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

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

connecting Enqelab square to

Imam Hossein Square Imam Hossein Square, or Meydan-e Emam Hoseyn, is a square in eastern central Tehran, Iran. It was designed by Karl Schlamminger. Transportation * Enqelab Street * Damavand Street * 17 Shahrivar Street * Mazandaran Street * Tehran BRT Line Im ...

. 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 (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

. Its former name was Shah Reza Street after

Rezā Shāh Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...

, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.

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* {{Main quarters of Tehran Streets in Tehran

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