Tehran
About Tehran
Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is also the capital of Tehran province and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and West Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Varamin, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis.
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During the Iran hostage crisis, the CIA managed to sneak some agents into Tehran and they had false German passports. One of the agents was stopped by the customs officials and they said, something's wrong with your passport — this is the first time I've seen a German passport which has a middle initial instead of a full name.
from No Such Thing As Lobsters At The Lobster Festival, 2018-01-26 at 00:48:58 · read transcript
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In Iran, yeah. So he's basically taken all of these names from all the different deposed people and then put them into his name. Wow, like he has his parents have. He basically lives in Tehran or anyway, capital of Albania and he has a little royal residence. It's quite a nice house, but it's not a mansion. It's not a palace. When he opens his gate, he has a little yard there.
434: No Such Thing As Robinson Two-Soe, 2022-07-08 · listen
They had to take a massive detour. That prompted a rumor that they'd been kidnapped and murdered by bandits. I think the British Embassy in Tehran thought that and were so relieved that they had a cocktail party for them when they saw that. I read that definitely they had the cocktail party. I read that at the time in the newspapers, but I couldn't find any evidence in the newspapers that people thought they had been.
525: No Such Thing As A Clenched Shin, 2024-04-04 · listen
For now, I'll give you 100 million quid if you can tell me which country the world's largest mall is, according to Wikipedia. Okay. Eritrea. No. Mexico. No, unlucky lads. That goes into the pot for the next. episode. It's the Iran Mall in Tehran. The largest mall in the world. That's pretty good. Is it just very... It's just big. It's got hotels. It's got lots of...
Little Fish: This Could Tail Off Really Quickly, 2025-12-07 · listen
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