Courthouse of Tehran ({{lang, fa, کاخِ دادگستریِ تهران – Kāx e Dādgostari ye Tehrān), also known as the Palace of Justice, is a historical courthouse in

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. The building was designed by Czechoslovak architect Stanislav Suva in the Neoclassical style to house 1,200 employees, serving as the

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, the law court, and the criminal and civil courts. Architecturally, the most important features of the building are the entrance hall, the main court hall, the offices and side rooms for the court, and the dining area and kitchen. Skoda began construction on the Palace of Justice between 1938 and 1946. Ing Arch Suva, a Czech architect who studied at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Prague before being employed by "Société Iranienne Skoda", elaborated the sketch for the front face of the building in "European monumental conception". It was necessary the architecture had a sense of permanence and a contemporaneous character in an Iranian style, which is intelligible to Iranian people but freed from excessive archaism. The designs for skirting parts had been elaborated by lead architect Suva and was entrusted to architect Tiyvoran. Architects Kopp and Jan Gabriel worked on the lining and embossing parts. Stone-dressing works and other craft-works, which were done by many Iranian workers, were managed by Czech experts and engineers. During 1940 Suva was ordered to return to

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, which was already occupied by

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. He refused and was employed in the constructional department of the

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. Jan Gabriel, who worked out different architectural details on the front facade, the entrance door, and ceiling

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in the interiors, previously worked on the

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, and afterwards on the

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in Balborsán. Construction on the building was suspended during

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during the reign of

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. Today, the High Council of the Judiciary is based in this building.

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author by Stanislav Suva; Sculptor Lajoš Biró File:Anoushiravan.jpg, Statue of

Anushirawan the Just Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: []), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ( [] "the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from ...

by Qolam Reza Rahimzade Arzhang File:Ministerstv spravedlnosti 1.jpg, View from the side File:Ministerstvo spravedlnosti 2.jpg, View of the front part Buildings and structures in Tehran Courthouses