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Si-e Tir street

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Si-e Tir Street
خیابان سی‌ تیر
Length1 km (0.62 mi)
LocationTehran
North endJomhuri
South endImam Khomeini

Si-e Tir street (Persian: خیابان سی تیر) or Qavam Street (Persian: خیابان قوام) is a historical and walk down street in central Tehran, Iran.[1] It is bordered to the south by Imam Khomeini street and City Park and to the north by Jomhuri Street, Mirza Kuchik Khan street and Neauphle-le-Château street.

Si-e Tir means 30th Tir and corresponds with July 21 and is named after the date of the massive pro-Mohammad Mossadegh uprising against Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1952 in which dozens of people were killed.

It is famous and known as religious street for locating a synagogue, a mosque, two Christian churches and a Zoroastrian fire temple along it: Haim Synagogue, Saint Peter Church and Adorian fire temple.[2] in addition, there are some most important museums of Tehran in it: National Museum of Iran, Abgineh Museum of Tehran, the old building of National Library of Iran and some other historical complexes.[3]

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