Karaj is a city in Iran, located in Tehran province. It is situated 20 km west of Tehran, at the foothills of the Alborz mountains. Karaj had a population of 1,377,450 in the 2006 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Iran after Tehran, Mashhad, shiraz, isfahan and Tabriz. see also List of Iran cities by population however, the city is increasingly becoming an extension of metropolitan Tehran. Karaj is mostly famous because of its academic and educational complexes along with tourist attr… (More on Karaj)