Chizar () is a neighborhood in

Shemiran Shemirān (, ) is the capital of Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran, but is actually located just north of the borders of Tehran County along Chamran Expressway and Sadr Expressway and it is the northernmost district of the city of T ...

, north of

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. Chizar used to be a village which was gradually annexed to the capital with the expansion of Tehran city. Chizar neighborhood has a long religious history indicated by the presence of Imamzadeh Ali Akbar.

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Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{Tehran-geo-stub