Emamzadeh Taher

Emamzadeh Taher (Persian: امامزاده طاهر ) is located in Iran in the town of Karaj, is one of the most famous cemeteries in Iran.

Notable Burials

Many prominent figures of Iranian literature, art and culture are interred here, including:

• Maziar (Abdolreza Kiani Nejad ) (1952-1997) - singer
• Gholamhossein Banan (1911-1986) - singer
• Hossein Qavami (1909-1989) - singer
• Abdolali Vaziri (1911-1989) - singer
• Ezzat Rouhbakhsh (1914-1989) - singer
• Morteza Hannaneh (1923-1989) - composer
• Farrokhdokht Abbasi Taleghani (Pouran) (1934-1990) - singer
• Ahmad Ebadi (1906-1992) - musician
• Taghi Zohuri (1913-1992) - actor
• Abbas Mehr-Pouya (1927-1992) - singer
• Habibollah Badiei (1933-1992) - musician
• Hassan Golnaraqi (1921-1993) - singer
• Ali-Asghar Bahari (1905-1995) - musucian
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947-1996) - poet
• Gholamhossein Bigdeli (1919-1998) - writer
• Mohammad Mokhtari (1942-1998) - writer
• Mohammad-Jafar Puyandeh (1954-1998) - writer
• Ahmad Shamloo (1925-2000) - poet
• Houshang Golshiri (1938-2000) - writer
• Jafar Badiei (1915-2001) - journalist
• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) - writer
• Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Delkash) (1924-2004) - singer
• Shapour Jafroudi (1928-2004) - folklore singer
• Nematollah Aghasi (1939-2005) - popular singer
• Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad (M. Azad) (1934-2006) - poet
• Masoud Bakhtiari (1940-2006) - folklore singer
• Abdi Yamini (1953-2009) - pop music composer
• Babak Masoumi (1972-2011) - futsal player and coach
• Jalal Zolfonun (1937-2012) - musician

External links

• Photo gallery of the graves in Emamzadeh Taher Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, [1].