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[[File:Shahyad Azadi Square and Avenue.jpg|thumb|260px|Azadi Avenue from above in the 1970s]] |
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'''Azadi Street''' is a trunk route in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] connecting [[Azadi Square]] to [[Enqelab Square]]. |
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'''Azadi Avenue'''<ref>http://www.rferl.org/a/Eyewitness_From_Tehran_Today/1758936.html Eyewitness On Azadi Avenue</ref><ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=Q2ndCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=Azadi+avenue&source=bl&ots=Ca7hslh9N3&sig=6HZOLhmPGT1hJVx8UEgDfQOFmyU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ8MaO6rvRAhXIxlQKHQcdBbk4ChDoAQgpMAQ#v=onepage&q=Azadi%20avenue&f=false</ref> or '''Azadi Street''' ({{lang-fa|خیابان آزادی}}; ''Khiābān-e Azādi'') is a trunk route in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] connecting [[Azadi Square]] to [[Enqelab Square]]. |
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The avenue's name means "Freedom" in [[Persian language|Persian]]. Prior to [[Iranian revolution of 1979|the 1979 Revolution]], the avenue was called '''Eisenhower avenue''' after the United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Elliot, Jason|title=Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys through Iran|publisher=Picador|page=15}}</ref> |
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[[File:Azadi avenue.png|thumb|260px|Azadi Avenue at night]] |
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Revision as of 05:36, 12 January 2017
 خیابان آزادی | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 4.5 km (2.8 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |  Azadi Square |
| West end | Enqelab Square |
| Location | |
| Country | Iran |
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Azadi Avenue[1][2] or Azadi Street (Template:Lang-fa; Khiābān-e Azādi) is a trunk route in Tehran, Iran connecting Azadi Square to Enqelab Square.
The avenue's name means "Freedom" in Persian. Prior to the 1979 Revolution, the avenue was called Eisenhower avenue after the United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[3]
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Continues as  Enqelab Street
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Enqelab Square |
Kargar Street
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  Enghelab Metro Station
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Jamalzade Street
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 Tehran BRT Line Qarib Station
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Qarib Street
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Eskandari Street
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| Tohid Metro Station
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 Tohid Tunnel Local Route
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| Tehran BRT Line Rudaki Station
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Rudaki Street
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| Tehran BRT Line Behbudi Station
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Azarbaijan Street Behbudi Street Sohravard Street
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 Azadi Metro Station
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Shadmehr Street Jeyhun Street
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 Yadegar-e-Emam Expressway
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| Doctor Habib-o-llah Metro Station
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| Tehran BRT Line Sharif University Station
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| Tehran BRT Line Ostad Moin Station
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Javad Akbari Street Jey Street Ostad Moin Street
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| Ostad Moein Metro Station
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| Tehran BRT Line Azadi Square Station
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Azadi Square |
Saidi Expressway Jenah Expressway Makhsus Karaj Expressway
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References
- ^ http://www.rferl.org/a/Eyewitness_From_Tehran_Today/1758936.html Eyewitness On Azadi Avenue
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=Q2ndCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=Azadi+avenue&source=bl&ots=Ca7hslh9N3&sig=6HZOLhmPGT1hJVx8UEgDfQOFmyU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ8MaO6rvRAhXIxlQKHQcdBbk4ChDoAQgpMAQ#v=onepage&q=Azadi%20avenue&f=false
- ^ Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys through Iran. Picador. p. 15.