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Towns & cities

Tehran

capital city of Iran

Iran · 35.6889, 51.3897

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Tehran is recorded as a filming location for 13 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Tehran, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.

1 production was filmed at 8 places inside Tehran rather than at Tehran itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“A co-production between Iran and France, the film was shot in Tehran, beginning in 2015.”
The Salesman (2016) · Wikipedia

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Tehran
Photo: Amir Pashaei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Tehran

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Tehran as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Tehran

1 production shot at 8 places inside Tehran, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Tehran itself.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Tehran?

25 productions are recorded as filmed in Tehran, 1 of them at places inside it, including A Separation (2011), Taste of Cherry (1997) and Children of Heaven (1997). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Tehran?

A Separation (2011), covered by 46 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Tehran?

Tehran is in Iran. Its coordinates are 35.6889, 51.3897. The day trip guide for Tehran lists 10 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Tehran?

Cafe Naderi (3 km east), Golestan Palace (3 km east), Masudiyeh Mansion (3 km east), Baharestan (4 km east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Amir Pashaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Tehran: 10 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.