Aftab, Iran

Dinarabad (Persian: ديناراباد, also Romanized as Dīnārābād) is a village in Khalazir Rural District, Aftab District, Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 116, in 28 families.

Aftab District (Persian: بخش آفتاب) is in Tehran County, Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Aftab.At the 2006 National Census, its population was 22,898 in 5,497 households. The following census in 2011 counted 28,402 people in 7,811 households. At the latest census in 2016, the district had 32,630 inhabitants in 9,537 households.

Rahimabad (Persian: رحيم اباد, also Romanized as Raḩīmābād) is a village in Khalazir Rural District, Aftab District, Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 46, in 16 families.

Shahr-e Aftab Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 1. It is located in Aftab Rural District, near Behesht-e Zahra. The station serves Shahr-e Aftab Expo and Shahed University. The next station is on one end Shahed - Bagher Shahr Metro Station, towards Tehran city centre, and the other end Shahr-e Forudgahi-e Imam Khomeini Metro Station.

The mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini (Persian: آرامگاه روح‌الله خمینی) houses the tombs of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, his wife Khadijeh Saqafi, and his second son Ahmad Khomeini; and some political figures, such as former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former Vice President Hassan Habibi, Lieutenant General Ali Sayad Shirazi, Iranian Revolution figure Sadeq Tabatabaei, and MP Marzieh Hadidchi. The mausoleum is located to the south of Tehran in the Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) cemetery. Construction commenced in 1989 following Khomeini's death on June 3 of that year. It is still under construction, but when completed will be the centerpiece in a complex spread over 20 square kilometres (4,900 acres), housing a cultural and tourist center, a university for Islamic studies, a seminary, a shopping mall, and a 20,000-car parking lot. The Iranian government has reportedly devoted 2 billion US dollars to this development.The site is a place of pilgrimage for followers of Khomeini. It is used symbolically by government figures, and is on occasion visited by foreign dignitaries. Every year, Khomeini's death anniversary is marked on 4 June at the mausoleum in a ceremony that is attended by governmental officials, foreign ambassadors, and others. Khomeini's grandson Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Khomeini is in charge of caring for the mausoleum.

Valiabad (Persian: ولي اباد, also Romanized as Valīābād) is a village in Khalazir Rural District, Aftab District, Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 31, in 9 families.

Khalazir Rural District (Persian: دهستان خلازير) is in Aftab District of Tehran County, Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Khalazir.At the National Census of 2006, its population was 8,051 in 1,977 households. There were 13,285 inhabitants in 3,663 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 20,004 in 5,810 households. The largest of its 13 villages was Morteza Gerd, with 15,506 people.

Haram-e Motahhar-e Emam Khomeini Metro station, formerly simply called Haram-e Motahhar Metro Station, is a station of Tehran Metro Line 1. The next station is Shahed - Bagher Shahr on the north side and Kahrizak on the south side. It is located east of Mausoleum of Khomeini.