Tehran

Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. Tehran is located at {{coor dm|35|40|N|51|25|E|type:city(9000000)_region:IR}}. http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

Colleges and universities

Ever since the establishment of Darolfonoon, Tehran has amassed an abundance of institutions of higher education. Some of these institutions have played crucial roles in the unfolding of Iranian political events. There are 45 major colleges and universities in total today in Tehran, listed below:

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• K.N.Toosi University of Technology
• Allameh Tabatabaii University
• Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (website)
• Alzahra University (website)
• Baghiatollah University
• Imam Hossein University
• Imam Sadegh University
• Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
• Iran University of Medical Sciences
• Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
• Islamic Azad University of Karaj
• Islamic Azad University of Roodehen
• Islamic Azad University of Tehran-Medical Sciences
• Islamic Azad University of Tehran-North
• Islamic Azad University of Tehran-South
• Islamic Azad University of Tehran-Central
• Islamic Azad University of Tehran-Region one
• Shahed University
• Shahid Beheshti University (website)
• Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (website)
• Sharif University of Technology (webiste)
• Tarbiat Modarres University
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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• Tehran University of Tarbiat Moallem
• University of The Arts
• University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
• University of Tehran (website)
• University of Emam Reza
• Hadith College of Tehran
• Imam Ali University for Army Officers
• Comprehensive University of Technology
• Tehran University of Applied Science and Technology
• Tehran College of Environment
• Bagher Aloloum University
• International University of Iran
• Iran College of Tele-communications
• Medical University for the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army
• NAJA University of Police
• School of Economic Affairs (SEA)
• School of International Relations (SIR)
• Shahed University of Medical Sciences
• Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Engineering
• University of Islamic Sects
• The Research Institute of The Petroleum Industry

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Tehran also contains Iran's largest military academy, and several religious schools and seminaries.

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