Iran Mall

The Iran Mall (Persian: ایران مال) is the world’s largest shopping mall, located in northwest Tehran, Iran, by Chitgar Lake. The multi-purpose complex was designed on land with an area of 317,000 square metres (3,410,000 sq ft) and seven floors. Its infrastructure area in the first phase is 1,350,000 m2 (14,500,000 sq ft), which will be increased to 1,600,000 m2 (17,000,000 sq ft) when all the development phases are completed. The first phase with the capacity of 267,000 m2 (2,870,000 sq ft) of gross leasable area and 708 retail units was opened on 1 May 2018. Over 1,200 contractors and 25,000 workers took part in the construction of Iran Mall. The facility was owned by Ayandeh Bank until October 2025, when the bank was dissolved by the Iranian government. Following the dissolution and the loss of its banking license, the Central Bank of Iran merged Ayandeh with Bank Melli Iran, but moved to sell the mall as part of the liquidation process. The original idea of building such a large complex came from the well-known Iranian entrepreneur, Ali Ansari, who has also been the chief executive of constructing the Iran Mall.