Introduction

Mozafaredin Shah was infected with tuberculosis in 1941  and French physicians recommended him to spend his recovery period in a place with fresh mountain air .Therefore, Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin-o-Soltan purchased a piece of land in the northern part of Tehran in order to build a small palace for the king.
After Mozafaredin Shah’s death, this palace was gradually converted into a sanitarium for TB patients. After the change of government, this piece of land with the mansion inside was abandoned until Dr. Masih Daneshvari with his utmost effort obtained permit from the majesty to establish a nursing school in it. Consequently, since the 20th decade several buildings were established there by the health ministry of the time, some other organizations and people donations. In the year 1986 following the official start of activity of Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, this place became a sub division of this university. National research institute of tuberculosis and lung disease, which is located in the Masih Daneshvari medical center was established and initiated its activity in 1992. In 1998, the research institute and the hospital were combined with each other and renamed as "Dr. Masih Daneshvari educational, therapeutic and research center for tuberculosis and lung disease". Today it is the educational collaboration center of the WHO eastern Mediterranean region, the Middle East office of the international union against tuberculosis and lung disease (IUATLD) and the reference center for TB educational and research programs in the country.

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