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.^[1]

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
• Babak Masoumi (1972–2011) – futsal player and coach
• Jalal Zolfonun (1937–2012) – musician
• Manochehr Sheybani

Poet - Painter

References

External links

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

Coordinates: 35°49′02″N 50°55′23″E / 35.81722°N 50.92306°E / 35.81722; 50.92306