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Tehran

Tehran, is the capital city of Iran. A bustling metropolis of 14 million people, it sits at the foot of the towering Alborz mountain range. Wikivoyage

Population 8,693,706 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iran

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iran

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Fajr International Film Festival

    February

    Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; Persian: جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • میوه و تره بار تهران ویلا

    Opening hours

    Mo-sSu 08:00-13:00, Mo-sSu 15:00-19:00

    2.4 km from the centre

  • فروشگاه تجهیزات آزمایشگاهی لاب تجهیز

    لاب تجهیز : بزرگترین فروشگاه تجهیزات آزمایشگاهی و اندازه گیری در تهران

    1. Monday: 24 hours
    2. Tuesday: 24 hours
    3. Wednesday: 24 hours
    4. Thursday: 24 hours
    5. Friday: 24 hours
    6. Saturday: 24 hours
    7. Sunday: 24 hours

    24 hours

    2.4 km from the centre

  • بازار میوه و تربار وصال

    No hours mapped

    1.3 km from the centre

  • بازارچه خوداشتغالی پارک لاله

    No hours mapped

    1.7 km from the centre

  • بازار میوه و تره‌بار طوس

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • بازارچه

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

  • فروشگاه حامی تل

    No hours mapped

    2.9 km from the centre

  • خانه بابا

    No hours mapped

    2.9 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 10 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.