City walls of Tehran

Tehran, Iran

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

The city walls of Tehran, which once encircled Iran's capital, represented successive layers of urban fortification spanning the Safavid, Zand, and Qajar periods. Constructed primarily of adobe and brick, these defensive structures evolved architecturally across centuries of the city's expansion and political transformation. The walls have since been destroyed, leaving little of the original fortifications visible in the modern cityscape, though they remain significant to understanding Tehran's historical urban development and the architectural practices of medieval and early modern Persia.