Behesht-e Zahra

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.

For the village, see Beheshti, Tehran.

Behesht-e Zahra
بهشت زهرا
Shown within Tehran
Details
Established1970
Location
Tehran
CountryIran
Coordinates35.536°N 51.370°E / 35.536; 51.370
TypePublic
Size534 hectares (1,320 acres)
No. of graves1,600,000
Websitebeheshtezahra.tehran.ir
Find a GraveBehesht-e Zahra
بهشت زهرا

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 on 29 June 1970 by mayor of Tehran, Gholamreza Nikpey. It was named by Ayatollah Ahmad Khonsari. The first person buried in Behesht-e Zahra was Mohammad-Taghi Khial on 25 July 1970.

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

Politicians (Pahlavi Era)
    • Sadegh Rezazadeh Shafagh (fa) (1895–1971) – politician and scholar
    • Saeid Malek Loqman ol-Molk (fa) (1888–1972) – minister of health (1944–48) and senator
    • Hossein Navab (1897–1972) – minister of foreign affairs (1952)
    • Abdorrahman Faramarzi (fa) (1897–1972) – politician
    • Mozaffar Alam (1882–1973) – politician
    • Mohammad Sa'ed (1883–1973) – prime minister of Iran (1944) and (1948–50)
    • Ahmad Aramesh (fa) (1908–1973) – minister of labour (1946–47)
    • Reza Tajaddod (fa) (1888–1974) – politician
    • Abdolqadir Azad (fa) (1891–1974) – politician
    • Aligholi Hedayat (fa) (1898–1974) – senator
    • Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz Sadr (1902–1974) – politician
    • Hajar Tarbiat (fa) (1906–1974) – senator
    • Naser Ameri (fa) (1928–1975) – politician
    • Mohammad-Ali Dadvar (fa) (1903–1977) – politician
    • Ahmad Bahadori (fa) (1911–1977) – senator
    • Jahanshah Samsam (fa) (1911–1977) – senator
    • Mahmoud Jalili (fa) (1912–1977) – senator
    • Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979) – prime minister of Iran (1965–77) and leader of Rastakhiz party
    • Mahmoud Jafarian (1928–1979) – director-general of National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT)
    • Gholamhossein Daneshi (fa) (1936–1979) – politician
    • Parviz Nikkhah (de) (1939–1979) – politician
    • Salar Jaff (fa) (1940–1979) – politician
    • Najafgholi Moezzi Hesam od-Dowleh (fa) (1886–1980) – politician
    • Habibollah Amouzgar (fa) (1890–1980) – minister of education (1951) and senator
    • Abolqasem Najm (1892–1980) – minister of foreign affairs (1945–46)
    • Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980) – diplomat
    • Hossein-Ali Rashed (fa) (1905–1980) – politician
    • Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–71)
    • Anoushirvan Sepahbodi (1888–1981) – diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (1947)
    • Javad Ameri (fa) (1891–1981) – politician
    • Allah-Yar Saleh (1897–1981) – diplomat and politician
    • Abdolbaghi Shoaei (fa) (1903–1982) – minister of finance (1960–62)
    • Mehdi Mashayekhi (fa) (1905–1985) – mayor of Tehran (1945–46)
    • Abbas Aram (1906–1985) – minister of foreign affairs (1959–66)
    • Amanollah Ardalan (fa) (1884–1986) – politician
    • Shams Qanatabadi (fa) (1914–1987) – politician
    • Amir-Teymour Kalali (1894–1988) – minister of interior (1949–51)
    • Ebrahim Fakhraei (fa) (1899–1988) – politician
    • Zeynolabedin Rahnama (fa) (1890–1989) – politician
    • Mohammad-Ali Varasteh (fa) (1894–1989) – senator
    • Hossein Jodat (fa) (1892–1990) – politician
    • Kazem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician
    • Abbasqoli Golshayan (fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance (1948–50)
    • Mohammad-Sadeq Amir-Azizi (fa) (1904–1992) – minister of interior (1961–63)
    • Ahmad Hooman (1909–1995) (fa) – minister of imperial court (1951)
    • Azizollah Malek-Esmaeili (fa) (1903–1996) – politician
    • Jahanshah Saleh (fa) (1904–1996) – senator
    • Jalal Abdoh (de) (1909–1996) – diplomat
    • Nosratollah Kasemi (fa) (1911–1996) – politician
    • Parvin Soufi (fa) (d. 1997) – politician
    • Vajihollah Fazel (fa) (1907–1998) – senator
    • Gholamali Farivar (fa) (1909–1998) – minister of industries and mines (1961)
    • Shams-ol-Molouk Mosaheb (fa) (1922–1998) – senator
    • Abolfazl Ghazi (fa) (1931–1998) – minister of higher education (1978)
    • Mehrangiz Manouchehrian (1906–2000) – lawyer and senator
    • Hassan Shalchian (fa) (1911–2000) – minister of roads and transportation
    • Javad Sadr (fa) (1912–2000) – minister of interior (1963–66)
    • Abolghasem Tafazzoli (fa) (1921–2004) – politician
    • Hossein Falsafi (fa) (1919–2005) – politician
    • Sabar Farman-Farmaian (1912–2006) – minister of health (1953)
    • Amir-Nosratollah Balakhanlou (1917–2007) – politician
    • Mohammad-Ali Safi-Asfia (fa) (1913–2008) – chief of Planning and Budget Organization (1962–68)
    • Kazem Oskouei (fa) (1919–2009) – politician
    • Mohammad-Reza Jalali Naeini (fa) (1916–2010) – senator
    • Masoud Borzin (fa) (1920–2010) – director-general of NIRT
    • Hassan-Ali Saremi Kalali (fa) (1926–2011) – politician
    • Manouchehr Agah (fa) (1930–2012) – politician
    • Yahya Sadeq Vaziri (fa) (1911–2013) – minister of justice (1979)
    • Rahim Zehtabfar (fa) (1927–2013) – politician
    • Reza Kermani (fa) (1934–2013) – politician
    • Manouchehr Saeed Vaziri (fa) (1920–2014) – politician
    • Karim Motamedi (fa) (1924–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79)

Military personnel
    • Mohammad-Ali Vajed Salar Motazed (fa) (1886–1975) – IIA general
    • Reza Zandipour (fa) (1923–1975) – IIA general
    • Ahmad Mogharebi (de) (1921–1977) – IIA general
    • Marzieh Arfaei (fa) (1901–1978) – physician and IIA general
    • Nematollah Nassiri (1910–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) general and head of SAVAK (1965–78)
    • Jafarqoli Sadri (fa) (1911–1979) – head of National Police
    • Mehdi Rahimi (1921–1979) – IIA general
    • Reza Naji (fa) (1923–1979) – IIA general
    • Manouchehr Khosrodad (1927–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army Aviation general
    • Nader Jahanbani (1928–1979) – Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) general
    • Amir-Hossein Rabiei (1931–1979) – commander in chief of IIAF (1977–79)
    • Houshang Hatam (fa) (1918–1980) – IIA general
    • Ali Eghbali Dogahe (1949–1980) – IIAF pilot
    • Hemmatollah Pahlavan (fa) (1906–1982) – IIA general
    • Mahmoud Mirjalali (fa) (1898–1983) – IIA general
    • Farrokhzad Jahangiri (fa) (1950–1985) – IIAF pilot
    • Ahmad Keshvari (1953–1980) – IRIA pilot
    • Houshang Vahid Dastjerdi (fa) (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)
    • Mir-Mohammad Mohanna (fa) (1901–1983) – commander in chief of IIAF (1948–49)
    • Hedayatollah Gilanshah (fa) (1907–1984) – commander in chief of IIAF (1954–58)
    • 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
    • Mohammad-Ali Saffari (fa) (1898–1988) – head of National Police and senator
    • Bahram Hooshyar (1938–1991) – IRIAF pilot
    • Mansour Sattari (1948–1995) – chief of staff of IRIAF
    • Ali-Reza Yasini (fa) (1951–1995) – IRIAF pilot
    • 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
    • Gholamreza Ghasemi (fa) (1930–2012) – IRIA general
    • Morteza Bayandarian (fa) (1940–2012) – IRIA general
    • Siabakhsh Nassiri-Ziba (fa) (1935–2013) – IRIA general
    • Mohammad-Hossein Moeinpour (1934–2014) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1981-83)
    • Asghar Imanian (1929–2015) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1979)
    • Abolfath Yaftabadi (fa) (1930–2015) – IRIAF general
    • Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) – chief of staff of IRIA
    • Behrouz Soleimanjah (fa) (1938–2016) – IRIA general
    • Mohsen Gheytaslou (1990–2016) – member of IRIA Special Forces
    • Ali Razmi (fa) (1933–2017) – IRIA general
    • Ali-Akbar Mousavi Ghavidel (fa) (1937–2017) – IRIA general
    • Cyrus Lotfi (fa) (1935–2018) – IRIA general
    • Dariush Zarghami (fa) (1940–2018) – IRIN commando
    • Nasser Farbod (1922–2019) – chief of staff of IRIA (1979)
    • Houshang Seddigh (1941–2020) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1983-86)

Political Dissidents

Politicians (Islamic Republic)

Scholars and journalists

Artists
    • Davoud Pirnia (fa) (1900–1971) – musician
    • Saeid Hormozi (1897–1976) – musician
    • Majid Vafadar (fa) (1913–1976) – musician
    • Afshin Moghadam (1945–1976) – singer
    • Mohammad-Ali Amir-Jahed (fa) (1896–1977) – musician
    • Hossein Nassehi (1925–1977) – musician
    • Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978) – architect
    • Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1886–1979) – musician
    • Javad Badizadeh (fa) (1902–1979) – musician
    • Gholamali Ravanbakhsh (fa) (1935–1979) – singer
    • Esmail Adib Khansari (1901–1982) – musician
    • Faramarz Pilaram (fa) (1937–1983) – painter
    • Hossein Gol-e-Golab (1895–1984) – poet and musician
    • Mahmoud Mahmoudi Khansari (fa) (1934–1987) – singer
    • Amanollah Tajik (fa) (1937–1987) – singer
    • Maryam Rouhparvar (fa) (1932–1988) – singer
    • Ahmad Ebadi (1906–1993) – musician
    • Javad Maroufi (1912–1993) – musician
    • Abolhassan Sadighi (1894–1995) – painter and sculptor
    • Rassam Arabzadeh (fa) (1914–1995) – carpet designer
    • Heshmat Sanjari (1918–1995) – composer and conductor
    • Hossein Sarshar (de) (1934–1995) – singer and actor
    • Giti Pashaei (1940–1995) – singer
    • Changiz Shahvagh (fa) (1933–1996) – painter and sculptor
    • Nasser Farhangfar (fr) (1947–1997) – musician
    • Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999) – painter
    • Molouk Zarrabi (eo) (1907–2000) – singer
    • Jafar Pourhashemi (fa) (1928–2001) – musician
    • Jahangir Malek (fa) (1933–2002) – musician
    • Asadollah Malek (fa) (1941–2002) – musician
    • Morteza Varzi (1922–2004) – musician
    • Delkash (1924–2004) – singer
    • Hadi Ameri (1913–2005) – composer and conductor
    • Jafar Petgar (fa) (1920–2005) – painter
    • Fereydun Nasseri (fa) (1930–2005) – conductor
    • Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945–2005) – musician
    • Ali-Akbar Sanati (ru) (1916–2006) – painter and sculptor
    • Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) – musician
    • Babak Bayat (fa) (1946–2006) – musician
    • Omran Salahi (fa) (1946–2006) – writer
    • Fakhereh Saba (1920–2007) – opera singer
    • Hamid Qanbari (fa) (1924–2007) – singer
    • Parviz Yahaghi (1936–2007) – composer
    • Parivash Sotoudeh (fa) (d. 2007) – singer
    • 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 (fa) (1945–2008) – painter
    • Bijan Taraghi (fa) (1930–2009) – songwriter
    • Mohammad-Amin Mir-Fenderski (fa) (1931–2009) – architect
    • Faramarz Payvar (1933–2009) – musician
    • Hassan Shojaei (fa) (1941–2009) – singer
    • Mehdi Sahabi (1944–2009) – painter and sculptor
    • Abdi Yamini (fa) (1953–2009) – musician
    • Parviz Meshkatian (1955–2009) – musician
    • Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010) – singer
    • Bahman Jalali (1944–2010) – photographer
    • Farman Behboud (1946–2010) – musician
    • Masoud Houshmand (fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter
    • Andre Arzoumanian (Անդրե Արզումանյան) (fa) (1954–2010) – musician
    • Mahmoud Javadipour (de) (1920–2012) – painter
    • Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist
    • Behrouz Ahmadi (fa) (1946–2012) – architect
    • Jalil Shahnaz (1921–2013) – musician
    • Ghasem Jebeji (fa) (1927–2013) – singer
    • Dariush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician
    • Homayoun Khorram (1930–2013) – musician
    • Morteza Pashaei (1984–2014) – singer
    • Mansour Nariman (1935–2015) – musician
    • Nima Petgar (fa) (1947–2015) – painter
    • Javad Lashkari (fa) (1923–2016) – musician
    • Asghar Bichareh (1927–2016) – photographer
    • Farhang Sharif (1931–2016) – musician
    • Ali-Akbar Tajvidi (1927–2017) – painter
    • Nader Golchin (fa) (1936–2017) – singer
    • Hamed Hakan (fa) (1984–2017) – singer
    • Naser Cheshmazar (1950–2018) – musician
    • Shirin Aliabadi (1973–2018) – artist
    • Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019) – composer
    • Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019) – painter
    • Farhad Ebrahimi (1935–2019) – songwriter
    • Mehrbanou Salami (fa) (1935–2019) – singer
    • Hossein Zamarshidi (fa) (1939–2019) – architect
    • Fereydoun Sadighi (fa) (1936–2020) – sculptor
    • Houshang Zarif (1938–2020) – musician

Actors, actresses and film directors
    • Mahmoud Johari (fa) (1945–1976) – actor
    • Ebrahim Moradi (fa) (1907–1977) – film director
    • Samad Sabahi (fa) (1914–1978) – actor
    • 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 (fa) (1920–1983) – actor
    • Esmail Poursaeid (fa) (1926–1983) – film director
    • Abbas Mosaddegh (fa) (1926–1984) – actor
    • Moezz-Divan Fekri (fa) (1900–1985) – actor and film director
    • Khan-Baba Motazedi (1892–1986) – film photographer
    • Atash Khayyer (fa) (1952–1986) – actress
    • Esmail Mohammadi (fa) (1910–1987) – actor
    • Saber Atashin (fa) (1926–1987) – actor
    • Sadegh Bahrami (fa) (1909–1988) – actor
    • Ezzatollah Moghbeli (fa) (1933–1988) – actor
    • Mohsen Badie (fa) (1908–1989) – film director
    • Mahmoud Lotfi (fa) (1926–1989) – actor
    • Ezzatollah Vosough (fa) (1914–1991) – actor
    • Houshang Beheshti (fa) (1923–1991) – actor
    • Parviz Khatibi (fa) (1923–1993) – film director
    • Siamak Yasemi (1925–1994) – film director
    • Farhang Mehrparvar (fa) (1946–1994) – actor
    • Ali Sajjadi Hosseini (1953–1994) – film director
    • Roghieh Chehreh-Azad (fa) (1907–1995) – actress
    • Iran Daftari (fa) (1907–1996) – actress
    • Gholam-Hossein Naghshineh (1908–1996) – actor
    • Valiollah Khakdan (1923–1996) – art director
    • Jalal Moghaddam (fa) (1929–1996) – film director
    • Manouchehr Hamedi (fa) (1939–1996) – actor
    • Ali Hatami (1944–1996) – film director
    • Roohangiz Saminejad (1916–1997) – actress
    • Jahangir Forouhar (1916–1997) – actor
    • Ali Tabesh (fa) (1925–1997) – actor
    • Fereshteh Jenabi (1948–1998) – actress
    • Gholam-Hossein Bahmanyar (fa) (1927–1999) – actor
    • Rouhollah Emami (de) (1940–1999) – film editor
    • Ahmad Najibzadeh (fa) (1940–1999) – screenwriter
    • Ali-Asghar Garmsiri (fa) (1911–2000) – actor
    • Nematollah Gorji (1926–2000) – actor
    • Mohammad-Ali Fardin (1930–2000) – actor and wrestler
    • Firouz Behjat Mohammadi (fa) (1936–2000) – actor
    • Roubik Mansouri (Ռուբիկ Մանսուրի) (fa) (1937–2000) – film editor
    • Mahin Deyhim (fa) (1925–2001) – actress
    • Jamileh Sheykhi (1930–2001) – actress
    • Jamshid Mehrdad (fa) (1932–2001) – actor
    • Mansour Valamaqam (fa) (1936–2001) – actor
    • Kanaan Kiani (fa) (1932–2002) – actor
    • Parvin Malakuti (fa) (1938–2002) – actress
    • Jamshid Esmailkhani (fa) (1950–2002) – actor
    • Reza Jian (fa) (1949–2003) – actor
    • Mehdi Fat'hi (1939–2004) – actor
    • Mostafa Oskooyi (1924–2005) – film director
    • Manouchehr Nowzari (fa) (1936–2005) – actor
    • Mohsen Arasteh (fa) (1937–2005) – actor
    • Fereydun Goleh (1942–2005) – film director
    • Ali Zahedi (fa) (1949–2005) – actor
    • Bita Tavakkoli (fa) (1994–2005) – child actress
    • Jafar Bozorgi (fa) (1917–2006) – actor
    • Ahmad Ghadakchian (1920–2006) – actor
    • Abdolali Homayun (fa) (1920–2006) – actor
    • Hossein Kasbian (fa) (1934–2006) – actor
    • Soroush Khalili (fa) (1937–2006) – actor
    • Vakhtang Nersi Korkia (fa) (1938–2006) – actor
    • Hamid Rakhshani (fa) (1951–2006) – film editor
    • Poopak Goldarreh (1971–2006) – actress
    • Garsha Raoufi (fa) (1933–2007) – actor
    • Rasoul Mollagholipour (1955–2007) – film director
    • Esmail Davarfar (1932–2008) – actor
    • Khosrow Shakibai (1944–2008) – actor
    • Ahmad Aqaloo (fa) (1949–2008) – actor
    • Abbas Sakhaei (1953–2008) – actor and photographer
    • Davoud Asadi (fa) (1969–2008) – actor
    • Mehri Mehrnia (fa) (1917–2009) – actress
    • Parvin Soleimani (1922–2009) – actress
    • Farrokh-Leqa Houshmand (fa) (1929–2009) – actress
    • Abbas Shabaviz (fa) (1929–2009) – actor
    • Jamshid Layegh (fa) (1931–2009) – actor
    • Ali Miri (fa) (1936–2009) – actor
    • Amir Ghavidel (fa) (1947–2009) – film director
    • Seifollah Daad (1955–2009) – film director
    • Masoud Rassam (fa) (1957–2009) – film director
    • Peyman Abadi (1972–2009) – stuntman
    • Niku Kheradmand (1932–2009) – actress
    • Esmail Riahi (fa) (1920–2010) – film director
    • Hamideh Kheirabadi (1924–2010) – actress
    • Mahin Shahabi (fa) (1936–2010) – actress
    • Mahmoud Bahrami (fa) (1937–2010) – actor
    • Reza Karam-Rezaei (fa) (1937–2010) – actor
    • Nemat Haghighi (fa) (1939–2010) – film director
    • Mohammad Varshowchi (fa) (1925–2011) – actor
    • Mehri Vedadian (fa) (1936–2011) – actress
    • Mohsen Yousefbeig (fa) (1940–2011) – actor
    • Esfandiar Ahmadieh (1929–2012) – film director
    • Hamid Samandarian (1931–2012) – theater director
    • Shapoor Gharib (1933–2012) – film director
    • Abdollah Boutimar (fa) (1933–2012) – actor
    • Touti Salimi (fa) (1954–2012) – actress
    • Taghi Rouhani (1920–2013) – news anchor
    • Saadi Afshar (fa) (1934–2013) – actor
    • Jahangir Jahangiri (fa) (1946–2013) – film director
    • Asal Badiee (1977–2013) – actress
    • Morteza Ahmadi (1924–2014) – actor
    • Hassan Raziani (fa) (1931–2014) – actor
    • Maziar Partow (1933–2014) – film director
    • Nasser Gitijah (fa) (1935–2014) – actor
    • Anoushirvan Arjmand (1941–2014) – actor
    • Baqer Sahraroudi (fa) (1942–2014) – actor
    • Akhtar Karimi Zand (fa) (1928–2015) – actress
    • Valiollah Momeni (1943–2015) – actor
    • Homa Rousta (1944–2015) – actress
    • Iraj Karimi (fr) (1953–2015) – film director
    • Mostafa Abdollahi (1955–2015) – actor
    • Ali Tabatabaei (1983–2015) – actor
    • Parviz Shahinkhoo (fa) (1915–2016) – actor
    • Davoud Rashidi (1933–2016) – actor
    • Jafar Vali (fa) (1934–2016) – actor
    • Mohammad Zarrindast (1934–2016) – film director
    • Forouzan (1937–2016) – actress
    • Sorayya Beheshti (fa) (1951–2016) – actress
    • Donya Fanizadeh (1967–2016) – puppeteer
    • Ali Ramez (fa) (1927–2017) – actor
    • Mohammad Poursattar (1939–2017) – actor
    • Kazem Afrandnia (1945–2017) – actor
    • Ali Moallem (fa) (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
    • Hossein Shahab (fa) (1947–2018) – actor
    • Yadollah Samadi (1951–2018) – film director
    • Karim Zargar (fa) (1953–2018) – actor
    • Saeed Kangarani (1954–2018) – actor
    • Dariush Asadzadeh (fa) (1923–2019) – actor
    • Nosrat Karimi (1924–2019) – actor
    • Shahla Riahi (1927–2019) – actress
    • Reza Abdi (fa) (1931–2019) – actor
    • Jamshid Mashayekhi (1934–2019) – actor
    • Ebrahim Abadi (1934–2019) – actor
    • Reza Safaei (fa) (1936–2019) – film director
    • Zobeideh Jahangiri (fa) (1942–2019) – actress
    • Farrokh Sajedi (fa) (1942–2019) – actor
    • Habib Kavosh (fa) (1944–2019) – film director
    • Hamid Soheili (fa) (1949–2019) – film director
    • Hossein Moheb-Ahari (fa) (1951–2019) – actor
    • Khashayar Alvand (fa) (1967–2019) – screenwriter
    • Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz (1930–2020) – actor
    • Valiollah Shirandami (fa) (1931–2020) – actor
    • Sedigheh Kianfar (1932–2020) – actress
    • Malakeh Ranjbar (fa) (1936–2020) – actress
    • Khosrow Sinai (1941–2020) – film director
    • Cyrus Gorjestani (fa) (1945–2020) – actor
    • Nouri Kasrayi (fa) (1951–2020) – actress
    • Siamak Shayeghi (1954–2020) – film director
    • Ali Abolhassani (fa) (1972–2020) – actor
    • Khosrow Sinai (1941–2020) - film director

Athletes

Businessmen and philanthropists
    • Mohammad-Ali Mofarrah (fa) (1915–1983) – businessman and founder of Bank Saderat Iran
    • Gholamali Abidi (fa) (1920–2004) – scholar and businessman
    • Mohammad-Taghi Barkhordar (1924–2012) – businessman
    • Ahmad Ataei (fa) (1919–2013) – philanthropist
    • Fereydoun Novin Farahbakhsh (fa) (1930–2013) – businessman and collector
    • Mahafarid Amir-Khosravi (1969–2014) – businessman
    • Abdorrahim Jafari (fa) (1919–2015) – philanthropist
    • Reza Niazmand (fa) (1921–2017) – philanthropist
    • Asghar Ghandchi (1928–2019) – philanthropist

Others

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

See also

References
  1. Sahimi, Mohammad (3 February 2010). "The Ten Days That Changed Iran". Los Angeles: PBS. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. Alfoneh, Ali (Winter 2007). "Iran's Suicide Brigades". Middle East Quarterly. XIV (7): 37–44. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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