Behesht-e Zahra
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| Year established | 1952 |
| Country | Iran  |
| Location | Tehran |
| Coordinates | 35.538 51.375 |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 534 hectares |
| Number of graves | 1,300,000 |
| Website | Official Website |
| Find a Grave | Find A Grave |
Behesht-e Zahra (Persian: بهشت زهرا,The Paradise of Zahara), is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by a metro line. The cemetery has been one of the inspirations for the popular webcomic, Zahra's Paradise.
[edit] History
In the early 1950, all the cemeteries in Tehran were replaced by several large new ones outside the precincts of the capital. Behesht-e Zahran was built in 1951 near the City of Qom and Opened in 1952. The first person that buried in Behesht-e Zahra was Mohammad-Taghi Khial.
Many of the deceased soldiers of the Iran–Iraq War are buried there. A number of Iranian officials, including Ruhollah Khomeini (Leader of Iranian Revolution), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Former President of Iran), Mohammad Javad Bahonar (Former Prime Minister) are also buried there.
[edit] Notable interments
Among its more famous residents are:
- Mohammad Sa'ed (1883–1973), politician
- Keramat Daneshian (1944-1974), poet
- Bijan Jazani (1938–1975), political leader
- Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976), mathematician
- Amir-Abbas Hoveida (1919–1979), politician
- Nematollah Nassiri (1911–1979), general
- Javad Fakori (1938–1981), general and politician
- Mostafa Chamran (1932-1981), general and politician
- Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981), cleric and politician
- Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981), politician
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981), politician
- Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat (1955–1984), military commander
- Dariush Forouhar (1928–1988), politician
- Parvaneh Forouhar (1938–1988), politician
- Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), politician
- Ali Hatami (1944–1996), film director
- Ebrahim Zalzadeh (1948–1997), politician
- Asadollah Lajevardi (1935-1998), politician
- Ali Sayad Shirazi (1944–1999), army chief
- Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob (1923–1999), scholar
- Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930–2000), actor and wrestler
- Jamileh Sheykhi (1930–2001), actress
- Rahman Dadman (1956–2001), politician
- Jamal Karimi-Rad (1956–2006), politician
- Khosrow Shakibai (1944–2008), actor
- Haj Ghorban Soleimani (1920–2008), dotar player and vocalist
- Ahmad Bourghani (1959–2008), member of parliament
- Shusha Guppy (1935–2008), writer, editor and singer
- Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008), painter and artist
- Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009), Khomeini's wife
- Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009), protester
- Niku Kheradmand (1932–2009)2010), actress
- Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010), singer
- Shokouh Mirfattah (Fatemeh HajMirfattah) (1946–2010), Sports medicine scholar
- Hamideh Kheirabadi (1924–2010), actress
- Iraj Afshar (1925–2011), bibliographer and historian
- Nasser Hejazi (1949–2011), football player
[edit] See also
Coordinates: 35°32′17″N 51°22′30″E / 35.538°N 51.375°E
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