tehran

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.

noun

1. the capital of Iran, at the foot of the Elburz Mountains: built on the site of the ancient capital Ray, destroyed by Mongols in 1220; became capital in the 1790s; three universities. Pop: 7 352 000 (2005 est)

Capital of Iran and the largest city in the country; located in northern Iran.