Shamshir (Persian: شمشير)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Shamshir Rural District of the Central District of Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran.

[4] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Churizhi,[5] now a neighborhood in the city of Paveh.

[6] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,097 in 493 households.

[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,222 people in 639 households.

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