Seoul Street ( fa, خیابان سئول) is a street that runs in the north of

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, close to the city's

Evin Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran. The district consists of an old section, filled with orchards and gardens of old houses, and a new section, with high rises and skyscrapers. It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus and ...

district.

Name

On 27 June 1977, the

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suggested that the cities of

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(the capital of South Korea) and Tehran (the capital of Iran) exchange the names of streets on the occasion of the visit to South Korea of

Gholamreza Nikpey Gholam-Reza Nikpey (غلامرضا نیک‌پی), also Nikpay (1927 – 11 April 1979) was deputy prime minister of Iran and Mayor of Tehran. He became Mayor of Tehran in 1969, succeeding Javad Shahrestani. Prior to that, he had served as Iran' ...

, the

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. The following year, "Samneungno" street was renamed

Teheran-ro Teheran-ro (translation "Tehran Boulevard") is a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea. It runs from Gangnam Station through Yeoksam-dong and into Samseong-dong. It is colloquially known as "Teheran Valley" (after Silicon Valley ...

(translation: Tehran Boulevard). Seoul Street's Korean counterpart then ran through a relatively underdeveloped area that been annexed into Seoul in 1963, which then experienced phenomenal growth and waves of construction. Today, Tehran Boulevard is colloquially known as "Teheran Valley" (after

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) due to the number of

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-related companies operating there, with Teheran-ro becoming one of the busiest streets in South Korea.

Buildings around the street

* Tehran International Exhibition * Enghelab Sport Complex *

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* Sheikh Bahaei Square * ٍExploration Directorate of NIOC

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Streets in Tehran Iran–South Korea relations {{Tehran-geo-stub

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Buildings around the street

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