Established: | 1950 |
Type: | Private - Created from an agreement between the Mission Laique Francaise and the Iranian Government before the revolution of 1979 |
Grades: | Preschool, Elementary, and High school |
City: | Tehran Tehran |
Province: | Tehran |
Country: | Iran |
Enrollment: | 3000 |
Faculty: | 90 |
Campus: | Urban |
Mascot: | Lions of Razi |
Website: | Unofficial razihighschool.com |
Le Lycée Razi (Persian: دبیرستان رازی), translated in English as Razi High School, was a French-language co-ed school located on Pahlavi Street (now renamed Valiasr Street after the revolution of 79) in Tehran, Iran. The school is named after Razi a Persian physician, philosopher, and scholar. The first Razi school was built during the 1950s in a different area of the city of Teheran, and at the beginning of the 60s a new campus was built north of Vanak Square in Teheran.
Prior to the 1979 Revolution, the school was one of two French-language schools in Tehran along with Lycée Jeanne d'Arc. In contrast to the more rigiorous and religious association at Jeanne d'Arc, Razi was associated with upper-middle class families in Tehran due to the fact that members of the Shah's family attended the school.