Tehran’s historic Azadi Tower a victim of neglect. Demonstrators head towards Azadi Square in support of presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi in this 2009 file photo.

Tehran's Azadi Tower, witness to history, victim of neglect. By Yeganeh Torbati. ... ISNA quoted an unnamed expert as saying repairs in 2010 to the tower and the museum complex below were to blame.

Tehran’s Azadi Tower, built in 1971 under the Shah, has established itself as one of the city’s most signficant landmarks Forty five years ago in Tehran, a 50m-high white marble monument, still ...

For 45 years, Iran's most famous modern monument, the Azadi (Freedom) Tower in Tehran, has been the backdrop to every major news story coming out of the country. A plaza for celebrations ...

The Azadi Tower is a monument on Azadi Square. It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural and Artistic Complex, which also includes ...

DUBAI: Within days of the 2009 election that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, demonstrations engulfed ...

Within days of the 2009 election that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, demonstrations engulfed Tehran and other Iranian cities, centered on the capital’s sprawling Azadi Square.