''École Française de Téhéran'' (EFT) is a French international school located in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

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. It is at Gholhak Garden, the British embassy residential complex, in the

Gholhak Gholhak or Qolhak () is a neighborhood located in District 3 of Tehran Municipality. It is bounded on the east by the Darrous neighborhood (Fakourian Street), on the west by the Gholhak River, on the north by the British Embassy Garden, and on th ...

area. It serves from the ''maternelle'' (preschool) level, up to the ''lycée'' (senior high school) level. As of 2011 it had 256 students, including foreigners and Iranians.Ya'ar, Chana.
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'' (Israel National News). 12 June 2011. Retrieved on 16 September 2015. The school is on the property of the British Embassy. It closed after the

2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran The 2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran was a mob action on 29 November 2011 by a crowd of Iranian protesters who stormed the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tehran, embassy and another British diplomatic compound in Tehran, Iran, ransacki ...

; the attack occurred while the school was in session. However, the school has since reopened.efteheran
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France–Iran relations High schools in Iran Educational institutions established in 1995 1995 establishments in Iran {{Iran-school-stub