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Jan 9, 2012

Tehran (Capital of Islamic Republic Iran)

Tehran many times it is called as Teheran is the capital of great Islamic Republic Iran, its old name was Ray and it was major area of people of Medes and Achaemenids.In the Zoroastrian Avesta, Widewdat, i, 15, Ragha is mentioned as the twelfth sacred place created by Ahura-Mazda. In the Old Persian inscriptions (Behistun 2, 10–18), Ragha appears as a province. From Ragha, Darius the Great sent reinforcements to his father Wishtaspa when the latter was putting down the rebellion in Parthia (Behistun 3, 1–10). Mount Damavand is also located near the city and it is also called in Shahnama as the place where Freydun bounds the dragon-fiend Zahak.Its population in 2006 was 6 to 8 million,there are many big shopping centers but the one of the biggest is one this Golestan Shopping Centre.

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