Editing Tehran (section)

=== Sports ===
{{See also|Sport in Iran}}
Football and volleyball are the city's most popular sports, while wrestling, basketball, and futsal are also major parts of the city's sporting culture. Ice hockey and rugby are also popular in Tehran.

[[List of ski areas and resorts in Iran|12 ski resorts]] operate in Iran, the most famous being [[Tochal Complex|Tochal]], [[Dizin]], and [[Shemshak (ski resort)|Shemshak]], all within one to three hours from the city of Tehran.

[[Tochal]]'s resort is the world's fifth-highest ski resort at over {{convert|3730|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level at its highest point. It is also the world's nearest ski resort to a capital city. The resort was opened in 1976, shortly before the 1979 Revolution. It is equipped with an {{convert|8|km|mi|0|adj=mid|-long}} gondola lift that covers a huge vertical distance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tochal.org/en/telecabin_introduction.asp |title=Lines of Telecabin |website=tochal.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200006/http://www.tochal.org/en/telecabin_introduction.asp |archive-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref> There are two parallel chair ski lifts in Tochal that reach {{convert|3900|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} high near Tochal's peak (at {{cvt|4000|m|ft|disp=x|/}}), rising higher than the gondola's seventh station, which is higher than any of the European ski resorts. From the Tochal peak, there are views of the [[Alborz]] range, including the {{convert|5610|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} [[Mount Damavand]], a dormant volcano.

Tehran is the site of the [[Azadi Stadium|national stadium of Azadi]], the [[List of stadiums by capacity|biggest stadium by capacity]] in West Asia, where many of the top matches of Iran's Premier League are held. The stadium is a part of the [[Azadi Sport Complex]], which was originally built to host the [[1974 Asian Games|7th Asian Games]] in September 1974. This was the first time the Asian Games were hosted in West Asia. Tehran played host to 3,010 athletes from 25 countries/NOCs, which was at the time the highest number of participants since the inception of the Games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ocasia.org/7AG.asp |title=TEHRAN 1974 |website=[[Olympic Council of Asia]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711210717/http://www.ocasia.org/7AG.asp |archive-date=11 July 2006 }}</ref> That followed hosting the [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|6th AFC Asian Cup]] in June 1976, and then the first [[West Asian Games]] in November 1997. The success of the games led to the creation of the [[West Asian Games|West Asian Games Federation]] (WAGF), and the intention of hosting the games every two years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/westasiagames.html |title=West Asian Games |website=RSSSF |author=Stokkermans, Karel |date=22 January 2015 |access-date=16 December 2007 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604140852/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/westasiagames.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The city had also hosted the final of the [[1968 AFC Asian Cup]]. Several [[FIVB Volleyball World League]] courses have also been hosted in Tehran.<gallery mode="packed">
File:Esteghlal Edges Past Persepolis 3-2 to Claim Tehran Derby-33.jpg|[[Tehran derby]] in [[Azadi Stadium]]. The match is considered one of the world's most intense derbies.
File:Iran men's ice hockey league in Tehran.jpg|[[Ice hockey in Iran|Iran's ice hockey league]] in Tehran
File:Fitness training women M2 (babaea maryam Tehran 2018) 5.jpg|[[Horse riding]] in the west of the city
File:مژگان بختیاری تی ار اکس ترینر و بدنساز حرفه ای بین المللی ایرانی در تمرینات استاندارد در باشگاه (5).jpg|One of the health clubs in the city
File:Dizin, Iran.jpeg|[[Dizin]], Iran's largest ski resort, is located near Tehran.
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