Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and the Shah was forced into exile.
Iranian-US relations have been strained since a group of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4th, 1979, and held it until January 20th, 1981. During 1980-88, a war with Iraq cost a million Iranian lives and devastated the economy.
Today Tehran faces both political and social transformation as some Iranians embrace liberal ideologies while others maintain established Islamic traditions.
Website
http://www.tehran.ir/
Sister City Since
May 26, 1972
Distance From Los Angeles
7,582 miles
Population
City: 7,352,000
Country: 68,688,433
Climate
Mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Local Time
GMT: +3.5; L.A. Time: +12.5
Currency
Iranian real
Iranian-US relations have been strained since a group of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4th, 1979, and held it until January 20th, 1981. During 1980-88, a war with Iraq cost a million Iranian lives and devastated the economy.
Today Tehran faces both political and social transformation as some Iranians embrace liberal ideologies while others maintain established Islamic traditions.
Website
http://www.tehran.ir/
Sister City Since
May 26, 1972
Distance From Los Angeles
7,582 miles
Population
City: 7,352,000
Country: 68,688,433
Climate
Mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Local Time
GMT: +3.5; L.A. Time: +12.5
Currency
Iranian real