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Tappeh Mil is the name of a district near Varamin. When you travel 11 kilometers from the road leading Shahr-e Rey to Varamin (Varamin Road), you come across a side road which ends with Tappeh Mil. Tappeh Mil itself is visible from the Varamin Road.

this historical site has been called Tepe Mil (hill of pillars) because of the two high pillars remaining from the old building.

The destruction of the monument, which the experts believe, based on historical evidence there, can be compared to Acropolis in Greece.

it is believed that the building was a worship place for Zoroastrians(Varharam fire place), but until ashes are not found, the belief can not be confirmed.
or it could be Parthian palace.

The diameter of the pillars is 2 meters and two porticoes are found around it. A panel which is decorated with a Swastikas, belonging to the Sassanid era, has also been found near the building.

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A small building beside Tappeh Mil housed excavated artifacts.
as Large pieces of building ornament show decoration with leaves and other plant material on temple building, ceramic pot, oil lamp & three large ceramic containers are standing in the hallway.

Tappeh Mil is place where you can exmine your knowledge about Mithraeism.
Mithraeism symbols can be visited here as:
1. Fishes
2. Swastikas
3. Pine cones

Cheshmeh Ali is a small Neolithic and Late Chalcolithic mound. The 7m high mound, 3.5 hectares in extent, sits adjacent to a small spring and abuts a rocky ridge at the edge of the Islamic city of Ray.

The hill, which is now entirely leveled out and most artifacts unrecoverable due to real estate expansion in the 80s & 90s, was the home of Aryans about 7000 years ago.

In 1933-6 Cheshmeh Ali hill was excavated by archaeologists from the Boston Fine Arts Museum and the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania headed by Dr. Erich Schmidt, which resulted in the discovery of 7000 years old artifacts. Some of the discovered objects are displayed at museums in Iran, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

http://www.irantouronline.com/tehran/natural-attractions/ali-cheshmeh-ali-spring-ray.html

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Dej-e Rashkan is small remnants of the city rampart.
The Rampart firstly build in the Parthian era when Ray was the spring residence of the kings.(247 BC - 220 AD)
Ray called Arsacia, in the Parthian era then the name of Dej-e Rashkan come from Arsacia.

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Zendan-e Haroun (Haroun's Prison) but it's not prison.
It seems was kiosk in hunting ground dates back to the Buyid era (934–1055) & some believes it dates back to the Sassanid era.

It's simple small cubic building but architecture make it an important & unique building.
It is claimed to be one of the earliest type of Duplex building in world.

Zendan-e Haroun is located among pomegranate garden, in the southern suburbs of Tehran, Shahr-e Ray, 15th km Khorasan road, on the feet of Mesgar Abad mountain.

It's not easy to reach, should cross a Sepah garrison.

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It is comprised of two courtyards, the entrance veranda, a praying niche and a water well.
It is bordered by a mountain to the north, a valley to the east and south and an asphalt road to the west.
Its structure, which is constructed by stone and plaster, dates back to the Buyid era (934–1055)

The Shrine dedicated to commemorate Princess Shahr Banu, eldest daughter of the last ruler of the Sassanid Empire.

It was obviously a pre-Islamic shrine
some sources as Mary Boyce, attribute the shrine to the goddess of water and fertility, Anahita, claiming it was renamed in Islamic times to protect it from destruction after the conversion to Islam.

I'm not expert but it's situation in mountain & some hand made caves around it make me to claim it was Mithraism temple for me.

Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine is located in 35°35.43′N, 51°29.58′E, the southern suburbs of Tehran, Shahr-e Ray, 1.5 km to the north of Amin-abad on the mountain rocks named after her (Koh-e Bibi Shahr Banu).

Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine is located 1.5 km to the north of Amin-abad on the mountain rocks.

Shahr Banu means "The Lady of the Land"

According to a commonly-told story "Shahr Banu has been the eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Shahanshah of the Sassanid dynasty of Iran and Imam Hussein's (third Shia Imam) wife and the mother of the 4th Shia Imam.

After the defeat of Yazdigerd III, Shahrbanu and other members of the Persian royal house were taken captive by the Arab armies and sent to Medina in 7th cent.
All had gathered in the mosque of Medina to see what the decision of the caliph, about the captives was. Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first Shi’ah Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph) then said to Umar, "leave the girls free so that they marry whosoever they wish."
Shahrbanu chose Husayn ibn Ali and Her sister chose Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr.
After marrying Hussain ibn Ali, Shahrbanu gave birth to a son, Ali ibn Hussain, the fourth Shi'a Imam."

No historic evidence does not confirm such this story, It seems to be just a legend created for some political & religious reasons, as making Islam as Iranian friendly religion, Sassanid Royal linage for Shi’ah Imams & etc.

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Borj-e(Tower) Tughrul was constructed under the reign of Saljuks at the order of Toghrol who died in Ray in 1063.
Originally, like other monuments of its time, it was capped by a conical dome, which would have added to its height. The dome collapsed during an earthquake.
The brick tower is 20 meters high and The thickness of the walls varies from 1.75 to 2.75m. The inner and outer diameters are 11 and 16m respectively. The exterior shape is that of a polygon with 24 angles in its design.

At the top of the tower Kufic inscription were originally observable. Nasereddin Shah ordered some restorations to be made to the top part of the tower, which was collapsing in 1884.

Some believe the tower is tomb of Tughrul I or last Toghrol of Saljuk dynasty or is memorial building.
but in fact it is huge clock.

Mohamad Mohit Tabatabei the father of Contemporary history of Iran has been buried in garden.