Niavaran Complex

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]

Sitting room inside the Niavaran Mansion

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  Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
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  Sahebgharaniyeh Palace
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  The office of the Shah within the Sahebgharaniyeh Palace
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  Area in front of the Niavaran Mansion
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  The gate of the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Inside the Niavaran Mansion
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  Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
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  Inside the Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
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  Area in front of the Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
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  Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
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  Shahbanu Farah's dressing table
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  Corridor to private rooms in the Niavaran Palace
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  Interior of Prince Ali Reza's room
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  Mohammad Reza Shah's uniform in the Niavaran Palace
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  Cinema inside the Niavaran Mansion

• Architecture of Iran
• Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran
• Niavaran Park – a park built in 1969 next to the complex
• Golestan Palace – the former official royal Qajar-dynasty complex, located in Tehran
• Sa'dabad Complex – a complex built by the Qajar and Pahlavi monarchs, located in Tehran
• List of royal palaces
• List of palaces in Iran