Abbas Abad (Tehran) Cineplex"), but its construction was not approved by the authorities of the Ministry of Culture. Currently, the embassies of Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, and Japan are located in Abbas Abad. Neda Agha-Soltan Abbas Abad (Tehran) Abbās Ābād ( - approximate latitude of 35°44'08"N and longitude of 51°26'08"E) is a large north-central neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, designated within the Seventh Municipal District of the capital. Abbas Abad was originally conceived in the 1950s and 60's as a housing and residential center for members of various branches of the military, especially for the ground forces (although on a non-exclusive basis; for instance,
Mammad agha Shahtakhtinski none of them was implemented in practice. In 1923, Shahtakhtinski as member of a special four-member committee developed a new Roman-script alphabet for Azeri, apparently based on one of Shahtakhtinski's earlier models. The alphabet was put in official use on a par with the Perso-Arabic alphabet, which it completely replaced in 1928, and was used until 1939, when it itself was replaced by Cyrillic. Mammad agha Shahtakhtinski Mammad agha Mammad Taghi Soltan oglu Shahtakhtinski () (1846, Erivan – 1931, Baku) was an Azerbaijani linguist and public figure. Shahtakhtinski was born into an Azeri family living in Erivan (present-day Yerevan). He