Original: Anshan ( , modern Tall-i Malyan or Tepe Malyan , Iran ) , a site on the Iranian plateau , 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province , southwestern Iran , was one of the early capitals of Elam , from the 3rd millennium BC .
Simplified: Anshan ( or Anzan , Persian : , modern : Tal-i Malyan ) was an ancient town in today 's Iran in the province Fars .