Tehran

British  

/ tɛəˈrɑːn, -ˈræn /

noun

1. the capital of Iran, at the foot of the Elburz Mountains: built on the site of the ancient capital Ray, destroyed by Mongols in 1220; became capital in the 1790s; three universities. Pop: 7 352 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Parnia left Isfahan that same day and travelled to the capital, Tehran, to catch a flight back to London.

From BBC

In 1975, Frank Sinatra performed one of his largest concerts in Tehran.

From Salon

The bloodiest crisis in Iran’s recent political history started in a conservative bastion: Tehran’s market area.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rest, most of whom are residents of large cities such as Tehran, are mixed with other ethnicities and assimilated into mainstream Iranian culture.

From The Wall Street Journal

The images, displayed in a south Tehran mortuary, are one of the only ways families have been able to identify their dead loved ones.

From BBC