Valiasr Street

Vali Asr Street; خيابان ولی عصر
Length:	17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Location:	Tehran
From:	Tajrish Square
To:	Rahahan Square

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Valiasr Street (Persian: ولی عصر ) is a tree-lined street in Tehran, Iran, dividing the metropolis into western and eastern parts. It is considered one of Tehran's main thoroughfares and commercial centres. It is also the longest street in the Middle East,^[1] and was reported as one of the longest in the world by former BBC (now Al Jazeera) journalist Rageh Omaar during the television documentary Welcome to Tehran.^[2]

The street was built by Reza Shah Pahlavi's order and called the Pahlavi Street. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution the street's name was changed initially to Mossadeq Street (in reference to former nationalist prime minister Mohammad Mossadeq) and later to Valiasr (a reference to the 12th Shi'ite Imam). Valiasr Street is the hub of different activities in Tehran and innumerable shops and restaurants as well a large number of parks (like Mellat Park), highways, cultural centers are situated along this long avenue.

Valiasr runs from the Tehran's railway station (1117 meters elevation above see level) in the south of the city

to the Tajrish square (1612 meters elevation above see level) in the north.

Valiasr runs for 12 miles (19.3 kilometers), north to south, and is filled with traffic at all hours, even until the early hours of the morning. The shops stay open late and the kiosks sell fresh fruit juice, coffee and newspapers.

From North to South
Tajrish Square	Shahrdari Street Fana Khosro Street
	Pasyan Street
Parkway Junction	Chamran Expressway Modares Expressway
	IRIB Road
	IRIB Road
	Niayesh Expressway Esfandyar Street
	Mirdamad Boulevard
Vanak Square	Haghani Expressway Vanak Street Mollasadra Street Berezil Street
	Hemmat Expressway
	Abbaspur Street
	Beheshti Street
	Ostad Motahari Street
	Asadabadi Street
	Fatemi Street
Valiasr Square	Karimkhan Zand Boulevard Keshavarz Boulevard
Vali Asr Metro Station
	Taleqani Street
Valiasr Junction	Enqelab Street
Valiasr Intersection Metro Station
	Jomhuri-ye Eslami Street
	Pastor Street Jami Street
	Emam Khomeini Street
Moniriyeh Square	Moayyeri Street Abu Said Street
Moniriyeh Metro Station
	Qazvin Street
	Mowlavi Street
	Mokhtari Street
Rahahan Metro Station
Rahahan Square	Shush Street Kargar Street Tehran Railway Station
From South to North