It consists of several palace buildings and monuments dating back to the Qajar and Pahlavi eras.

[1] During the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, a new palace named Niavaran was constructed for the imperial family.

It served a variety of purposes for the imperial court including as a home for the Shah and Shahbanu Farah as well a place to entertain visiting foreign heads of state.

On New Year's Eve 1977, the reception and state banquet for US President Jimmy Carter took place here.

The Ahmad Shahi Pavilion was then used as an exhibition centre for presents from world leaders to the Iranian shahs.