Niavaran Complex

Compound of Iranian palaces and historic site

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The Niavaran Palace Complex (Persian: مجموعه کاخ نیاوران, romanized: Majmue-ye Kākh-e Niāvarān) is a historic palace complex situated in Shemiran (northern Tehran), Iran. It consists of several palace buildings and monuments dating back to the Qajar and Pahlavi eras.^[1]

History

During the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, a new palace named Niavaran was constructed for the imperial family. The palace was designed in 1958 and completed in 1967. It served a variety of purposes for the court including as a home for the Shah and Shahbanu Farah as well as a place to entertain visiting foreign heads of state. On 31 December 1977, the reception and state banquet for U.S. president Jimmy Carter took place here.^[2]

The Shah and Shahbanu left basically everything behind when they left Iran in January 1979. All of the peripheral buildings of the Sahebgharaniyeh Palace, with the exception of the Ahmad Shahi Pavilion, were demolished, and the present-day structures were built to the north of the Sahebgharaniyeh. The Ahmad Shahi Pavilion was then used as an exhibition centre for presents from world leaders to the Iranian shahs.^[1]