Milad Tower

tower in Tehran, Iran

Key facts

Type: Telecommunication, commercial, restaurant, observation
Location: Tehran , Iran
Opening: 7 October 2008
Cost: 266 billion tomans
Owner: Municipality of Tehran
Operator: Boland Payeh Co.
Height: 435 meters
Antenna spire: 435.0 m (1,427 ft)
Roof: 315.0 m (1,033 ft)
Top floor: 312.0 m (1,024 ft)
Floor area: 154,000 m (1,660,000 sq ft)
Architect: Mohammad Reza Hafezi
Main contractor: Boland Payeh Co.

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Wikidata facts

Area: 12000
Elevation: 1436
Official website: tehranmiladtower.ir
Image: برج میلاد و کوه دماوند از آزادراه تهران کرج - panoramio.jpg
Height: 435

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Commons category: Milad Tower
date of official opening: 2008-10-07
floors above ground: 12
number of elevators: 7
native label: برج میلاد

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The Milad Tower (Persian: برج میلاد, romanized: Borj-e Milād, lit. 'Birth Tower') is a multi-purpose tower in Tehran, Iran. It is the sixth-tallest tower and the world's first telecommunication tower in terms of the usage area of the top structure and the tallest tower in Iran and the 24th-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The construction of the tower took about 11 years and 7 months.

It is located between Shahrak-e Gharb and the district of Gisha, standing at 435 meters from the base to the tip of the antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 meters.