Aradan

Aradan (Persian: آرادان, also Romanized as Ārādān; also known as Ardān and Āzādān) is a small town in and capital of Aradan District, Garmsar County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,959, in 1,380 families. It is the birthplace of the current President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.