Shian is one of the neighborhoods in the northeast of Tehran. Shiyan neighborhood, which is located in district 4 of

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, is located in the north of Loizan Forest Park and south of Aja residential and military complex.

Neighborhood

The streets of this neighborhood are named Xian and Xian 1 to 7 respectively. Shi'an neighborhood has a Hosseinieh and Loizan Hospital is located near it. The highway under construction in Darabad is the closest highway to this neighborhood. A forest park named Xian and Xian Hotel are among the sightseeing places of the neighborhood. Xian Village Hotel was built in 1375 by Region 4 Municipality in the northeastern part of Louisan Forest Park.

Alleged nuclear site

Lavizan-Shian was an alleged undeclared nuclear site in north-eastern

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. The site was under investigation by the

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(IAEA) as a potential undeclared nuclear site. According to

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, claims by the US that topsoil has been removed and the site had been sanitized could not be verified by IAEA investigators who visited Lavizan in 2005.

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DESTRUCTION AT IRANIAN SITE RAISES NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITIESIAEA Report November 2005
Nuclear research institutes Nuclear program of Iran {{Tehran-geo-stub