Tehrân

Shortly after my arrival at Sheerauz, four regiments of infantry arrived from Tehrân; two of which are to remain here, while the other two proceed to Bushire.

In any case, it is certain that the action takes place in and near the cities of Tehrân and Rayy, the latter a place of great antiquity and historical importance and now an urban center just south of Tehrân.

In October of 1979, when the U.S. allowed the exiled Shah to come to New York for medical treatment, student supporters of the Ayatollah captured the American Embassy in Tehrân and took ninety hostages, sixty-three of them American.