Shahr-e No

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Shahr-e No (Persian: شهرنو, "New City") was the red light district located in Gomrok town of Tehran, Iran. It employed about 1,500 women.^[1]

After the Iranian revolution and the establishment of Islamic regime under Ayatollah Khomeini, in 1980 the government demolished the red light district.^[2] Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, said that the Iranian government did this for Islamic reasons and to demonstrate the government's authority.^[3] The area was flattened and converted into a park and hospital. The women of Shahr-e No are featured in the photographic series The Citadel by Kaveh Golestan.^[1]

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Coordinates: 35°40′19″N 51°23′18″E / 35.671917°N 51.388208°E / 35.671917; 51.388208

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