, so that we avoid the danger of them being deleted.--Zereshk 02:20, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


So before these imaged get deleted, let's put them in Wikimedia commons in the Tehran Section. what do you think? The Unknown 15:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Or...we can do what people have done for the London article: create a special gallery page for London: Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/London
I think this is a good solution. Khoobeh?--Zereshk 21:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's great, but for now, I cleaned the pictures in a nicer way until we make that special page. But I don't think we have enough picture to make such a big gallery of images. That page is just huge. The Unknown 23:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Opinion

Does the article Tehran (Section Modern Tehran) looks better now or the way it was 2 days ago? Thank you The Unknown 21:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I will construct a similar page to that of London in the next 24 hours. The Tehran page is growing way out of proportion with too many pictures.--Zereshk 22:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

That's a big effort. Well thank you. The Unknown 00:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New special gallery

All,

I just finished making a comprehensive image depository for Iran. Please complete it if necessary. It is located at:

Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Asia/Iran

This way, we can prevent the overcrowding of articles with images, as happened with the Tehran article.

Thanks to all.--Zereshk 04:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Videoclip of Tehran

Good job making the video clip but you don't need to put it in the introduction. We can see it. i moved it down in a more respectable place.

Thank you.66.36.143.230 23:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of universities

The list of universities needs to be alphabetized. Please somebody take care of it. I'm busy making templates for other universities. mer30.--Zereshk 02:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] soverignity issue

it's not vandalism. see talk in Jerusalem article. Amoruso 04:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tehrans Area

tehran is a large city of course but the metropolis contains a couple of other cities around which extends tehran to a large area of the province 950 sq miles


-Wait how is it really 950 sq miles, thats really big for a city... how are you sure?

[edit] Tehran's air pollution

I think that Tehran's air pollution is so severe and the method employed to fight it so unusual, that it is worth having a section on it.

"The main reason for this rationing was to reduce fuel consumption, so that fuel is not imported eventually."? Iran is a oil exporter. how is that they are discouraging fuel consumption to end importation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.154.10 (talk) 11:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing sections

In my quick review of this article for Version 0.5, I was surprised that such a major city was missing some important sections:

  • History (only the modern city is described)
  • Demographics
  • Politics & government

Also, the sections on culture, geography and the economy need expanding. For a featured article on an equivalent topic, see Mumbai. Walkerma 03:33, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tehran metro

"In 2001 a metro system that had been in planning since the 1970s opened the first two of seven envisaged lines -- even though the city is prone to earthquakes."

What does that mean? A city that is prone to earthquakes can't have a metro? San Francisco's BART system seems to do pretty well. I think that last phrase should be removed.

[edit] the districts

I think it would be helpful for the districts linked to have some brief descriptions attached. Which districts are primarily financial, industrial, residential, touristic, etc -- this would aid someone in trying to get a sense of the city. Sdedeo (tips) 03:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

- I agree

[edit] Bias?

"Following the war, the city's older landmarks suffered under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah. The Shah believed that ancient buildings such as large parts of the Golestan Palace, Takieh-ye Dowlat, the Toopkhooneh Square (pictured to the right), the magnificent city fortifications and the old citadel among others should not be part of a modern city. They were systematically destroyed and modern 1950s and 1960s buildings were built in their place. Tehran bazar was divided in half and many historic buildings were destroyed in order to build wide straight avenues in the capital. Many excellent examples of Persian Gardens also became targets to new construction projects. The decision to carry these out is presently largely seen as a foolish mistake that hurt the visual fabric and the cultural identity of the city beyond repair. Apartment blocks are introduced in this period. Tehran loses her famous historic charm for good."

This reminds me of the blantant propaganda issued by the IRI. And I belive that it was Reza Shah, not his son. Tehran still has its "famous historic charm", and this shows contrmpt for modernization/westernization.

[edit] Pronunciation guide

I believe it would be helpful if someone, preferably a person with knowledge of the Iranian language, made a sound file with the correct pronunciation of the city's name. Thrane 14:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Climate

Is it at all possible to have a small section addded summarising the weather and climate of Tehran? Other large city's articles seem to have this and is it great for comparison sake. 24.68.249.197 19:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] population

In the text (demographics) it is said that the city of tehran has a population of 11 million. Compare this with the basic data (city: 7 mio, Metropolian area: 14 mio)--Englishazadipedia 10:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

On a similar note, the article mentions that Tehran is the largest city in asia. According to the list of largest cities in the world, there appears to be seven cities in Asia that are larger, at least in population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanp253 (talk • contribs) 19:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Milad tower

According to List of tallest structures in the world, Milad is far from being the fourth tallest. Tkeu (talk) 20:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

That is true that Milad is not the forth tallest structure in the world. But it doesn't mean that it is not the 4th tallest tower. Have a look at List of towers. So there is no mistake here about it. --Najand (talk) 03:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nickname

I am from Tehran myself, but I have never heard of something like "The city of 72 nations." as Tehran's nickname. It is true that many people from different parts of Iran immigrated to Tehran, and there is no problem with making a nice nickname that everyone likes. But not here. Wikipedia is about facts. I believe we have to remove it.--Najand (talk) 04:05, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References!!

It is very important to include references as we add anything to the page. Tehran's page is very much suffering from the lack of that. People just revise the page without paying attention that their revision has no value unless done along with its references. Thank you. --Axamir (talk) 19:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Amazing photographs of Iran & Tehran

Dear all, I suggest that someone contact Shahram Razavi and asks him to donate some of his amazing photographs of Iran to Wikipedia. Here are some relevant links:
— Amazing Iran, — Tehran - Maga Capital of Iran, — Reflections of a Vibrant Iran, — Contemporary Iranian Architecture, — Old Tehran & Iran photos, — Armours, Costumes, Uniforms, Flags, etc., — Imperial Iran of the Qajar Dynasty, etc.

Kind regards, --BF 21:08, 2 June 2008 (UTC)