Takhti Stadium (Tehran)

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Takhti Tehran formerly known as Queen Farah Pahlavi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in Eastern of Tehran, Tehran province, Iran. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 30,122 people and was opened in 1973. Takhti (Farah Pahlavi) Stadium is home venue of Saipa F.C. Takhti (Farah Pahlavi) Stadium is the first covered stadium in Iran. It was named after the last queen of Iran, Farah Pahlavi but after 1979 Iranian Revolution it is named after Gholamreza Takhti.

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