India  

Tehran

Capital city of Iran

Tehran    ▸ Facts   ▸ Comments   ▸ News   ▸ Videos   

Tehran: Capital city of Iran
Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran and the largest city in Tehran Province. It also serves as the capital of the province, county and the Central District. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population.

1
shares
ShareTweetSavePostSend
 
Russian rocket successfully puts Iranian satellite into orbit [Video]

Russian rocket successfully puts Iranian satellite into orbit

A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully put an Iranian satellite into orbit, underlying the increasingly close cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

Credit: euronews (in English)     Duration: 00:35Published
U.S Asks Tehran To Tell Hezbollah To Stay Out Of Israel-Hamas War, Claims Iran’s FM| Oneindia News [Video]

U.S Asks Tehran To Tell Hezbollah To Stay Out Of Israel-Hamas War, Claims Iran’s FM| Oneindia News

Iran and the U.S. exchange messages during the Israel-Hamas conflict. U.S. urges Iran to advise Hezbollah against full involvement. Iran warns Israel against expanding conflict into Lebanon. Amidst..

Credit: Oneindia     Duration: 02:31Published
Iran denies link to drone strike that killed 3 U.S soldiers in Jordan | Oneindia News [Video]

Iran denies link to drone strike that killed 3 U.S soldiers in Jordan | Oneindia News

Iran has refuted allegations from the United States and Britain accusing it of supporting militant groups responsible for a drone strike in Jordan, resulting in the death of three US military..

Credit: Oneindia     Duration: 02:01Published

You Might Like


Iran supplying Russia with ballistic missiles shows they are 'bad influence' in Europe

Iran has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles as Moscow wages war in Ukraine, Britain's defence secretary has signalled, accusing Tehran of being a "bad influence" in Europe.
Sky News - Published

Pakistan retaliates with airstrikes inside Iran as tensions grow

Pakistan retaliates with missile and drone strikes in Iran's province amidst escalating tension in the Middle East due to Israel's war on Gaza and Iranian strikes iPakistan carried out retaliatory..
IndiaTimes - Published

Pakistan expels Iran ambassador, recalls envoy from Tehran after Iranian airstrikes

Pakistan expelled the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday and withdrew its envoy from Tehran in response to Iran's missile and drone strikes targeting purported terror bases within Pakistani territory on..
IndiaTimes - Published

In Tehran, Jaishankar holds 'productive' discussion with Iranian urban development minister

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday began his engagements in Iran by meeting Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash. In the meeting, both sides held a detailed and..
IndiaTimes - Published

UN's relevance dwindling, world is coming to us, says Jaishankar

External affairs minister S Jaishankar, who will touch down in Tehran on Sunday, just 48 hours after the US-UK joint strike on Iran-backed Houthi militias, told a gathering in Nagpur about India's..
IndiaTimes - Published

Amid fears of escalation in crisis, EAM to leave for Iran on Monday

Foreign minister S Jaishankar will travel to Iran on Monday amid fears of an escalation in the West Asia conflict as the US and UK launched air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. The Houthis, who are..
IndiaTimes - Published

Iran rejects US claims on Tehran targeting tanker off India

Iran's foreign ministry rejects Washington's claims of a drone attack on a tanker off the coast of India being fired from Iran. The attack on a Japanese-owned chemical tanker occurred amid Huthi..
IndiaTimes - Published

Acclaimed Iranian film director and his wife stabbed to death in home

An award-winning Iranian film-maker and his wife have been stabbed to death in their home on the outskirts of Tehran, according to state media.
Sky News - Published

Israel will do 'whatever we need to do to defend ourselves' against Iran, Netanyahu says

israel will do 'whatever we need to do to defend ourselves' against iran, netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Sky News he will do "whatever we need to do to defend ourselves" against Iran - and diplomacy has failed to stop Tehran from developing its nuclear..
Sky News - Published

Iran says it has successfully launched 2,000km-range ballistic missile

iran says it has successfully launched 2,000km-range ballistic missile
Iran has successfully launched a 2,000km-range (1,243m) ballistic missile, according to the country's state media - two days after the chief of Israel's armed forces raised the prospect of "action"..
Sky News - Published

Protests break out in Iran over suspected poisoning of schoolgirls

protests break out in iran over suspected poisoning of schoolgirls
Protests have broken out in Iran's capital Tehran after hundreds of girls were suspected to have been poisoned in dozens of schools. 
Sky News - Published

Iran's most senior diplomat summoned to Foreign Office again after assassination threats to UK journalists

Iran's most senior diplomat has again been summoned by the Foreign Office after a UK-based Iranian broadcaster was forced to move out of the UK due to assassination threats from Tehran.
Sky News - Published

TV editor says Iran threats 'getting out of hand' after channel forced to leave UK

tv editor says iran threats 'getting out of hand' after channel forced to leave uk
A UK-based Iranian broadcaster forced to move over threats from Tehran has been guarded by armed police and the situation is "getting out of hand", a senior editor has said.
Sky News - Published

UK-based Iranian TV station forced to relocate after police warning - as MI5 foil 15 plots against 'enemies' of regime

uk-based iranian tv station forced to relocate after police warning - as mi5 foil 15 plots against 'enemies' of regime
A London-based Iranian news station says it has been forced to shut its UK headquarters over threats from Tehran and fears for the safety of its journalists.
Sky News - Published

Couple jailed for 10 years over viral video showing them dancing at Iran landmark

couple jailed for 10 years over viral video showing them dancing at iran landmark
A young couple in Iran have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video on social media showed them dancing at one of Tehran's main landmarks.
Sky News - Published

Iran leader's niece condemns 'murderous and child-killing regime' after arrest

iran leader's niece condemns 'murderous and child-killing regime' after arrest
The niece of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran's "murderous and child-killing regime".
Sky News - Published

Iranian paramilitary commander killed during protests over woman's death

iranian paramilitary commander killed during protests over woman's death
A commander of a pro-government paramilitary force has been killed at the protests in Tehran since the death of Mahsa Amini.
Sky News - Published

Albania kicks Iranian embassy staff out of country over cyberattack

albania kicks iranian embassy staff out of country over cyberattack
Albanian counterterrorism police searched the Iranian embassy after staff were expelled over a counterattack it blames on Tehran.
Sky News - Published

Britain's second-most senior envoy among those detained in Iran accused of spying

britain's second-most senior envoy among those detained in iran accused of spying
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain's second-most senior envoy in Tehran.
Sky News - Published

Celebrity Scramble -- Guess Who!

Disguised in this black-tie photo is a newlywed who moved to the United States from Tehran, Iran when he was 12 years old. Now a model and actor, he has appeared on the television series "Hacks" --..
TMZ.com - Published

Britney Spears' Husband, Sam Asghari Celebrated in Iranian Magazine

Sam's the man in Iran ... according to one Iranian magazine. Britney Spears' freshly-minted husband, Sam Asghari, is being celebrated by his home country ... touting Iranian men as the gold standard!..
TMZ.com - Published

Iran promises 'revenge' after assassination of Colonel in Tehran

iran promises 'revenge' after assassination of colonel in tehran
Iran has said it will avenge the killing of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Sayad Khodai - a day after he was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in a rare assassination in the capital of Tehran.
Sky News - Published

Iran ready to meet India's energy needs, Tehran envoy tells New Delhi


IndiaTimes - Published

Did deal over £400m tank debt secure Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's freedom?

did deal over £400m tank debt secure nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe's freedom?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP Tulip Siddiq has said the British-Iranian national "is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home".
Sky News - Published

Iran detainees Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashouri heading to airport before leaving country, lawyer says

British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashouri are heading to Tehran airport ahead of leaving the country, their lawyer has said.
Sky News - Published

India resumes vaccine exports as domestic stocks build up: Officials

One million shots of Covaxin produced by Bharat Biotech were shipped to Iran last week, the Indian embassy in Tehran said. Vaccines have also been sent to Nepal, a government source said, adding that..
IndiaTimes - Published

Over 100 Afghan nationals on their way home from India via Tehran


IndiaTimes - Published

Will take new steps for development of ties, new Iran President tells Jaishankar

Jaishankar is in Tehran for the oath-taking ceremony of the New President, his 2nd visit to the country in the matter of one month.
DNA - Published

Iranians 'plotted to kidnap US journalist plus UK and Canada targets'

iranians 'plotted to kidnap us journalist plus uk and canada targets'
Four Iranians have been charged with plotting to kidnap a New York-based journalist and human rights activist critical of Iran and take her back to Tehran, the US Department of Justice says.
Sky News - Published

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK to pay Tehran £400m to free British-Iranian national, state TV reports

The UK will pay £400m to Tehran to free Iranian-British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to reports on Iranian state TV.
Sky News - Published