Gedung-gedung pemerintah berada di pusat kota, sedangkan pusat komersial lebih banyak terdapat di Taleghani Ave. dan Beheshti Ave. di sebelah utara. Walaupun secara administratif terpisah, kawasan Rey, Shemiran dan Karaj lebih dikenal sebagai area metropolitan Teheran tambahan.
==Kota kembar==
Tehran [[Kota kembar|kembar]] dengan:<ref name=twins>{{cite web|title=گذری بر خواهرخوانده تهران در شرق اروپا|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7|website=isna.ir|publisher=Iranian Students' News Agency|language=fa|date=2018-03-21|accessdate=2020-06-18|archive-date=2021-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528203620/https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Twin Cities of Oxford, Cambridge and London|url=https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/twin-cities-oxford-cambridge-london/|website=oxford-royale.com|publisher=Oxford Royale Academy|date=2017-02-16|accessdate=2020-06-18|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619210923/https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/twin-cities-oxford-cambridge-london/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Twin towns of Minsk|url=https://minsk.gov.by/en/city/|website=minsk.gov.by|publisher=Minsk|accessdate=2020-06-18|archive-date=2020-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909212350/https://minsk.gov.by/en/city/|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gradovi pobratimi: Spisak|url=https://www.sarajevo.ba/bs/article/5778/gradovi-pobratimi-spisak|website=sarajevo.ba|publisher=Sarajevo|language=bs|accessdate=2020-06-18|archive-date=2019-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219160015/https://www.sarajevo.ba/bs/article/5778/gradovi-pobratimi-spisak|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
