Shahriar (Persian: شهريار; Persian pronunciationⓘ)[a] is a city in the Central District of Shahriar County, Tehran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[citation needed] On 8 January 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down near the city, killing all 176 people on board.

[5] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 189,120 in 24,039 households.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 309,607 people in 97,570 households.

[2] The city is served by buses from the municipal-run Shahriar Municipality and Suburbs Bus Organization, connecting the city to Tehran and Karaj, while also serving a group of smaller surrounding towns.