Editing Azadi Square (section)

{{short description|City square in Tehran, Iran}}
{{Expand Persian|topic=struct|میدان آزادی|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox street
| name        = Azadi Square
| native_name = {{native name|fa|Meydāne Āzādi}}
| alternate_name = Freedom Square
| other_name  = Shahyad Square
| former_names = Shahyad Square
| image       = Shahyad.jpg
| surface_area = {{convert|6.8|ha|abbr=on}}
| location    = [[Tehran]], Iran
| coordinates = {{coord|35|41|59|N|51|20|14|E|source:kolossus-fawiki|display=inline,title}}
| designer    = [[Hossein Amanat]]
| north       = [[Mohammad Ali Jenah Expressway]]
| south       = [[Saidi Expressway]]
| west        = [[Road 32 (Iran)|Karaj Makhsus (Special) Road]]
| east        = [[Azadi Street]]
| image_map   = {{Infobox mapframe
    |coord={{Coord}}
    |zoom=14
    |marker=monument
  }}
}}

'''Azadi Square''' ({{langx|fa|میدان آزادی}} ''{{transliteration|fa|Meydāne Āzādi}}'' meaning "''Freedom Square''" or "''Liberty Square''"), formerly known as '''Shahyad Square''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: میدان شهیاد ''Meydāne Ŝahyād'' meaning "''Remembrance of [the] Shah Square''"), is a mainly green [[city square]] in [[Tehran]], Iran. It hosts as its centerpiece the [[Azadi Tower]]. The tower and square were commissioned by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the last [[Shah]] of Iran, to mark the [[2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire]].