Tālesh (Persian: تالش)[a] is a city in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[5] The Iranian disability activist and artist Mitra Farazandeh was born in this town.

[7]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 41,486 in 10,688 households.

[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 54,178 people in 16,832 households.

This Talesh County location article is a stub.