Mianeh ( fa, ميانه; az, Miyana, میانا; also Romanized as Meyāneh, Miane, Miyāna, Meyaneh, and Mīyaneh) is a city and capital of

Mianeh County Mianeh County (also Miyaneh County) ( fa, شهرستان میانه) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran.اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران tlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran(Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran'') The capit ...

, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is the fourth most populous city in East Azerbaijan province. Mianeh is situated in a valley, approximately northwest of Tehran and approximately southeast of East Azerbaijan's largest city and capital, Tabriz. The city was strategically located, during antiquity was a frontier city for a key travel route between Iraq and Azerbaijan. Historical monuments in the city of Mianeh include the Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum (Kamaləddin). Nearby monuments include Kiz Castle (also known as Qız Qalası), the

Stone Tark Mosque The Stone Tark Mosque dates from the Ilkhanate and is located in Tark Tark may refer to: *Tark, East Azerbaijan, a city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Tark, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *Bal Tark, a village in Gilan Province, ...

, and the

Kiz Bridge Kiz Bridge ( fa, پل‌دختر, az, قيز کؤرپۆسۆ, Qız Körpüsü) is a historical bridge near the Mianeh in East Azerbaijan. The age of the bridge is unknown, some archaeologists date it to the Sassanid era while other attribute to a ...

(Qız Körpüsü). The Kiz Bridge was partly destroyed in December 1946 by Communist militants of the

Azerbaijani Democratic Party The Azerbaijan Democratic Party ( az, , Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi; fa, فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان, Ferqa-ye demokrāt-e Āzarbāyjān) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and pan-Turkist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, ...

advocating for independence to halt the offensive of the Capitalist-supported

Imperial Iranian Army , founded = , current_form = ( Islamic Republic) , disbanded = , branches = , headquarters = Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran , website = , commander-in-chief = Maj. Ge ...

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Notable people

Among notable people from Mianeh are: *

Afsar Asadi Afsar Asadi (; born 16 January 1958) is an Iranian actress and make-up artist. Filmography As an actress * Movies * TV Series As a make-up artist Awards * Best Supporting Actress, Fajr Film Festival, for Obour Az Ghobar (1990 ...

, actress * Aref Arefkia, singer *

Dariush Eghbali Dariush Eghbali ( fa, داریوش اقبالی ), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer. Biography Childhood and Youth Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his early years in Mi ...

, singer *

Yossef Karami Yousef Karami ( fa, یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983, in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–8 ...

, Olympic medalist *

Behnam Mahmoudi Behnam Mahmoudi ( fa, بهنام محمودی, born April 25, 1980 in Meyaneh) is an Iranian former volleyball player, who capped for more than 8 years in the Iran National Volleyball Team of the year 1998-2006. His brother Shahram Mahmoudi is al ...

, volleyball player *

Rizali Khajavi Azbarali Hajavi (Persian: ازبرعلی حاجوی), better known as Rizali Khajavi (Persian: ریزعلی خواجوی) or the Selfless Farmer (Persian: دهقان فداکار) was an Iranian farmer who became famous after his efforts to pre ...

, Selfless Farmer *

Shahram Mahmoudi Shahram Mahmoudi ( fa, شهرام محمودی, born 20 July 1988 in Mianeh) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for the Iran men's national volleyball team. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Mahmoudi debut national game in 201 ...

, volleyball player *

Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...

, director of the movies ''The Circle'', ''The White Balloon'' and ''

Crimson Gold ''Crimson Gold'' ( fa, طلای سرخ Talâ-ye Sorx) is a 2003 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, and written by Abbas Kiarostami. The film was never distributed in Iranian theatres, because it was considered too "dark". Therefore, it was not ...

'' *, political activist, former Tabriz police chief *

Maryam Sadeghi Maryam Sadeghi is an Iranian-born Canadian computer scientist and businesswoman in the field of medical image analysis. Early life and education Sadeghi was born in 1980 in Mianeh, East Azerbaijan, Iran. She completed an undergraduate degr ...

, computer scientist in the field of medical image analysis

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{{East Azerbaijan Province Populated places in Meyaneh County Cities in East Azerbaijan Province

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