Behesht-e Zahra
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Established | 1970 |
Location | Tehran |
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 |
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Behesht-e Zahra بهشت زهرا |
Behesht-e Zahra (Persian: بهشت زهرا,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
- 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 (1948–1950)
- Hajar Tarbiat (1906–1974) – senator
- Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979) – prime minister of Iran (1965–1977) and leader of Rastakhiz party
- Mahmoud Jafarian (1927–1979) – director-general of National Iranian Radio & Television (NIRT)
- Parviz Nikkhah (1939–1979) – politician
- Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980) – diplomat
- Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–1971)
- Abbas Aram (1906–1985) – minister of foreign affairs (1959–1966)
- Amirteymour Kalali (1894–1988) – minister of interior (1951–53)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Political dissidents
- Saeed Mohsen (1939–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI)
- 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
- Keramatollah Daneshian (1944–1974) – Marxist activist and poet
- Bijan Jazani (1938–1975) – Marxist activist and a founder of Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG)
- 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
- Mozzafar Baghai (1911–1987) – member of the National Front
- Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani (1931–1994) – journalist
- Ahmad Zirakzadeh (1907–1993) – 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
- 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
- Seyed 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
- Siamak Pourzand (1931–2011) – journalist
- Hoda Saber (1959–2011) – journalist
- Mohammad Mokhtari (1989–2011) – protester
- Farideh Mashini (1960–2012) – feminist
- Politicians (Islamic Republic)
- Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979) – cleric and a founder of Freedom Movement of Iran
- 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 (1944–1981) – minister of communication
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jamal Karimi-Rad (1956–2006) – minister of justice
- Ahmad Kazemi (1958–2006) – member of IRGC
- Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli (1931–2008) – cleric
- Ahmad Bourghani (1959–2008) – Majles MP
- Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009) – Khomeini's wife
- 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
- Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943–2015) – deputy prime minister
- 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
- Abbas Amir-Entezam (1932–2018) - deputy prime minister (1979)
- Mohammad Bastenegar (1941–2018) – politician
- Abbas Duzduzani (1942–2018) – minister of culture (1980–81)
- Scholars & Journalists
- Hushang Irani (1925–1973) – poet
- Mohammad Hejazi (1900–1974) – writer
- 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
- Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholar and founder of the Tehran Polytechnic
- Azar Andami (1926–1984) – physician
- Abbas Nalbandian (1949–1989) – playwright
- 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 Taghi 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
- 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
- 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
- Nowzar Parang (1937–2006) – poet
- Hadi Mirmiran (1945–2006) – architect
- Iraj Zand (1950–2006) – sculptor
- Houshang A'lam (1928–2007) – scholar
- Mahdi Ghalibafian (1935–2007) – scholar
- Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi (1936–2007) – scholar
- Akbar Radi (1939–2007) – playwright
- Fereydun Adamiyat (1920–2008) – historian
- Nader Ebrahimi (1936–2008) – writer
- Massoud Azarnoush (1945–2008) – archeologist
- Mehran Ghassemi (1977–2008) – journalist
- Roza Montazemi (1921–2009) – author
- 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) – archeologist
- 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
- Baqer Aqeli (1929–2013) – scholar
- Parvaneh Vosouq (1936–2013) – physician and entpreneur
- Amir Hosein Fardi (1949–2013) – writer
- Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (1924–2014) – historian
- Simin Behbahani (1927–2014) – poet
- Naser 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 Adle (1944–2015) – archeologist
- Morteza Sohrabi (1946–2015) – scholar
- Hamid Golpira (1960–2015) – journalist
- Davood Parsa-Pajouh (1941–2015) – scholar
- Abdolreza Houshang Mahdavi (1930–2016) – writer
- Hassan Farsam (1932–2016) – pharmacist
- Pooran Farrokhzad (1933–2016) – writer
- Ataullah Behmanesh (1923–2017) – journalist
- Media Kashigar (1956–2017) – writer
- Dariush Shayegan (1935–2018) – philosopher
- Artists
- Majid Vafadar (1912–1975) – musician
- Saeid Hormozi (1897–1976) – musician
- Afshin Moghadam (1945–1976) – singer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Andre Arzoumanian (1954–2010) – musician
- Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist
- Behrouz Ahmadi (1946–2012) – architect
- Jalil Shahnaz (1921–2013) – 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 Cheshm Azar (1950–2018) – musician
- Actors/Actresses/Directors
- Parviz Fanizadeh (1937–1979) – actor
- Esmail Koushan (1917–1981) – film director
- Habibollah Bolour (1913–1982) – actor and wrestler
- Mohammad Taghi Kahnamouei (1919–1983) – actor
- Khan Baba Motazedi (1892–1986) – film photographer
- Saber Atashin (1926–1987) – actor
- Ezzatollah Moghbeli (1933–1988) – actor
- Ezzatollah Vosough (1914–1991) – actor
- Houshang Beheshti (1923–1991) – actor
- Farhang Mehrparvar (1946–1994) – actor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Saadi Afshar (1934–2013) – actor
- Asal Badiee (1977–2013) – actress
- Morteza Ahmadi (1924–2014) – actor
- Hassan Raziani (1931–2014) – actor
- Nasser Gitijah (1935–2014) – actor
- Anoushirvan Arjmand (1941–2014) – actor
- Baqer Sahraroudi (1942–2014) – actor
- Homa Rousta (1944–2015) – actress
- 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 Fannizadeh (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
- Yadollah Samadi (1951–2018) – film director
- Saeed Kangarani (1954–2018) – actor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Leila Esfandyari (1970–2011) – mountain climber
- Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925–2012) – 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
- 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
- Bijan Zarnegar (1940–2017) – fencer
- Ebrahim Ashtiani (1941–2017) – football player
- Akbar Eftekhari (1943–2017) – football player
- Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad (1976–2017) – weightlifter
- Others
- Sayyed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody (1939–2009) – anesthesiologist
- Shahla Jahed (1969–2010) – convict
- Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (1969–2014) – businessman
- 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
- Tombs of Mostafa Chamran and Javad Fakoori
- Tomb of Esmat Dowlatshahi
- Tomb of Mohammad Sa'ed
- Private tombs
- Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial outside view
- Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial
- The graves of unknown martyrs
- Iran–Iraq War victims' tombs
- Prepared graves
- Shohada street
See also
References
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- ↑ Sahimi, Mohammad (3 February 2010). "The Ten Days That Changed Iran". Los Angeles: PBS. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- 1 2 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. p. 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. Retrieved 4 August 2013.