The Tehran Municipality Palace (
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: عمارت شهرداری تهران) was a building in
Toopkhane square,
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Iran
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. It served as the office for Tehran municipality for years before being destroyed in 1969.
History
After
the 1921 coup in Iran that led to
Zia ol Din Tabatabaee
Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabataba'i (June 1889 – 29 August 1969; fa, سید ضیاءالدین طباطبایی) was an Iranian journalist and politician who, with the help of Reza Shah, Reza Khan Savadkuhi, led the 1921 Persian coup d'état, and su ...
becoming prime minister of Iran, an
Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
named
Kasbar Ipegian
Kasbar Ipegian (b. 1883 - d. 1952) was a Lebanese Armenian and one of the most important figures of Armenian theater. Ipegian was a lawyer by profession; he had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and had a talent for learning foreign languages. Rath ...
became the acting mayor of Tehran. Ipegian ordered the construction of a municipality building in
Toopkhane square to centralize affairs in the city. After
Reza Khan
,
, spouse = Maryam Savadkoohi Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlu (queen consort)Turan AmirsoleimaniEsmat Dowlatshahi
, issue = Princess Hamdamsaltaneh Princess ShamsMohammad Reza Shah Princess Ashraf Prince Ali Reza Prince Gholam Reza Prin ...
was crowned Shah of Iran in 1925,
Karim Buzarjomehri
General Karim Agha Khan Bouzarjomehri (1886–1951) was a leading Iranian military general and supporter of Reza Pahlavi.
Buzarjomehri started military training at 13 years of age, and became Reza Shah's most trusted figures.
He was banished f ...
became the mayor of Tehran and the building was completed. The building was destroyed after more than 4 decades of existence in 1969 for unknown reasons.
References
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Demolished buildings and structures in Iran
Pahlavi Iran
Buildings and structures demolished in 1969