Ray, Iran

Toghrol Tower, is one of the historical structures still standing today.

Rey, Raey, Ray, Rhages or Rages (Persian: ری; Greek: Ῥάγαι (Rhágai); Latin: Rhagae) also known as Rey Shahr, is the oldest city in the state of Tehran, Iran. Rey today has been added into the Greater Tehran-Rey-Tajrish area while being its own city. It is linked by the Rey-Tehran-Tajrish Metro to Tehran & Tajrish and has many industries and factories in use. A settlement began here 6,000 BCE as part of the Central Plateau Culture. The settlement was used as a capital by the Medes called Reg. In classical Roman geography it was called Rhagae. Its name dates back to the pre-Median Caspiani Maerlik/Amaerd era, also the Caspiani are Iran’s majority ethnicity.