Editing Tehran (section)

=== Parks and green spaces ===
{{See also|List of Tehran metropolis parks}}
There are over 2,100 parks within the metropolis of Tehran,<ref name="irnamokh">{{Cite web |publisher=[[IRNA]] |url=http://www.irna.ir/en/News/81506819/ |title=Mokhtari: There are over 2,100 parks in Tehran |date=15 February 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102065657/http://www.irna.ir/en/News/81506819/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with one of the oldest being [[Jamshidieh Park|Jamshidie Park]], which was first established as a private garden for Qajar prince Jamshid Davallu, and was then dedicated to the last empress of Iran, [[Farah Pahlavi]]. The total green space within Tehran stretches over 12,600 hectares, covering over 20 percent of the city's area. The Parks and Green Spaces Organization of Tehran was established in 1960, and is responsible for the protection of the urban nature present in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Municipality of Tehran |url=http://parks.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=356 |title=About Tehran Parks & Green Space Organization |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029135406/http://parks.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=356 |archive-date=29 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tehran's Birds Garden is the largest bird park in Iran. There is also [[Eram Zoo|a zoo]] located on the Tehran–Karaj Expressway, housing over 290 species within an area of about five hectares.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=ITTO |url=http://www.itto.org/tourismattractions/?sight=64 |title=The Tehran Zoological Garden |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102065655/http://www.itto.org/tourismattractions/?sight=64 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2009, the [[Ab-o-Atash Park]] ("Water and Fire park") was founded. Its main features are an open [[water fountain]] area for cooling in the hot climate, [[fire tower]]s, and an [[amphitheatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tishineh.com/touritem/897/Ab-o-Atash-Park-(-Water-and-fire-Park---Ibrahim-Park-) |title=Ab-o Atash Park (Water and Fire Park - Ibrahim Park) |website=Tishineh.com |access-date=23 February 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326024223/https://www.tishineh.com/touritem/897/Ab-o-Atash-Park-(-Water-and-fire-Park---Ibrahim-Park-) |url-status=live }}</ref>