Enqelab Street (Persian: ; also spelled Enghelab) is a major trunk route in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. 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 popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

connecting Enqelab square to Imam Hossein Square. The street's full name is ''Enqelab-e Islami'' (Islamic Revolution Street) and it was named in honor of the

Islamic Revolution of 1979 The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. Its former name was Shah Reza Street after Rezā Shāh, the founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

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* {{Main quarters of Tehran Streets in Tehran

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