Tehran’s historic Azadi Tower a victim of neglect. Demonstrators head towards Azadi Square in support of presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi in this 2009 file photo.

Tehran's Azadi Tower, witness to history, victim of neglect. By Yeganeh Torbati. February 20, 2013 2:21 PM UTC Updated February 20, 2013 File photo of Iranian President Mahmoud ...

Completed in 1971 in Tehran, Iran. This article was originally published on 26 October, 2015. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics ...

Its name changed from Shahyad Tower, or Kings Memorial, to Azadi or Freedom. * The tower combined different phases of Iran's history and their related architectural features: ...

TEHRAN-The newly-opened cinematheque of Azadi Tower in Tehran will screen the 2023 French thriller crime film “Anatomy of a Fall” directed by Justine Triet on Tuesday. Being the fourth program at the ...

Visitors can climb Azadi Tower using the elevator or stairs to get a nice view of the city from the top. The Islamic Republic is set to resume tourist visas by next month after months of suspension ...

Tehran’s Azadi Tower, built in 1971 under the Shah, has established itself as one of the city’s most signficant landmarks. Comment. Forty five years ago in Tehran, a 50m-high white marble monument, ...

Within days of the 2009 election that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, demonstrations engulfed Tehran and other Iranian cities, centered on the capital’s sprawling Azadi Square.

(Reuters) - Here are a few facts about the Azadi Tower monument that serves as a gateway to the Iranian capital of Tehran. * The Azadi cultural complex is located in Tehran's Azadi Square in an ...