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Tehran Highway is the Battlefield 3 launch map set at night: a stretch of elevated highway through Tehran, with underpasses, a construction site and apartment streets, fought with tanks on the road and infantry in the dark beneath it. It is the game’s only night map.
Last verified: November 2026 · Game: Battlefield 3 · Type: map
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Game | Battlefield 3 | EA |
| Added | Launch, 25 Oct 2011 | EA |
| Setting | A highway and surrounding streets in Tehran at night | Game |
| Size | Medium | Game |
| Vehicles | Tanks, IFVs, light vehicles | Game |
| Returned in | None | EA |
Link to section: What it isWhat it is
Tehran Highway is the night map. The highway runs across the middle, elevated over streets, car parks and an underpass, with a construction site and apartment blocks at the ends. Rush attackers push from the overpass down into the city; Conquest spreads flags along and under the road. The darkness makes flashlights and laser sights both useful and dangerous, and night-vision optics are stronger here than anywhere else in the game.
It was not remade.
Link to section: How it playsHow it plays
Under the highway is where infantry wins; on it is where tanks die to Engineers below. Flashlights blind, so use them on purpose or not at all. The construction site is the usual decisive flag in Conquest. In Rush the overpass stage favours defenders who hold the underpass exits, and attackers who flank through the car parks.
The archived threads on this site note that Tehran Highway was the map where the Battlefield 3 flashlight became infamous: at launch its beam blinded targets at any range, and the map’s darkness made the patch that reduced it one of the most requested changes of the game’s first months.
Link to section: Changes by patchChanges by patch
| Date | Update | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2011 | Launch | Available at launch | DICE |
Link to section: SourcesSources
- Battlefield 3 forum on this site
- Battlelog and Origin help on this site, 2011 to 2016
- Battlefield 4 Second Assault page (remakes)
Link to section: FAQFAQ
Is Tehran Highway a night map?
Yes, the only one among the launch maps.
Where is Tehran Highway set?
An elevated highway through Tehran.
Is Tehran Highway a vehicle map?
Mixed. Tanks hold the highway; infantry fights beneath it.
Was Tehran Highway remade?
No.
Which optics work best on Tehran Highway?
Night vision and laser sights, given the darkness.
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