Behesht-e Zahra
Behesht-e Zahra بهشت زهرا | |
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Established | 1970 |
Location | |
Country | Iran |
Coordinates | 35°32′10″N 51°22′12″E / 35.536°N 51.370°E |
Type | Public |
Size | 534 hectares (1,320 acres) |
No. of graves | 1,600,000 |
Website | beheshtezahra |
Find a Grave | Behesht-e Zahra بهشت زهرا |
Behesht-e Zahra (Persian: بهشت زهرا, lit. The Paradise of Zahra, from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran,[1] it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1.
History
In the early 1950s, all the cemeteries in Tehran were supposed to be replaced by several large new ones outside the then precincts of the capital. Behesht-e Zahra was built in late 1960s on the southern side of Teheran towards the direction of the city of Qom and opened in 1970. The first person buried in Behesht-e Zahra was Mohammad-Taghi Khial.
Many of the deceased soldiers of the Iran–Iraq War were buried in the martyr's section of the graveyard.[2][3]
Notable burials
- Royalties
- Hamdamosaltaneh Pahlavi (1903–1978) – daughter of Reza Shah Pahlavi
- Badr-ol-Molouk Vala (1895–1979) – wife of Ahmad Shah Qajar
- Ezzosaltaneh Qajar (1891–1984) – daughter of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar
- Irandokht Qajar (1915–1984) – daughter of Ahmad Shah Qajar
- Sadigheh Pahlavi (1917–1990) – daughter of Reza Shah
- Hamid-Reza Pahlavi (1932–1992) – youngest son of Reza Shah
- Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904–1995) – Reza Shah's wife
- Politicians (Pahlavi Era)
- Hossein Navab (1897–1972) – minister of foreign affairs (1952)
- Mohammad Sa'ed (1883–1973) – prime minister of Iran (1944) and (1948–50)
- Hajar Tarbiat (1906–1974) – senator
- Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979) – prime minister of Iran (1965–77) and leader of Rastakhiz party
- Mahmoud Jafarian (1927–1979) – director-general of National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT)
- Parviz Nikkhah (1939–1979) – politician
- Habibollah Amouzgar (1890–1980) – minister of education (1951) and senator
- Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980) – diplomat
- Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–71)
- Anoushirvan Sepahbodi (1888–1981) – diplomat and politician
- Allah-Yar Saleh (1897–1981) – diplomat and politician
- Mehdi Mashayekhi (1905–1985) – mayor of Tehran (1945–46)
- Abbas Aram (1906–1985) – minister of foreign affairs (1959–66)
- Amanollah Ardalan (1884–1986) – politician
- Salamollah Javid (1900–1986) – physician and politician
- Amirteymour Kalali (1894–1988) – minister of interior (1949–51)
- Mohammad-Ali Varasteh (1894–1989) – senator
- Abbasqoli Golshayian (1922–1980) – minister of finance (1951–1971)
- Mohammad-Sadeq Amir-Azizi (1904–1992) – minister of interior (1961–63)
- Ahmad Hooman (1909–1995) – minister of imperial court (1951)
- Jahanshah Saleh (1904–1996) – senator
- Djalal Abdoh (1909–1996) – diplomat
- Mehrangiz Manouchehrian (1906–2000) – lawyer and senator
- Sabar Farman-Farmaian (1912–2006) – minister of health (1953)
- Safi Asfia (1913–2008) – chief of Planning and Budget Organization (1962–68)
- Yahya Sadeq Vaziri (1911–2013) – minister of justice (1979)
- Karim Motamedi (1924–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79)
- Military personnel
- Nematollah Nassiri (1910–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) general and head of SAVAK (1965–78)
- Jafarqoli Sadri (1911–1979) – head of National Police
- Mehdi Rahimi (1921–1979) – IIA general
- Reza Naji (1922–1979) – IIA general
- Manouchehr Khosrodad (1927–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army Aviation general
- Nader Jahanbani (1928–1979) – Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) general
- Amir Hossein Rabii (1931–1979) – commander in chief of IIAF (1977–79)
- Ali Eghbali Dogahe (1949–1980) – pilot
- Houshang Vahid Dastjerdi (1925–1981) – head of National Police
- Valiollah Fallahi (1931–1981) – chief of staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army (IRIA)
- Javad Fakoori (1938–1981) – chief of staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)
- Ahmad Keshvari (1953–1981) – IRIA pilot
- Mir-Mohammad Mohanna (1901–1983) – commander in chief of IIAF (1948–49)
- Hassan Aghareb Parast (1946–1984) – IRIA general
- Masoud Monfared Niyaki (1929–1985) – IRIA general
- Hassan Abshenasan (1936–1985) – IRIA general
- Hossein Khalatbari (1949–1985) – IRIAF pilot
- Abdolbaghi Darvish (1948–1986) – IRIAF pilot
- Hossein Fardoust (1917–1987) – IIA general and deputy head of SAVAK
- Bahram Hooshyar (1938–1991) – IRIAF pilot
- Mansour Sattari (1948–1995) – chief of staff of IRIAF
- Ali Sayad Shirazi (1944–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA
- Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1924–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA
- Jalil Zandi (1951–2001) – IRIAF ace fighter pilot
- Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr (1920–2008) – chief of staff of IRIA
- Asghar Imanian (1929–2015) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1979)
- Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) – chief of staff of IRIA
- Mohsen Gheytaslou (1990–2016) – member of IRIA Special Forces
- Nasser Farbod (1922–2019) – chief of staff of IRIA (1979)
- Political dissidents
- Saeed Mohsen (1939–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI)
- Masoud Ahmadzadeh (1945–1972) – Marxist activist
- Mohammad Hanifnejad (1940–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of PMOI
- Ali-Asghar Badizadegan (1940–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of PMOI
- Khosrow Golsorkhi (1944–1974) – Marxist activist and member of Tudeh Party
- Marzieh Ahmadi (1945–1974) – Marxist activist
- Keramatollah Daneshian (1944–1974) – Marxist activist
- Bijan Jazani (1938–1975) – Marxist activist and a founder of Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG)
- Hassan Zia-Zarifi (1939–1975) – Marxist activist
- Majid Sharif Vaghefi (1948–1975) – Marxist activist
- Mohammad Nakhshab (1923–1976) – founder of Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists
- Hamid Ashraf (1946–1976) – Marxist activist and a founder of OIPFG
- Ali Andarzgoo (1937–1978) – Islamist activist
- Kamran Nejatollahi (1953–1978) – scholar
- Ali Shayegan (1901–1981) – member of the National Front
- Ebrahim Karimabadi (1917–1981) – member of the National Front
- Karim Keshavarz (1900–1986) – member of Tudeh Party
- Mozzafar Baghai (1911–1987) – member of the National Front
- Ehsan Tabari (1917–1989) – member of Tudeh Party
- Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani (1931–1994) – journalist
- Ahmad Zirakzadeh (1907–1993) – member of the National Front
- Abolfazl Qassemi (1921–1993) – member of the National Front
- Homa Darabi (1940–1994) – pediatrician
- Ebrahim Zalzadeh (1948–1997) – author
- Dariush Forouhar (1928–1998) – founder of Nation Party of Iran
- Parvaneh Forouhar (1938–1998) – politician
- Majid Sharif (1950–1998) – journalist
- Hossein Makki (1911–1999) – member of the National Front
- Noureddin Kianouri (1915–1999) – Marxist activist and general secretary of Tudeh Party
- Ali Ardalan (1914–2000) – politician and member of the National Front
- Asghar Parsa (1919–2007) – member of the National Front
- Parviz Varjavand (1934–2007) – scholar and member of the National Front
- Zahra Bani Yaghoub (1980–2007) – physician
- Majid Kavousifar (1979–2007) – assassin
- Maryam Firouz (1914–2008) – communist member of Tudeh party
- Ali Mousavi (1966–2009) – protester
- Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009) – protester
- Ramin Pourandarjani (1983–2009) – physician
- Mostafa Karim Beigi (1983–2009) – protester
- Mohsen Rouholamini (1984–2009) – protester
- Mohammad Mokhtari (1989–2009) – protester
- Sohrab Aarabi (1990–2009) – protester
- Abdoulreza Soudbakhsh (1950–2010) – physician
- Siamak Pourzand (1931–2011) – journalist
- Hoda Saber (1959–2011) – journalist
- Mohammad Mokhtari (1989–2011) – protester
- Farideh Mashini (1960–2012) – feminist
- Mohsen Amiraslani (1977–2014) – psychoanalyst
- Farshid Hakki (1974–2018) – political activist
- Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali (1998–2019) – political activist
- Politicians (Islamic Republic)
- Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979) – cleric and a founder of Freedom Movement of Iran
- Asghar Vesali (1950–1980) – member of IRGC
- Mohammad-Hossein Fahmideh (1967–1980) – war hero
- Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981) – minister of defence[4]
- Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981) – chief justice of Iran (1979–81) and head of Islamic Republic Party (IRP)
- Mousa Namjoo (1938–1981) – minister of defence
- Yousef Kolahdouz (1946–1981) – member of IRGC
- Hassan Ayat (1938–1981) – member of IRP
- Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981) – prime minister of Iran (1981)
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981) – prime minister (1980–81) and president of Iran (1981)
- Hassan Abbaspour (1944–1981) – minister of energy
- Mohammad Montazeri (1944–1981) – cleric
- Mahmoud Qandi (1945–1981) – minister of communication
- Mousa Kalantari (1949–1981) – minister of housing (1980–81)
- Mohammad Jahanara (1954–1981) – member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Mohsen Vezvaei (1960–1982) – member of IRGC
- Mohammad Boroujerdi (1955–1983) – member of IRGC
- Hassan Bagheri (1956–1983) – member of IRGC
- Mohammad-Ebrahim Hemmat (1955–1984) – member of IRGC
- Mahmoud Kaveh (1961–1986) – member of IRGC
- Kazem Sami (1935–1988) – minister of health (1979)
- Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989) – cleric and supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–1989)
- Asadollah Mobasheri (1909–1990) – minister of justice
- Mohammad-Javad Tondguyan (1938–1991) – minister of petroleum
- Morteza Avini (1947–1993) – war photographer
- Ahmad Khomeini (1945–1995) – cleric and politician
- Asadollah Lajevardi (1935–1998) – warden of Evin Prison
- Saeed Emami (1958–1999) – deputy minister of intelligence
- Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard (1939–2000) – member of Majles
- Rahman Dadman (1956–2001) – minister of roads and transportation
- Mohsen Nourbakhsh (1948–2003) – governor of the Central Bank
- Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani (1940–2004) – cleric
- Reza Zavare'i (1938–2005) – politician
- Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi (1963–2005) – judge
- Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi (1923–2006) – cleric
- Jamal Karimi-Rad (1956–2006) – minister of justice
- Ahmad Kazemi (1958–2006) – member of IRGC
- Fakhreddin Hejazi (1929–2007) – member of Majles
- Bahaedin Adab (1945–2007) – member of Majles
- Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli (1931–2008) – cleric
- Ahmad Bourghani (1959–2008) – member of Majles
- Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009) – Khomeini's wife
- Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri (1923–2010) – cleric
- Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani (1937–2011) – cleric
- Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam (1959–2011) – member of IRGC
- Hassan Habibi (1937–2013) – vice president
- Habibollah Asgaroladi (1932–2013) – minister of commerce
- Hamid Taqavi (1955–2014) – member of IRGC
- Mostafa Davoudi (1939–2015) – chairman of National Sports Organisation (1981–83)
- Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943–2015) – deputy prime minister
- Hossein Hamadani (1950–2015) – member of IRGC
- Mostafa Katiraei (1928–2016) – minister of housing (1979)
- Hossein Shah-Hosseini (1928–2017) – chairman of Physical Education Organization (1979)
- Jafar Shojouni (1932–2016) – cleric
- Marzieh Hadidchi (1939–2016) – member of Majles
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017) – president of Iran (1989–1997)
- Ali Shariatmadari (1924–2017) – minister of culture (1979)
- Ebrahim Yazdi (1931–2017) – minister of foreign affairs (1979)
- Davoud Ahmadinejad (1950–2017) – politician
- Shahla Habibi (1958–2017) – politician
- Ali-Akbar Moinfar (1928–2018) – minister of petroleum (1979)
- Abbas Amir-Entezam (1932–2018) – deputy prime minister (1979)
- Mohammad Bastenegar (1941–2018) – politician
- Abbas Duzduzani (1942–2018) – minister of culture (1980–81)
- Asadollah Asgaroladi (1933–2019) – businessman
- Azam Taleghani (1943–2019) – member of Majles
- Mohammad-Nabi Habibi (1945–2019) – mayor of Tehran (1984–87)
- Mohammad Ahmadian (1956–2019) – politician
- Ahad Gudarziani (1969–2019) – journalist
- Musa Zargar (1935–2020) – minister of health (1979–80)
- Mohammad Mirmohammadi (1949–2020) – member of Expediency Discernment Council
- Hossein Sheikholeslam (1952–2020) – politician
- Hossein Kazempour Ardebili (1952–2020) – politician
- Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani (1952–2020) – member of Majles
- Fatemeh Rahbar (1964–2020) – member of Majles
- Scholars & Journalists
- Hushang Irani (1925–1973) – poet
- Mohammad Hejazi (1900–1974) – writer
- Ahmad-Ali Sepehr (1888–1975) – historian
- Hassan Zia-Zarifi (1939–1975) – scholar
- Mojtaba Minovi (1903–1976) – scholar
- Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976) – scholar
- Isa Sedigh (1894–1978) – scholar and founder of the University of Tehran
- Mohammad Parvin Gonabadi (1903–1978) – scholar
- Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978) – architect
- Gholamhossein Mosaheb (1910–1979) – scholar
- Hassan Amid (1910–1979) – lexicographer
- Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholar and founder of the Tehran Polytechnic
- Azar Andami (1926–1984) – physician
- Bahram Sadeghi (1937–1984) – writer
- Zabihollah Mansouri (1899–1986) – translator
- Ganjali Sabahi (1906–1989) – writer
- Abbas Nalbandian (1949–1989) – playwright
- Ali-Akbar Siassi (1896–1990) – scholar and politician
- Parviz Natel-Khanlari (1914–1990) – linguist and scholar
- Mehrdad Avesta (1930–1991) – poet
- Bahram Farahvashi (1925–1992) – linguist
- Ahmad Fardid (1909–1994) – philosopher
- Mehrdad Bahar (1930–1994) – linguist
- Esfandiar Esfandiari (1910–1995) – scholar
- Mohammad-Javad Mashkour (1918–1995) – scholar
- Abbas Zaryab (1919–1995) – scholar
- Mohammad-Taqi Daneshpajouh (1911–1996) – scholar
- Karim Fakoor (1926–1996) – poet
- Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – scholar
- Ahmad Aram (1904–1998) – scholar
- Hamid Mosadegh (1940–1998) – poet
- Mahmoud Saremi (1968–1998) – journalist
- Morteza Ravandi (1913–1999) – scholar
- Jafar Shahri (1914–1999) – ethnographer
- Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob (1923–1999) – scholar
- Mahmoud Mosaheb (1912–2000) – scholar
- Abbas Sahab (1921–2000) – scholar
- Parviz Shapour (1924–2000) – writer and satirist
- Bijan Jalali (1927–2000) – poet
- Fereydun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poet
- Parviz Dariush (1922–2001) – poet
- Yahya Zoka (1923–2001) – scholar
- Amir-Hossein Aryanpour (1925–2001) – lexicographer
- Gholamhossein Ahani (1927–2001) – scholar
- Ahmad Birashk (1907–2002) – scholar
- Yahya Adl (1908–2002) – physician
- Mostafa Rahimi (1926–2002) – scholar
- Khosrow Shahani (1929–2002) – writer
- Reza Beykzadeh (1946–2002) – journalist
- Farrokh Tamimi (1933–2002) – poet
- Iraj Bastami (1957–2003) – poet
- Hossein Lorzadeh (1906–2004) – architect
- Abdolhossein Navaei (1924–2004) – scholar
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani (1941–2004) – satirist
- Shahrokh Meskoob (1924–2005) – scholar
- Esmail Navvab Safa (1925–2005) – poet
- Parviz Atabaki (1928–2005) – author
- Karim Emami (1930–2005) – translator
- Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad Tehrani (1933–2006) – poet
- Nowzar Parang (1937–2006) – poet
- Hadi Mirmiran (1945–2006) – architect
- Iraj Zand (1950–2006) – sculptor
- Houshang A'lam (1928–2007) – scholar
- Naser Maleknia (1931–2007) – scholar
- Mahdi Ghalibafian (1935–2007) – scholar
- Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi (1936–2007) – scholar
- Akbar Radi (1939–2007) – playwright
- Fereydun Adamiyat (1920–2008) – historian
- Ahmad Ghahreman (1928–2008) – scholar
- Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008) – writer
- Nader Ebrahimi (1936–2008) – writer
- Massoud Azarnoush (1945–2008) – archeologist
- Mehran Ghassemi (1977–2008) – journalist
- Roza Montazemi (1921–2009) – author
- Mehdi Azar Yazdi (1922–2009) – writer
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi (1923–2009) – scholar
- Abolghassem Mas'udi (1930–2009) – journalist
- Bijan Taraghi (1930–2009) – poet
- Esmail Fasih (1935–2009) – writer
- Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki (1944–2009) – scholar
- Enayatollah Reza (1920–2010) – scholar
- Seifollah Kambakhsh-Fard (1929–2010) – archaeologist
- Rahim Rezazadeh Malek (1940–2010) – historian
- Shokouh Mirfattah (1946–2010) – scholar
- Iraj Afshar (1925–2011) – bibliographer and historian
- Manouchehr Vesal (1913–2012) – scholar
- Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012) – scholar and novelist
- Ghamar Ariyan (1922–2012) – scholar
- Ehsan Naraghi (1926–2012) – scholar
- Parviz Rajabi (1939–2012) – scholar
- Abdolmohammad Ayati (1926–2013) – scholar
- Baqer Aqeli (1929–2013) – scholar
- Parvaneh Vossough (1936–2013) – physician and entpreneur
- Amir-Hossein Fardi (1949–2013) – writer
- Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (1924–2014) – historian
- Simin Behbahani (1927–2014) – poet
- Nasser Katouzian (1931–2014) – scholar
- Mahmoud Toloui (1930–2015) – historian
- Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou (1940–2015) – poet
- Nasser Pourpirar (1940–2015) – writer
- Hassan Tavanayan Fard (1943–2015) – scholar
- Shahriar Adl (1944–2015) – archeologist
- Morteza Sohrabi (1946–2015) – scholar
- Hamid Golpira (1960–2015) – journalist
- Davood Parsa-Pajouh (1941–2015) – scholar
- Abolhassan Najafi (1929–2016) – scholar
- Abdolreza Houshang Mahdavi (1930–2016) – writer
- Hassan Farsam (1932–2016) – scholar
- Pooran Farrokhzad (1933–2016) – writer
- Abbas Shafiee (1937–2016) – scholar
- Ghassem Hasheminezhad (1940–2016) – poet
- Ataullah Behmanesh (1923–2017) – journalist
- Habibollah Chaichian (1923–2017) – poet
- Alireza Yalda (1930–2017) – professor
- Mohsen Ghanebasiri (1949–2017) – scholar
- Media Kashigar (1956–2017) – writer
- Dariush Shayegan (1935–2018) – philosopher
- Yadollah Samareh (1932–2019) – scholar
- Ahmad Niktalab (1934–2020) – poet
- Fariborz Raisdana (1945–2020) – scholar
- Artists
- Majid Vafadar (1912–1975) – musician
- Saeid Hormozi (1897–1976) – musician
- Afshin Moghadam (1945–1976) – singer
- Hossein Nassehi (1925–1977) – musician
- Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1886–1979) – musician
- Javad Badizadeh (1902–1979) – musician
- Esmail Adib Khansari (1901–1982) – musician
- Hossein Gol-e-Golab (1895–1984) – poet and musician
- Mahmoud Mahmoudi Khansari (1933–1987) – singer
- Amanollah Tajik (1937–1987) – singer
- Ahmad Ebadi (1906–1993) – musician
- Javad Maroufi (1912–1993) – musician
- Abolhassan Sadighi (1894–1995) – painter and sculptor
- Rassam Arabzadeh (1914–1995) – carpet designer
- Heshmat Sanjari (1918–1995) – composer and conductor
- Hossein Sarshar (1934–1995) – singer and actor
- Giti Pashaei (1940–1995) – singer
- Changiz Shahvagh (1933–1996) – painter and sculptor
- Nasser Farhangfar (1947–1997) – musician
- Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999) – painter
- Molouk Zarrabi (1907–2000) – singer
- Jahangir Malek (1933–2002) – musician
- Asadollah Malek (1941–2002) – musician
- Morteza Varzi (1922–2004) – musician
- Delkash (1924–2004) – singer
- Hadi Ameri (1913–2005) – composer and conductor
- Jafar Petgar (1920–2005) – painter
- Fereydoon Nasseri (1930–2005) – conductor
- Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945–2005) – musician
- Ali Akbar San'ati (1916–2006) – painter and sculptor
- Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) – musician
- Babak Bayat (1946–2006) – musician
- Omran Salahi (1946–2006) – writer
- Fakhereh Saba (1920–2007) – opera singer
- Hamid Qanbari (1924–2007) – singer
- Elaheh (1934–2007) – singer
- Parviz Yahaghi (1936–2007) – composer
- Ghorban Soleimani (1920–2008) – musician and vocalist
- Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008) – painter and artist
- Khatereh Parvaneh (1929–2008) – singer
- Nikol Faridani (1935–2008) – photographer
- Shusha Guppy (1935–2008) – writer, editor and singer
- Jazeh Tabatabai (1938–2008) – painter
- Nami Petgar (1945–2008) – painter
- Faramarz Payvar (1933–2009) – musician
- Hassan Shojaei (1941–2009) – singer
- Mehdi Sahabi (1944–2009) – painter and sculptor
- Abdi Yamini (1953–2009) – musician
- Parviz Meshkatian (1955–2009) – musician
- Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010) – singer
- Bahman Jalali (1944–2010) – photographer
- Farman Behboud (1946–2010) – musician
- Andre Arzoumanian (1954–2010) – musician
- Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist
- Behrouz Ahmadi (1946–2012) – architect
- Jalil Shahnaz (1921–2013) – musician
- Dariush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician
- Homayoun Khorram (1930–2013) – musician
- Morteza Pashaei (1984–2014) – singer
- Mansour Nariman (1935–2015) – musician
- Nima Petgar (1947–2015) – painter
- Asghar Bichareh (1927–2016) – photographer
- Farhang Sharif (1931–2016) – musician
- Hamed Hakan (1984–2017) – singer
- Naser Cheshmazar (1950–2018) – musician
- Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019) – composer
- Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019) – painter
- Houshang Zarif (1938–2020) – musician
- Actors/Actresses/Directors
- Parviz Fanizadeh (1937–1979) – actor
- Khosrow Haritash (1932–1980) – film director
- Esmail Koushan (1917–1981) – film director
- Habibollah Bolour (1913–1982) – actor and wrestler
- Mohammad-Taqi Kahnamouei (1919–1983) – actor
- Khan Baba Motazedi (1892–1986) – film photographer
- Atash Khayyer (1952–1986) – actress
- Saber Atashin (1926–1987) – actor
- Ezzatollah Moghbeli (1933–1988) – actor
- Ezzatollah Vosough (1914–1991) – actor
- Houshang Beheshti (1923–1991) – actor
- Siamak Yasemi (1925–1994) – film director
- Farhang Mehrparvar (1946–1994) – actor
- Ali Sajjadi Hosseini (1953–1994) – film director
- Roghieh Chehreh-Azad (1907–1995) – actress
- Iran Daftari (1907–1996) – actress
- Gholam-Hossein Naghshineh (1908–1996) – actor
- Valiollah Khakdan (1923–1996) – art director
- Jalal Moghaddam (1929–1996) – film director
- Manouchehr Hamedi (1939–1996) – actor
- Ali Hatami (1944–1996) – film director
- Roohangiz Saminejad (1916–1997) – actress
- Jahangir Forouhar (1916–1997) – actor
- Ali Tabesh (1925–1997) – actor
- Fereshteh Jenabi (1948–1998) – actress
- Rouhollah Emami (1940–1999) – film editor
- Ali-Asghar Garmsiri (1911–2000) – actor
- Nematollah Gorji (1926–2000) – actor
- Mohammad-Ali Fardin (1930–2000) – actor and wrestler
- Jamileh Sheykhi (1930–2001) – actress
- Mansour Valamaqam (1936–2001) – actor
- Kanaan Kiani (1932–2002) – actor
- Reza Jian (1949–2003) – actor
- Mehdi Fat'hi (1939–2004) – actor
- Mostafa Oskooyi (1924–2005) – film director
- Manouchehr Nowzari (1925–2005) – actor
- Fereydun Goleh (1942–2005) – film director
- Ahmad Ghadakchian (1920–2006) – actor
- Abdolali Homayun (1920–2006) – actor
- Soroush Khalili (1937–2006) – actor
- Vakhtang Nersi Korkia (1938–2006) – actor
- Poopak Goldarreh (1971–2006) – actress
- Garsha Raoufi (1933–2007) – actor
- Rasoul Mollagholipour (1955–2007) – film director
- Esmail Davarfar (1932–2008) – actor
- Khosrow Shakibai (1944–2008) – actor
- Ahmad Aqaloo (1949–2008) – actor
- Abbas Sakhaei (1953–2008) – actor and photographer
- Parvin Soleimani (1922–2009) – actress
- Farrokh-Leqa Houshmand (1929–2009) – actress
- Abbas Shabaviz (1929–2009) – actor
- Ali Miri (1936–2009) – actor
- Seifollah Daad (1955–2009) – film director
- Peyman Abadi (1972–2009) – stuntman
- Niku Kheradmand (1932–2009) – actress
- Hamideh Kheirabadi (1924–2010) – actress
- Mahin Shahabi (1936–2010) – actress
- Mohammad Varshowchi (1925–2011) – actor
- Mehri Vedadian (1936–2011) – actress
- Esfandiar Ahmadieh (1929–2012) – film director
- Hamid Samandarian (1931–2012) – theater director
- Shapoor Gharib (1933–2012) – film director
- Abdollah Boutimar (1933–2012) – actor
- Touti Salimi (1954–2012) – actress
- Taghi Rouhani (1920–2013) – news anchor
- Saadi Afshar (1934–2013) – actor
- Asal Badiee (1977–2013) – actress
- Morteza Ahmadi (1924–2014) – actor
- Hassan Raziani (1931–2014) – actor
- Maziar Partow (1933–2014) – film director
- Nasser Gitijah (1935–2014) – actor
- Anoushirvan Arjmand (1941–2014) – actor
- Baqer Sahraroudi (1942–2014) – actor
- Valiollah Momeni (1943–2015) – actor
- Homa Rousta (1944–2015) – actress
- Mostafa Abdollahi (1955–2015) – actor
- Ali Tabatabaei (1983–2015) – actor
- Parviz Shahinkhoo (1915–2016) – actor
- Davoud Rashidi (1933–2016) – actor
- Mohammad Zarrindast (1934–2016) – film director
- Forouzan (1937–2016) – actress
- Donya Fanizadeh (1967–2016) – puppeteer
- Mohammad Poursattar (1939–2017) – actor
- Kazem Afrandnia (1945–2017) – actor
- Ali Moallem (1962–2017) – film critic
- Hassan Joharchi (1968–2017) – actor
- Naser Malek Motiei (1930–2018) – actor
- Iraj Safdari (1939–2018) – make-up artist
- Ezzatolah Entezami (1924–2018) – actor
- Hossein Erfani (1942–2018) – voice actor
- Yadollah Samadi (1951–2018) – film director
- Saeed Kangarani (1954–2018) – actor
- Dariush Asadzadeh (1923–2019) – actor
- Nosrat Karimi (1924–2019) – actor
- Shahla Riahi (1927–2019) – actress
- Jamshid Mashayekhi (1934–2019) – actor
- Ebrahim Abadi (1934–2019) – actor
- Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz (1930–2020) – actor
- Sedigheh Kianfar (1932–2020) – actress
- Siamak Shayeghi (1954–2020) – film director
- Athletes
- Ali Danaeifard (1921–1979) – football player
- Hossein Sadaghiani (1903–1982) – football player and coach
- Esmaeil Elmkhah (1936–1988) – weight-lifter
- Mahmoud Namjoo (1918–1990) – weight-lifter
- Parviz Dehdari (1935–1992) – football player and coach
- Mehrab Shahrokhi (1944–1993) – football player
- Hossein Jabbar Zadegan (19??–1997) – basketball player
- Ezatollah Janmaleki (1947–1999) – football player
- Jafar Salmasi (1918–2000) – weight-lifter and first Iranian olympic medalist
- Abbas Ekrami (1915–2002) – football manager
- Mohammad Paziraei (1929–2002) – wrestler
- Hossein Fekri (1924–2003) – football player
- Mohammad Ranjbar (1935–2004) – football player
- Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (1943–2004) – wrestler
- Ferydoun Sadeghi (19??–2005) – basketball player
- Naser Karfarsa (1923–2005) – football player
- Firouz Alizadeh (1946–2005) – wrestler
- Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (1932–2007) – boxer
- Hamid Shirzadegan (1941–2007) – football player
- Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (1982–2007) – basketball player
- Aboutaleb Talebi (1945–2008) – wrestler
- Fariborz Moradi (1964–2008) – football player
- Abbas Qarib (1916–2009) – football player
- Amir-Hossein Mobasher (1922–2009) – football player
- Nasser Aghaei (1944–2009) – boxer
- Mashallah Amin-Sorour (1931–2010) – cyclist
- Mostafa Tajik (1932–2010) – wrestler
- Mansour Amirasefi (1933–2010) – football player
- Kambozia Jamali (1938–2010) – football player
- Masoud Boroumand (1928–2011) – football player
- Nasser Hejazi (1949–2011) – football player
- Masoud Estili (1969–2011) – football player
- Leila Esfandyari (1970–2011) – mountain climber
- Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925–2012) – wrestler
- Hassan Sadian (1925–2013) – wrestler
- Boyuk Jeddikar (1929–2013) – football player
- Nosratollah Momtahen (1930–2013) – sports shooter
- Hassan Pakandam (1934–2013) – boxer
- Nazem Ganjapour (1943–2013) – football player
- Mohammad-Hassan Zolfaghari (19??–2013) – basketball player
- Kazem Sarikhani (1978–2013) – judoka
- Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950–2014) – football player
- Hossein Maadani (1971–2014) – volleyball player
- Rasoul Raeisi (1924–2015) – weightlifter
- Aref Gholizadeh (1938–2015) – football player
- Homayoun Behzadi (1942–2016) – football player
- Mansour Pourheidari (1946–2016) – football player
- Reza Ahadi (1962–2016) – football player
- Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968–2016) – cyclist
- Hossein Soudipour (1922–2017) – basketball player
- Abbas Zandi (1930–2017) – wrestler
- Nasser Givehchi (1932–2017) – wrestler
- Manouchehr Boroumand (1934–2017) – weightlifter
- Bijan Zarnegar (1940–2017) – fencer
- Ebrahim Ashtiani (1941–2017) – football player
- Akbar Eftekhari (1943–2017) – football player
- Mohammad-Ali Falahatinejad (1976–2017) – weightlifter
- Alireza Ghelichkhani (1937–2018) – wrestler
- Iraj Danaeifard (1951–2018) – football player
- Majid Gholamnejad (1983–2018) – football player
- Nadjmeddin Farabi (1933–2019) – athlete
- Jafar Kashani (1944–2019) – football player
- Khosro Harandi (1950–2019) – chess player
- Keyvan Vahdani (1991–2019) – football player
- Abolfazl Salabi (1924–2020) – basketball player
- Mohammad Ami-Tehrani (1938–2020) – weightlifter
- Fariborz Esmaeili (1940–2020) – football player
- Businessmen
- Mohammad-Taghi Barkhordar (1924–2012) – businessman
- Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (1969–2014) – businessman
- Asghar Ghandchi (1928–2019) – businessman
- Others
- Majid Salek Mohammadi (19??–1985) – serial killer
- Effat Tejaratchi (1917–1999) – pioneer aviator
- Sayyed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody (1939–2009) – anesthesiologist
- Shahla Jahed (1969–2010) – convict
- Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988–2014) – convict
In addition to tombs of the royals, politicians, and other significant people, in the graveyard there are symbolic tombs for the perpetrators of the 1983 Hezbollah attacks on the U.S. Marine and French peacekeepers' barracks in Beirut and for the assassin of Anwar Sadat, Khalid Islambouli.[2] Similarly, a symbolic tomb was erected in the cemetery for Hezbollah member Imad Mughniyah, who was killed on 12 February 2008 in Damascus, Syria.[5]
Images
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Tombs of Mostafa Chamran and Javad Fakoori
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Tomb of Esmat Dowlatshahi
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Tomb of Mohammad Sa'ed
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Private tombs
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Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial outside view
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Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial
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The graves of unknown martyrs
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Iran–Iraq War victims' tombs
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Prepared graves
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Shohada street
See also
- Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
- Khavaran cemetery
- Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
- Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery
References
- ^ Sahimi, Mohammad (3 February 2010). "The Ten Days That Changed Iran". Los Angeles: PBS. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b Alfoneh, Ali (Winter 2007). "Iran's Suicide Brigades". Middle East Quarterly. XIV (7): 37–44. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ Thomas Goltz (8 April 2015). Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic. Routledge. pp. 442–. ISBN 978-1-317-47624-5.
- ^ Scott Peterson (21 September 2010). Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran – A Journey Behind the Headlines. Simon & Schuster. pp. 701. ISBN 978-1-4165-9739-1. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Chalhoub, Elie (14 February 2012). "Imad Mughniyeh in Iran: The Stuff of Legends". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.