Tehran
City
Capital of Iran since the Qajar dynasty made it the capital in 1786.
Held by
- 1789 – December 15, 1925 Qajar Iran
- since December 15, 1925 Iran
Capital of
- 1789 – December 15, 1925 Qajar Iran
- Iran
Events here 16
- January 30, 1829 Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran
- 1890 – 1892 Tobacco Protest
- February 21, 1921 1921 Persian coup d'état
- July 8, 1937 Treaty of Saadabad
- November 28 – December 1, 1943 Tehran Conference
- August 15–19, 1953 1953 Iranian coup d'état
- June 5, 1963 1963 demonstrations in Iran
- January 7, 1978 – February 11, 1979 Iranian Revolution
- September 8, 1978 Black Friday (1978)
- November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981 Iran hostage crisis
- June 13, 2009 – February 11, 2010 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
- June 7, 2017 2017 Tehran attacks
- March 27, 2021 Iran–China 25-year Cooperation Program
- September 16, 2022 – September 2023 Mahsa Amini protests
- July 31, 2024 Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- October 26, 2024 October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran