Darrous () is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

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 ...

, northern

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 considered one of the most affluent areas in the city, as many modern and fashionable families reside there. Darrous is bounded by

Pasdaran Pasdaran (, meaning "Guards") can refer to: * Pasdaran (district) in Tehran * Informal name for the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) {{disambig ...

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 ...

Doulat Doulat (also spelled Dowlat) is a district in northern Tehran, Iran. Doulat is mostly suburban in nature and is located between Shariati street and Pasdaran street. It neighbors Daroos, Dibaji, Ekhtiarieh districts. Many shops and restaurants ...

, and

Ekhtiyarieh Ekhtiyariyeh (; also Romanized as ''Ekhtiyāriyeh'' or ''Extiyāriye(h)'') is a neighborhood in the district of Shemiran in northern Tehran, Iran. Ekhtiarieh was a relatively small village in the suburbs of Tehran even back in the early 1960s. I ...

. Mehdi Gholi Hedayat (Mokhber-ol Saltaneh), a renowned

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of the late

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, was the main land owner in this area prior to 1950s, which at that time consisted of expansive gardens and farms. Beside holding other high offices such as governor of Fars and

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, during the constitutional era, he served from 1927 to 1933 as

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during the reign of

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. His legacy still survives in the area in the form of a

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, a medical clinic, and a

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, all named Hedayat and located on Hedayat Street. Many foreign embassies are located in Darrous including those of Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Colombia, Argentina and Kazakhstan. In addition, Darrous is home to various

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agencies.

Notable current and former residents

Mehdi Qoli Hedayat Mehdi Qoli Khan Hedayat (; 1863 – September 21, 1955), also known as Mokhber-ol Saltaneh (Persian: ), was Prime Minister of Iran and an author of several books on Iranian music, modern education, poetry, current affairs, and most notably a mem ...

, former Prime Minister *

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (; born 9 May 1945) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician and former chairman of the Parliament. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was the first non-cleric in the post sinc ...

, former Speaker of Parliament *

Fereydoun Farrokhzad Fereydoun Farrokhzad (; October 7, 1936 – August 7, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show, ''The Silver Carnation'', which introdu ...

, singer, actor, poet, TV and radio host, writer, and opposition political figure *

Forugh Farrokhzad Forugh Farrokhzad (; 28 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic,* feminist author. Farrokhzad died in a car accident at the age of 32. Ear ...

, poet and film director *

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, conservative politician, former military officer, and current List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iran, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Parli ...

, Mayor of Tehran * Kaveh Golestan, photojournalist and artist *

Lili Golestan Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi (; born 14 July 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran. She is the daughter of the filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and Fakhri Golestan ,t ...

, translator and artistic director of Golestan Gallery *

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (; 18 February 1919 – 7 April 1979) was an Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977. He was the longest serving prime minister in Iran's history. He also ...

, former Prime Minister of Iran *

Sir Horace Phillips Sir Horace Hyman Phillips, KCMG (31 May 1917 – 19 March 2004), was a British diplomat. He was the first British Jewish career ambassador.

, British diplomat * Felix A. Keller, businessman

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Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{Tehran-geo-stub

Notable current and former residents

See also

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