Rasanan ( fa, رسنان, also

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d as Rasanān) is a village in

Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District ( fa, دهستان لواسان بزرگ) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

Lavasanat District Lavasanat District ( fa, بخش لواسانات) is a district (bakhsh) in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 22,289, in 6,615 families. The administrative center of the district is Lavasan. The Dist ...

Shemiranat County Shemiranat County ( fa, شهرستان شمیرانات) is located in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shemiran, which is part of the city of Tehran. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,778, in 11,178 household ...

, Tehran Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 375, in 111 families. The village is located at 11 km from Tehran road to

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and is 14 km from Lavasan city center of Lavasanat district. In the spring and summer, the weather is calm and cool, and the climate is cold in fall and winter. The villagers of Rasanan, like other villages in the region, speak in ancient Persian language. Rasanan is close to the capital and since old times, people of the village had two houses; one in Tehran for the winter and one for the remainder of the year in Rasanan. On the right is Kalakdar Farm. The farm belongs to the two original families of the region, the Hadian and Mohammadian families. These families have endowed the farm for Imam Hussein for the rural development. Rasanan has a primary school, which was donated by the late Ali Asghar Mohammadian and was built more than 55 years ago. According to the documents and especially the endowment's letter of the Kalakdar farm, a group of Hadian families is from the Zand family and the sons of Haj Mohammad Hassan Khan and Suleiman Shahsavari. During the massacre of their family, in the reign of Sultan

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ( fa, آقا محمد خان قاجار, translit=Âqâ Mohammad Xân-e Qâjâr; 14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797), also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah (, ), was the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, rul ...

, they had secretly emigrated from

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to Rasanan, and had taken some interesting and traditional architecture in their homes. Since then the hills and mountains have eroded and the village has been redeveloped.

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