Tehran Travel Forum

Hi there,

I was born in Iran, where my family lived for a number of years. I don't remember anything about the country... but (or because of this) I have a strong desire to return to see where I come from and how life is there today. I'm particularly interested to see the place where I was born and the house (or the street at least) where my family lived.

I have looked online for a good map of Teheran but have thus far been unable to find one that is detailed enough. I also just don't know which street names may have been changed since the revolution. I'm hoping someone out there might be able to help?

We lived at #3 Kamyar, an east-west street about 2 blocks north of the US Embassy. Kamyar was about a block south of Karim Khan-e Zand, another east-west street. Kamyar was not terribly long. Kheredmand was two houses east of ours. A famous restaurant called Chetniks was apparently on Kheredman and very close to our place. There was also a north-south street west of Kamyar called Iranshahr. The US consulate was on that street, as was a window glass shop and the Nun-e Barbarie bakery. The hospital where I was born was apparently about 3 blocks north and a tad west of our house.

Thanks so much for any help!

Hey there good luck. Pre-revolution maps may be hard on line but, I'm a big library could help, especially University Libraries.

I googled Tehran Road maps and this was the best I could find in a short search. You can click and zoom in only a bit.
http://www.sahneh.com/tehran/links/map.htm

Hi,
I asked my dad he will go there the day after tomorrow to check it out.
I hope he can find it :)
A.

Amazing. Thank you so much for just trying!

Wow, that's cool

Hi,
Here is the result of investigation by my dad :)
Kamyar Street is either Mohajer Street or Nowshahr (Noshahr) Street, it’s probably Mohajer though, they are only two East-west streets between Karimkhan and Iranshahr, my dad asked the businesses in the neighborhood but they were mostly young people and they didn’t have any idea about the name of the streets before the revolution.
My dad said Mohajer Street is right across the street from former Chentkis restaurant.

Azadeh

Excellent. Thank you, and your father, so much!