Amir Abad

For other uses, see Amir Abad (disambiguation).

Amir Abad (Persian: امیرآباد ‎‎) is a district in the city of Tehran, Iran.

The main street of Amir Abad is called Kargar Avenue and is one of the longest streets of Tehran, extending from Southern Tehran's Rah Ahan Square to Northern Amir Abad.

Shariati hospital, in Amir Abad district of Tehran is a large medical center of the city.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is headquartered north of this district. University of Tehran has large parts of its engineering, economics, physics departments, and physical education facilities, as well as the majority of its student dormitories located here.

Neda Agha-Soltan, the martyr of the Iranian Green Revolution, was killed east of Kargar Avenue, at the corner of Khosravi Street and Salehi Street, in Amir Abad.