Azadi tower is situated in the middle of Tehran's famous Azadi Square (Persian: میدانِ آزادی), or Freedom Square. Called Shahyad (Persian: شهیاد; literally "Remembrance of the Shahs (Kings)") Square before the Iranian revolution, it was the site of many of the demonstrations leading to the Iranian Revolution on 12 December 1979.
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