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Imam Khomeini International Airport is now open, it is very far from the city which is why it is currently only taking flights from arabic countries, by 2006 summer it will be taking flights from all other countries.
As of Aug 4, 2005, Saudi Arabian Airlines was operating from Mehrabad. I think only flights to Dubai are from IKIA.--Zereshk 17:31, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
The original Persian spelling of Tehran, as I have seen in many sources, was with a Tah (ط), and not a Teh (ت). That can be confirmed by visiting some Persian pages like [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], and [10], the latest of which is a letter from Mohammad Mosaddegh himself (search for the word طهران on the pages). Although the current Arabic language spelling is the same as the older Persian spelling, anti-Arabic advocates shouldn't be allowed to ignore the history of the word. I will revert the removal of the original spelling by the anonymous user 69.111.53.180, which was clearly labeled "originally", if no valid opposition comes up here (in, lets say, 48 hours). I seriously believe that bias against the Arabic language should not come in the way of undisputed facts. I also volunteer to find older official documents referring to the city as "طهران" if the need arises. "Nobody that I personally know of, spells Tehran that way" is not proof enough that Tehran was never spelled that way: Nobody I personally know of speaks Swahili either. Does that mean Swahili has never been spoken? Roozbeh 22:52, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The following paragraph has been heavily refactored to remove personal attacks. When refactoring, I have chosen to err on the side of leniency, allowing questionable-but-not-blatant portions to remain. The “content” of the message has not been changed, merely the inflammatory nature of the wording. SWAdair | Talk 03:59, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Roozbeh, my enquotion of "original" was in jest. The name Tehran is NOT an Arabic name. When the Arabs conquested Iran, they used to arabicize (both in spelling and pronounciation) all Iranian words and names. Later when the Arabic language flousirshed further, many people, including Iranians themselves, would intentionally arabicize as many words as they could in their writings, as a sign of "high education" and how "arabic literate" they are. This trend continued all the way until the end of the 19th century. They would even write french words such as "consul" with the arabic Q as Qonsul. Fortunately, Iranian intellectuals put an end to this [practice]. Sadly, however, even to this day there are people in Iran who call this "anti-arabism". It is YOU who is trying to perpetuate something that is clearly WRONG. Furthermore, this is English Wikipedia, why do you take your toolbox and go from page to page to page and put your "in Persian" mark on all articles? And as if that isn't bad enough, you want to even include old, WRONG, arabic spelling of words and names, too!!! and this is ENGLISH Wikipedia. |
Mr. Roozbeh, first of all you are wrong, that mispelling of Tehran in Persian has never been "official" as you seem to indicate. However, it is quite official now that that old spelling was wrong and the official spelling is the correct spelling; and this has been established for a myriad of other misspellings of names and words in Persian. Secondly, what are you trying to achieve by including an outdated misspelling of the name of Tehran in an article in English about Tehran? What benefit can this possibly have for anyone to show in the ENGLISH article that for sometime, some people, in PERSIAN, used to misspell Tehran? I just like to understand your logic here, sir. Lastly, as I was reading some of your writings in Persian Wikipedia, and as another poster over there had noted and protested to you, your so-called "Persian" is, forgive me for using this word here, nauseating. It is essentially a string of arabic words connected together with thin persian grammar. This is exactly what others over there have complained about your Persian. I wonder if your real name is Roozbeh, as Roozbeh is a Persian name and Mullahs would only give Arabic names to their children. Other than your name everything else about you is indicative of a mullah (or son of a mullah) with Internet access.
The following comment has been refactored to remove personal attacks. SWAdair | Talk 04:01, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
DO NOT modify my writings in discussion area. This is not the main article, this is just the discussion area. People DO NOT want you to edit what they write in discussion areas. I am sick and tired of arguing with you. |
Note to 69.111.53.180 – Your positive contributions are welcome. YOU are welcome here. Inflammatory, personal attacks are not welcome and are against Wikipedia policy. Repeated behavior of this nature can lead to action being taken by the community, possibly resulting in a temporary or even permanent ban. If you continue to make personal attacks, it is likely that you will be banned, leaving only those who disagree with you to write the article. Again, you are welcome here, as are your positive contributions. Even disagreement is welcome, as that means you believe you can improve the Wikipedia. Please ensure that your conduct is professional, however. You will convince people by the force of your argument, not by the force of insults. SWAdair | Talk 04:03, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Teheran?
Teheran?
What kind of moron says "Teheran"? I speak Persian, I've lived in Iran, Tehran and I've yet to see anyone pronounce Teh-ran as Teh-e-ran...
- Agreed. I've taken out the bit that says Teheran is more accurate, because it's not what I've heard and I haven't seen any evidence. If someone wants to add that claim back, please provide evidence. - anon, 5 June 2005
Nevertheless, I agree that it should be TEHRAN. But I also think we should mention: "also spelled Teheran in some texts". Otherwise, many people will start thinking Teheran is another city in Iran.--Zereshk 09:09, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This is not dissimilar to the difference between Isfahan (most common form used in English) and Esfahan (which more accurately reflects the Persian pronuniciation). As Zereshk has noted, when speaking Persian, Teheran more accurately reflects the Persian pronunciation, i.e. Tehe-ran (not Teh-e-ran) - in this form, the 'H' is accentuated, as there is a slight 'heh' in the pronunciation. Just thought I would point that out.
IMHO, the intro should be simplified for now as "Tehran or Teheran" as has been done in the article on Isfahan (city). But also, I am of the opinion that clarifying the proper Persian pronunciation (i.e. stating that Teheran and Esfahan more accurately represent Persian pronunciation, for example) for the reader is important. SouthernComfort 12:08, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I wrote Teheran on my userpage, it was a while back but I think it's because (and am curious as to why) it's sometimes written as Téhéran in French (where 'h' is a silent letter). -- Alireza Hashemi
This page is currently mostly a list of attractions. I serisously believe that the attractions should be discussed in one or two paragraphs and the reader referred to a longer page to know more about attractions of Tehran. It seems that an anoymous user keeps pasting these back in. Please consider reverting the article back to the shorter version. roozbeh July 2, 2005 02:54 (UTC)
Teheran is used by the Dutch Embassy for their website while their English site says Tehran. Reuters and the New York Times use both spellings as do publications throughout Europe and the rest of the world (see Israel and China for example). When I was last in Iran I was told that Teheran and Tehran sound almost identical in Farsi and thus the two spellings can (and are) cited interchangeably. Older sources (e.g. Sackville-West) tend to use Teheran while the push for some demand for uniformity (the gist of the above argument) seems to want to insist, without any real reason, that the spelling should be only Tehran in English. Centre or Center? Is this really cause for such vituperation? As they say in Ireland, there is plenty of sky for plenty of birds! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.198.86.50 (talk) 21:14, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
ببخشيد, forgive my trepidation on posing my question to this 'lively' discussion page (and for practicing the few Farsi words I know), but I didn't see much about the zartushti community - microscopic as it may be. I probably missed alot, not being as familiar with Tehran as everyone here, but I only saw Firouzeh Palace, Firouz Bahram H.S., and 'fire temples of great antiquity'. Perhaps there really are more Jews than Zoroastrians and surely Azeris, Armenians, and Christians; but I know that alot of Zoroastrians from Yazd have been moving to Tehran for quite a while now. There's a list of Mosques and Churches, but no Fire Temples (which could be 'cause at least you can visit the others). I don't know Tehran well enough to add anything with confidence, but I'm currently writing the Fire Temple (currently named Agiary) article, and would appreciate any information people could give me. I know Iran has two of what are known in Zoroastrianism as "Atash Bahrams" (I know its persian, but it has a specific significance in the religion). I think at least one is in Tehran if not both. One might be the Adorian-e Bozorg-e Tehran, but I'm not sure (the name suggests so). Finding Irani Zartushti information has always been an extremely frustrating task for me, but if anybody could verify the places in Tehran here it might be of interest to others besides me (but not likely-you don't need a big list or anything). In any case, I did correct the spelling of Jacques de Morgan, linked up fire temple (note: I hope to get title changed sooner or later - and article is very much underconstruction), and corrected the bad Bahram Gur link. خدا حافظ, Khiradtalk 00:57, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
According to user 70.68.185.170 the tehranshomal.jpg image is safe. I have this image and I too think this image has Free liscenses and is safe. I also hope that the image is safe and we can keep it.- user Wikilo12
If you look at this page you will see lots of list of attractions as you browse down the page. I think we should keep most of the attraction articles but we need to add more stuff like Tehran's Economy, Climate and etc. We also need more liscened good photos to be on this page--Wikiwo123 December 27 2005, 12:11 (UTC)
if you check the history of the tehran article user:69.142.236.131 made a very bad choice to vandalize the page. The following section below contains inappropriate language.
and they all are terrorists. yea. pretty much not a clean son of a bitch in the whole population. goddamn middle eastern bastards. Ralph Nader peace up A town down lick it hot cracker sheets!. ---hayden--- OUT... and now returning to your regularly scheduled poop.
Thats what user: 69.142.236.131 right after 98.3% of the residents speak persian part of the page we need to block this user fast fast.! If you need more info check the history of tehran article.--Wikiwo123 Jan.1/06 17:17 (UTC)
The picture in the economy section was a mistake. I meant to put a picture showing commercial buildings in Arjentin Square. KingKongIran 20:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
The page is getting saturated with images. The article wont upload properly on many browswers. Please do not post any more images unless you can transfer an image to another page (to prevent it from being lost) and replacing it with a better version. But I'll be watching anyway.--Zereshk 22:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
The article is disputed because there are some biased users who keep removing the fact about the Turkish population in the city.http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-6413.html Togrol 19:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
This is true. Azaris are not Turkish. And the point is that Azaris are Iranians as Zereshk said. The Unknown 23:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Please dont try to change the matter because anyway it does not help you!!
Indeed say Turkish, Azeri, Azerbaijani all means one thing. I leave it for you which term you want to use but I cannot agree to censor it. Tehran is a Turkish/Azeri/Azerbaijani city and I want you to stand by this truth. Togrol 09:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
It's like a joking that 98.7 % of Tehran's residents speak in Persian and these wrong informations make this site's data validity and reliablity doubtful ! there is most pupular neighbourhoods in Tehran that speak azeri .
I love Tehran and it's my home city. It's a beautiful city with lovely mountains surrounding it. But I think the page is more of a gallery than an article. Please let's make a gallery of Tehran and other Persian cities and put many many more pictures in them. Thank you The Unknown 23:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, it's great, but for now, I cleaned the pictures in a nicer way until we make that special page. But I don't think we have enough picture to make such a big gallery of images. That page is just huge. The Unknown 23:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Does the article Tehran (Section Modern Tehran) looks better now or the way it was 2 days ago? Thank you The Unknown 21:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I will construct a similar page to that of London in the next 24 hours. The Tehran page is growing way out of proportion with too many pictures.--Zereshk 22:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
All,
I just finished making a comprehensive image depository for Iran. Please complete it if necessary. It is located at:
Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Asia/Iran
This way, we can prevent the overcrowding of articles with images, as happened with the Tehran article.
Thanks to all.--Zereshk 04:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Good job making the video clip but you don't need to put it in the introduction. We can see it. i moved it down in a more respectable place.
Thank you.66.36.143.230 23:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
The list of universities needs to be alphabetized. Please somebody take care of it. I'm busy making templates for other universities. mer30.--Zereshk 02:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
it's not vandalism. see talk in Jerusalem article. Amoruso 04:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I think that Tehran's air pollution is so severe and the method employed to fight it so unusual, that it is worth having a section on it.
"The main reason for this rationing was to reduce fuel consumption, so that fuel is not imported eventually."? Iran is a oil exporter. how is that they are discouraging fuel consumption to end importation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.154.10 (talk) 11:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
In my quick review of this article for Version 0.5, I was surprised that such a major city was missing some important sections:
Also, the sections on culture, geography and the economy need expanding. For a featured article on an equivalent topic, see Mumbai. Walkerma 03:33, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be helpful for the districts linked to have some brief descriptions attached. Which districts are primarily financial, industrial, residential, touristic, etc -- this would aid someone in trying to get a sense of the city. Sdedeo (tips) 03:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree
I believe it would be helpful if someone, preferably a person with knowledge of the Iranian language, made a sound file with the correct pronunciation of the city's name. Thrane 14:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it at all possible to have a small section addded summarising the weather and climate of Tehran? Other large city's articles seem to have this and is it great for comparison sake. 24.68.249.197 19:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
In the text (demographics) it is said that the city of tehran has a population of 11 million. Compare this with the basic data (city: 7 mio, Metropolian area: 14 mio)--Englishazadipedia 10:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
On a similar note, the article mentions that Tehran is the largest city in asia. According to the list of largest cities in the world, there appears to be seven cities in Asia that are larger, at least in population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanp253 (talk • contribs) 19:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
According to List of tallest structures in the world, Milad is far from being the fourth tallest. Tkeu (talk) 20:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
It is very important to include references as we add anything to the page. Tehran's page is very much suffering from the lack of that. People just revise the page without paying attention that their revision has no value unless done along with its references. Thank you. --Axamir (talk) 19:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear all, I suggest that someone contact Shahram Razavi and asks him to donate some of his amazing photographs of Iran to Wikipedia. Here are some relevant links:
— Amazing Iran, — Tehran - Maga Capital of Iran, —
Reflections of a Vibrant Iran, — Contemporary Iranian Architecture, —
Old Tehran & Iran photos, — Armours, Costumes, Uniforms, Flags, etc., — Imperial Iran of the Qajar Dynasty, etc.
Kind regards, --BF 21:08, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
http://www.tehran.ir/Portals/25/Image/1386/51/Tehran-1857-M-01.jpg
Map of Tehran in 1857 --Englishazadipedia (talk) 23:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Any possibility to include at least a link to this map in the main entry? For details, please consult: [12]. Kind regards, --BF 20:04, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
What neighborhoods make up North Tehran? I started a stub on the region, but I am not sure which neighborhoods make up North Tehran? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Here is a documentary about the ancient Tehran which is very interesting. Unfortunately, the documentary has no English subtitles, however part of it contains spoken English (by the archaeologists of University of Bradford who had been doing research in collaboration with those of University of Tehran). Duration of the documentary is 48 minutes. --BF 00:37, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
The picture uploaded as Dizin05 [[13]] is not Dizin. It's Tochal Ski resort.
I'm not also sure whether it's the "International Snowboard Championship", but I'm sure it's Tochal.
See, Dizin has 3 telecabin lines. Two lower ones are mounted sideways, and there's one upper one, and there's a 2-seater gondola lift mounted sideways with upper telecabin. But the picture shows 2 transversly-mounted 4-seater gondolas.
It's Tochal which has two big gondola lifts mounted transversely, crossing each other and you can see that clearly in the picture.
Check it out in Google Maps, in satellite view, full zoom.
Tochal Ski Resort's EXACT coordinates:
35.886834, 51.402299 : It's the exact coordinates to the place where the two gondola lifts cross each other. Persian snowboarders call that "تقاطع".
35.881940, 51.408076 : Tochal Telecabin's 7th station, or "ایستگاه ۷" in Persian.
35.887711, 51.401317 : Tochal Hotel Restaurant
35.883435, 51.414042 : Tochal ski slope's upper hill: Persian snowboarders call that "قله".
Dizin Ski Resort's EXACT coordinates:
36.048843, 51.417003 : It's the exact coordinate to the place where Dizin's two lower telecabins start. The one on the East heads towards upper parking lot, and the one on the West heads toward the middle restaurant.
36.033557, 51.423891 : Dizin middle restaurant (رستوران وسط as said by Persian snowboarders) where the upper (hill) telecabin, the hill gondola lift, and the 2 tele ski to the South East begin.
36.016763, 51.421621 : Dizin highest place, where both the gondola and the upper telecabin finishes.
36.033280, 51.432747 : Dizin upper parking lot, where Dizin road's from Shemshak ends.
Please note the image is used in the following pages, please consider correcting them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Iran/Archive_10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizin
Komeil Bahmanpour (talk) 10:09, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Which language is [tʰehˈɾɒn] supposed to be? It seems to be not-quite-Persian, but is linked to an English .ogg file. kwami (talk) 09:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
But this is the English WP, and we should show the English pronunciation, which is different from the native Persian pronunciation. Sure, we can also show the Persian pronunciation: the article on Paris is a good example of how to do this when the spelling is the same. Mhockey (talk) 09:23, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
The lead sentence has been changed to start with a transliteration of the Persian name, rather than the article title. This follows a discussion here. It seems to me that the edit is not in accordance with WP:AMOS#Lead paragraphs, and is potentially misleading, because readers could conclude that the "correct" or normal English usage is Tehrān and not Tehran.
Any other views? Mhockey (talk) 22:24, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Consider WP:LEAD#Alternative names, which would give us
Tehran (Persian: تهران Tehrān, )....
I cannot see a good justification for departing from the MOS here. Repeating 5 letters is hardly overrepetitious, and it makes the position perfectly clear - which the current version does not. Mhockey (talk) 09:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Teheran is the most polluted city in the world: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4502406.stm
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.70.32.136 (talk) 16:44, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Not amusing.
i have added an economy section for this page.Please do not delete the introduction part of the page were it talks about Tehran's industries.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.185.170 (talk) 07:13, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
tehran is a large city of course but the metropolis contains a couple of other cities around which extends tehran to a large area of the province 950 sq miles
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.17.21 (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
-Wait how is it really 950 sq miles, thats really big for a city... how are you sure?
"In 2001 a metro system that had been in planning since the 1970s opened the first two of seven envisaged lines -- even though the city is prone to earthquakes."
What does that mean? A city that is prone to earthquakes can't have a metro? San Francisco's BART system seems to do pretty well. I think that last phrase should be removed.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjrudebeck (talk • contribs) 22:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
"Following the war, the city's older landmarks suffered under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah. The Shah believed that ancient buildings such as large parts of the Golestan Palace, Takieh-ye Dowlat, the Toopkhooneh Square (pictured to the right), the magnificent city fortifications and the old citadel among others should not be part of a modern city. They were systematically destroyed and modern 1950s and 1960s buildings were built in their place. Tehran bazar was divided in half and many historic buildings were destroyed in order to build wide straight avenues in the capital. Many excellent examples of Persian Gardens also became targets to new construction projects. The decision to carry these out is presently largely seen as a foolish mistake that hurt the visual fabric and the cultural identity of the city beyond repair. Apartment blocks are introduced in this period. Tehran loses her famous historic charm for good."
This reminds me of the blantant propaganda issued by the IRI. And I belive that it was Reza Shah, not his son. Tehran still has its "famous historic charm", and this shows contrmpt for modernization/westernization.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Simfan34 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I see people just keep adding to the list of Tehran's sister cities without mentioning proper references!! May half of the list needs to go if we are to provide a real list. So, please provide a reference and citing to your claim. Thank you. --Axamir (talk) 16:07, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Guys: Please do not just drop pictures without paying attention to alignment of the page. I have seen people just drop a picture of their choice without even care how it looks after adding the picture. If you can't do it right inside the article text, add your pictures to the gallery provided in the bottom of the page. That way no alignment needed. Thank you.--Axamir (talk) 16:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
I believe it is Tehran, not Teheran, my source being Teach Yourself Persian. But the Persian script doesn't distinguish the two. It is Tehran. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.165.17.241 (talk) 15:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
Every great cultural city in the world must set aside space to introduce its culture. Look at Saint Petersburg. 75% of their page is about their attractions. Berlin even has a special section for tourists, aside from its attractions. look at Hamburg, Vienna, Milan, Rome. At least half of their pages are about their cultural attractions.
I seriously think Roozbeh has no right to come around here once in a blue moon and gand bezaneh be safheh o bereh. YANEE CHEE????
If you think the page is too touristy, then why the hell did you rewrite the whole goddamn page? (and then put a cleanup tag after your own incredibly poor edits??!)
Mardom zahmat kesheedan eenjaa!!! And all you do is erase stuff you dont like.
hey zertee meeyaad gand mizaneh be hameh chee.
Im reverting back and making adjustments to make the page look less "touristy".
You are free to help with that. But I cant let you rewrite the entire page without the consent of the other editors.--Zereshk 2 July 2005 09:28 (UTC)
:::: Good point! Alireza Hashemi
Mansour,
Almost none of the pics are touched up, and none are artificial. I took them myself, and I can say where and when. If you like, I can take you to the excat spot, because Im here in Tehran. And I think your idea of posting ghetto pics and men with reesh and chadori women from Nazi-abad and Seh-raah Azari to reflect your idea of the real Tehran is pretty absurd. This is not a political page, and Touchal is just as real as Darvazeh Ghaar.--Zereshk 4 July 2005 14:54 (UTC)
Roozbeh,
As I said, youre a very confrontational editor, and I dont appreciate that.--Zereshk 14:54, 4 July 2005 (UTC)
"There is an oil refinery located south of the city." - This feels tacked on and does not flow with the opening paragraph. Neutralis (talk) 22:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Two of the references I tried gave me problems. #2 comes up with a google 'attack website' warning (http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-GB&site=http://www.tehranatlas.com/HTMLs/English/aboutatlas.htm), and #13 gives a generic Lycos placemarker page (http://www.insiderinfo.com/). Thought I'd leave it here for someone more in the know.
-Eth (talk) 01:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
I am from Tehran myself, but I have never heard of something like "The city of 72 nations." as Tehran's nickname. It is true that many people from different parts of Iran immigrated to Tehran, and there is no problem with making a nice nickname that everyone likes. But not here. Wikipedia is about facts. I believe we have to remove it.--Najand (talk) 04:05, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
The page on Cairo says that Cairo is the biggest in its geographic region. Also, the list of the biggest cities says that Cairo is the 11th largest while Tehran is only 33rd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuella99 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Wow! This page was full of tourist information instead of information about the city itself. Please consider adding tourist information to Wikitravel for Tehran instead. roozbeh 03:56, July 2, 2005 (UTC)
A suggestion: I think the article could use some details of climate, elevation, possibly distance from other major cities etc. Grant65 (Talk) 04:26, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
The picture was completely irrelevant and had no strong link to Tehran's economy section so I removed it. A picture of Tehran's stock exchange would be somewhat more appropiate.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.3.184.190 (talk) 23:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Could some one add a photo of Tehran while snowing?--119.154.27.146 (talk) 02:07, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
What was the meaning of having a reminder of an occupied Iran on the main page of Tehran? Is that something to be so proud of, especially given the fact that it displays one of the greatest mass murderers of the entire human history (i.e. Stalin - if in any doubt, talk with some Polish national). There is such a thing as good taste! --BF 15:14, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
I think the photo should be put back there. Reason: that is part of history and should not be swept under the carpet just because it is a bad thing. Secondly, it is a reminder that Iran can become occupied again if nation is not strong enough. People learn from history. Do not take away the learning.--119.154.27.146 (talk) 02:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
>Registered or no registered is not the matter. Logic knows no bounds. I have read my history books. Yes you can delete whatever you do not like from wikipedia but you can not hide history. That photograph is part of that history and belongs in the history section of the article. And as far as occupation goes, well there are lots of countries who have the capability to do it. Iran fought for 8 years with Saddam and at last it was a draw. USA wiped out Saddam in three weeks along with his family. Do you not think logically that USA can and has the capability to occupy Tehran the same way they did Baghdad. I mean lets admit it they even have twice occupied it before, in second world war and in 1953 when CIA was running Tehran. Why forget, the last summer's "uprising" in Tehran. After all if 400 million dollars can do that, then the 500 billion dollar US military budget is far more than enough to occupy Tehran. Russians also had military presence there before second world war. Also remember the influence of the gigantic British embassy in Tehran with their other huge compound north of Tehran and the role they have played in the history of internal politics of Iran and Tehran both before revolution and after. Lets not kid ourselves. We are grown ups. --119.154.11.81 (talk) 00:34, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
"Tehran has one of the cleanest and most convenient metro systems, in terms of accessibility to different parts of the city, in the region." This sounds more like an advertisement to me than a fact. --Wikiperson0202 (talk) 19:00, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Actually that is true. First of all the region does not have any metro and secondly Tehran's metro is much more cleaner than even North American ones. --119.154.27.146 (talk) 02:10, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Can you not specifically cite this then? Applica2 (talk) 19:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
The various factoids mentioned in prose under #Climate aren't consistent with the climate data table. Example: is the record high temperature 42 or 48 degrees C? Bernd Jendrissek (talk) 18:54, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Please donot just drop a name of a city in this section! It is not a WISH LIST!! If you know of any city that is a sister city with Tehran, please provide a reference. Thank you.--75.75.25.225 (talk) 04:14, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Even the thumbnail of this image is loading 8 MBs image, i think the problem is that the format is .gif and Wpedia is not able to create a real thumbnail, can someone change this one with a .jpg image and fix the thumbnail ?
i tried but was not successful (as i am a beginner) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inter3de (talk • contribs) 13:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
because of the importance of Tehran as a capital and the numerous changes have been made in the past few days the article should be protected that not anyone with false information can edit it.
and about Tehran's sister cities, the issue is becoming a catastrophe. the article should be recovered to what It was 2 months ago, the new versions all have problems and contain false information.
meanwhile, I'm a native resident of Tehran and I can help to improve this article after becoming a protected article.
92.61.190.1 (talk) 23:01, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
This article is FULL of unverified claims about 'the longest this', the 'biggest that'. I very much doubt for example than Tehran has more bus stops than any other Asian city, such urban rumours have no place without citations.
Secondly, vague claims such as 'the most efficient' and 'most advanced' are subjective, and the governments of other cities would gladly argue against this. If a specialist on Tehran wants to clean up this article be my guest, failing that I will.
Thirdly, the majority of this article was clearly written by someone who's quality of English is questionable, many phrases do not seem to make sense and are written in a very un-english-natural way (Aka, bad translations a plenty).
Fourthly, there is no mention at all about Tehran's precarious location on a large fault line, with the serious danger of a collosal earthquake
I understand Tehran is a beautiful city of which its residents are proud, but wikipedia is a place for facts, not opinions, and this article seems to be Propaganda written by the Clerics themselves, one such article is the opinions on the re-building, where by the modern buildings are described as 'destroying the city' with 'no plan at all' VERY opinionated.
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Please refer to pp. 276 in this pdf: http://refahj.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-28&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 , obviously showed that azeries make 42.2 percent as maximum and baluche make 0.3 percent as minimum. And according to PEN Center, ethnic composition of Tehran is: Persians: 36%, Azeri: 33%, Gilak and Mazandarani: 15%, Kurds: 7%, Lur and Bakhtiari: 4%, Arab: 1% and all other minorities (plus foreigners) about 5%. http://www.pen-kurd.org/englizi/varia/state-of-minorities-in-iran.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anticipatorr (talk • contribs) 13:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
The translation was honest, if you do not speak Persian, then that is not my fault. It is describing an area called Ghorbat in Khak-e-Sefid with recent migrants (70%) who were not born in the city. Feel free to use google translator. Furthermore, it is your own WP:synthesis to claim it is a representative of Tehran, when it is talking about one former Hashiyeh-neshin area!. As per Pen-Kurd center, hardly an academic source. Having political conferences and being a political website, with no academic (specifically sociology background and evidence to backup such a claim), then it does not meet WP:RS. The author's lack of academic qualification is shown by the poor English used in that website and lack of any studies (and complete guesswork). You need to show reliability by showing mainstream academics citing such a website, which they do not. Also it is self-praising source and you need external sources (academic ones) to validate it, one cannot use a website for validation of a website. See WP:RS--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 14:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
please refer here: http://www.cnnturk.com/2008/dunya/08/13/tahranda.turkce.konusarak.islerinizi.yapabilirsiniz/490276.0/index.html , has claimed that Tehran has a population about 12 million and half of its population is Azeri"(İran'ın başkenti Tahran'ın nüfusu 12 milyon. Bu 12 milyonun neredeyse yarısı Azeri)
And refer here: http://www.frmartuklu.net/ulke-kulturleri/27866-iran-zengin-ve-guzel-ulke.html, says that "of 3 person in Tehran city, one is azeri"(Tahran'da her üç kişiden birisi Azerice konuşuyor), According to Hurriyet magazine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anticipatorr (talk • contribs) 14:12, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
The statistics in the article currently includes University Professor who have done research in the area:
two years on sampling various districts. Both of these meet WP:RS as they are specialized studies done by Professors of sociology, but the authors of your pieces, no one knows their academic credential and reliability. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 14:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
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In the introduction it states that "However it is suggested that 5 million should migrate out of the city." There is no source for this information and it seems like opinion. Ucimatty (talk) 12:35, 7 August 2011 (UTC)ucimatty
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Tehran, located in Iran, and since Iran is also in S Asia, I say Tehran is also a large city in S Asia. Did not delete anything, but User:اردیبهشت keeps changing. Why? Mtheory1 (talk) 20:29, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
About 75% of Tehran is ethnically Persian. Get used to it, get over it.:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.31.195 (talk) 09:04, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
first of all, I think both Persians and Azeris should accept each other as their neighbor/friend/citizen/... and this should be the base of any helpful discussion. any other assumption will be nonsense and I think won't lead to an helpful discussion. As a foreign spectator (which may not completely foreign but I'll try to be unbiased here however I'm an Azeri...) and may not with in depth spectrum of the subject, I can say something that in 70% of the cases two parts doesn't pay attention to the fact that you/we should accept some facts which one of the very primitive is the existence of both ppl/culture/language in the region. and second the modern (or even post-modern) way of thinking among men. We're living in totally different era, (just take glance to Europe or North America as an example...) people usually couldn't reach a compromise over mostly dialectic and usually fallacious discussions and reasonings. and each just express his/her thoughts without any burnish or let to be polished by some criticism. isolate mono-logs with their one-sided and totally biased followers....
We'll live together, we're becoming more and more closer. I hope to have more peaceful, friendlier and happier society then.Freedomist (talk) 00:40, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
I added a human rights section, cause I saw one in Dubai's page, and other arab and none-arab cities, so I thought.. why not? Iran is the biggest offenders to Sunni rights, (I've been to iran once, and never saw one single Sunni mosque there, we allow Shia to build mosques in Dubai and do as they please), so, I'll leave it to the Iranian to polish it, cause, it is their city after all, enjoy! =) (Rewayah, 2013/4/16) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.51.44.61 (talk) 09:19, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
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Resolved Rye-96 (talk) 12:41, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I noticed a Notable people section is missing from the article, is anyone working on this?
If so, Sanaz Mazinani can be added to the list Jooojay (talk) 20:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
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Following a general review on the article, a number of sections are merged together. The scattered segmentation of these subjects violates the balance of the formative classification of the article.
There are three main subjects which all represent a subsection of geographic studies. Since the article includes a main section addressed to this topic, the sections of Climate, Location and subdivisions, and Capital relocation are added to the section of Geography.
Contents related to the air pollution, earthquakes, and capital relocation are merged into a single section. These issues are comprehensively discussed in the page of Environmental issues in Tehran.
The sections Architecture, Cuisine, Sports and Graffiti are added into the generalized section of Culture. This section has the potential to include more information in the field of culture and arts. The section of Shopping is also merged with the section of Economy.
Please note, these subjects are not removed, and remain as subsets in the generalized sections of the article.
To provide your criticism about the classifications, participate in this discussion.
—Rye-96 (talk) 18:12, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
I suppressed Dubai, which is not in the list of sister cities in the official website of Tehran's municipality: [16]. Sapphorain (talk) 12:47, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
The page states Tehran is the 2nd largest city in Western Asia. Baghdad's page states the same about Baghdad and mentions Tehran as the largest. Tehran is bigger than Baghdad by over 200 km2. Shouldn't that be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.254.62.137 (talk) 11:22, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Alborzagros,
The images that you have taken into consideration contain obvious visual defects and cannot be used in this section.
They are outsize, irregular, and certainly unimportant, and are lacking the expected standards.
Please provide your criticism with valid explanations, and avoid repeating the edition.
Thank you for your cooperation.
–Rye-96 (talk) 11:56, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
I recently offered gallery-box below in which there are more significant and famous cites rather previous one.
Tehran panorama (Milad Tower in right) , Grand Bazaar,
Ahmad Shahi Pavilion, maim gate of Tehran university,
@Rye-96:
but some people undid my contribution. please answer why it is happening. Alborzagros (talk) 11:59, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
@Rye-96: thanks for answer. Alborzagros (talk) 06:37, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
The current photo montage of Tehran contains images of two main symbols of the city, along with images of two historical structures, a famed public park, and a skyline of northern highrises of the city.
The image North Tehran Towers.jpg, which was added on 7 September 2015 and removed on 9 September 2015, was replacing the image which shows one of the main symbols of the city, and was providing another view of a region which is already shown in the montage. It was also contrary to the description.
Please consider to discuss about your criticism before editing, in order to prevent technical errors and edit wars. Thank you for your cooperation.
–Rye-96 (talk) 10:45, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Dear user, the panoramic view of Tehran from Qeytariyeh.jpg represents a view of the district of Qeytarie in 2010, when some of the buildings shown on the image were still under construction. Aside from the lack of significance, this image does not represent a proper portrayal in this section. Instead, it can be a reasonable view alongside the paragraph of high rise developments in the section of Architecture.
The extreme long shot of North Tehran Towers.jpg, which includes a vast unseasonable empty space, is also a wrong choice for the section of montage.
Please avoid I just like it arguments, and prevent edit warring.
Rye-96 (talk) 18:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)