Jamaran

This article is about a neighbourhood in Tehran. For the village in Golestan Province, see Jamaran, Golestan. For the Iranian naval vessel of the same name, see Iranian frigate Jamaran.

Jamaran is a neighbourhood located north of the city of Tehran in Iran.

Jamaran was once an independent village; it is now a part of the North Tehran region. It is best known for being the home of Ayatollah Khomeini during his lifetime. Khomeini's family and the Khomeini Foundation, with the approval of Iran's Supreme Leader, provided offices to Mohammed Khatami and the International Institute for Dialogue Among Cultures and Civilizations in one of Khomeini's Jamaran compounds.^[1]

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↑ Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. Doubleday. 2008. 217.

Main neighbourhoods of Tehran

North	Aghdasieh Lavizan Ajodanieh Darakeh Darband Darrous Davoodiyeh Doulat Ekhtiarieh Elahieh Farmanieh Gheytarieh Gholhak Jamaran Jordan Kamranieh Mahmoodieh Mehran Niavaran Pasdaran Shemiran Tajrish Vanak Valiasr Velenjak Zafaraniyeh

West	Ekbatan Apadana Complex Bagh Feiz Farahzad Gisha Jannat Abad Punak Sa'adat Abad Sadeghiyeh Shahrak-e Gharb Shahran Shahrara Shahr-e ziba Tarasht Tehransar

Central	Abbas Abad Amir Abad Baharestan Enqelab Street Bazar Hasan Abad Jomhuri Keshavarz Boulevard Park-e Shahr Seyed Khandan Toopkhaneh Yusef Abad

East	Afsariyeh Lavizan Narmak Tehranpars Tehranno Piroozi

South	Gomrok Javadiyeh Khavaran Navvab Nazi Abad Rey Yaft Abad

Coordinates: 35°49′N 51°27′E / 35.817°N 51.450°E / 35.817; 51.450

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