Tehran the capital of Iran

Описание: In classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray), a prominent Median city[10] almost entirely destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray was absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran.

Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been moved several times throughout history, and Tehran became the 32nd capital of Iran. Large-scale construction works began in the 1920s, and Tehran became a destination for mass migrations from all over Iran in the 20th century.[11]

Tehran is home to many historical sites, including the World Heritage Site Golestan Palace of Qajar dynasty and Sa'dabad, Niavaran and Marmar Palace of Pahlavi dynasty. Tehran's landmarks include the Azadi Tower, a memorial built in 1971 to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, the Milad Tower, the world's sixth-tallest self-supporting tower, completed in 2007, another famous landmark in Tehran is the Tabiat Bridge, completed in 2014.[12]

Most of the population are Persian,[13][14] with roughly 99% of them speaking the Persian language, alongside other ethnolinguistic groups in the city which became Persianised and assimilated.[15]