Behesht-e Zahra

Behesht-e Zahra (Persian: بهشت زهرا [beˈheʃtʰe zæhˈɹɒː]; lit. 'Paradise of Zahra') is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, 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 Tehran towards the direction of the city of Qom and opened on 29 June 1970 by mayor of Tehran, Gholamreza Nikpey. Many of the deceased soldiers of the Iran–Iraq War were buried in the martyrs' section of the cemetery. In 2025, satellite pictures emerged showing the cemetery's Lot 41, where victims of mass executions that occurred following the Iranian Revolution are buried, being paved over and converted into a parking area. Notable burials Royalty Prince Abdol-Ali Mirzā Farmān Farmāiān (1935–1973) – industrialist and nobleman Badr-ol-Moluk Vālā (1895–1979) – wife of Ahmad Shah Qajar Princess Ezzosaltaneh Qājār (1891–1984) – daughter of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Princess Irāndokht Qājār (1915–1984) – daughter of Ahmad Shah Qajar Princess Sadigheh Pahlavi (1916–1990) – daughter of Reza Shah Prince Hamid-Rezā Pahlavi (1932–1992) – youngest son of Reza Shah Esmat Dowlatshāhi (1904–1995) – Reza Shah's wife Politicians (Pahlavi Era) Sādegh Rezāzādeh Shafagh (1895–1971) – politician and scholar Saeid Mālek Loqmān ol-Molk (1888–1972) – minister of health (1944–48) and senator Abdolrahmān Farāmarzi (1897–1972) – politician Hossein Navāb (1897–1972) – minister of foreign affairs (1952) Ebrāhim Kāshāni (1903–1972) – governor of the Central Bank Mozaffar A'lam (1882–1973) – politician Mohammad Sā'ed Sā'ed ol-Vozarā (1883–1973) – prime minister of Iran (1944) and (1948–50) Ahmad Ārāmesh (1908–1973) – minister of labour (1946–47) Rezā Tajaddod (1888–1974) – politician Abdolqādir Āzād (1891–1974) – politician Aligholi Hedāyat (1898–1974) – senator Mohammad-Ali Keshavārz Sadr Bahādor ol-Molk (1902–1974) – politician Hājar Tarbiat (1906–1974) – senator Ahmad Ali Sepehr (1889–1975) – politician and historian Nāser Āmeri (fa) (1928–1975) – politician Mohammad-Ali Dādvar (1903–1977) – politician Ahmad Bahādori (1911–1977) – senator Jahānshāh Samsām (1911–1977) – senator Mahmoud Jalili (1912–1977) – senator Amir-Abbās Hoveydā (1919–1979) – prime minister of Iran (1965–77) and leader of Rastakhiz party Mahmoud Jafariān (1928–1979) – director-general of National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) Gholāmhossein Dāneshi (fa) (1936–1979) – politician Parviz Nikkhāh (1939–1979) – politician Sālār Jāff (fa) (1940–1979) – politician Najafgholi Moezzi Hesām od-Dowleh (fa) (1886–1980) – politician Habibollāh Amouzgār (fa) (1890–1980) – minister of education (1951) and senator Abolqāsem Najm (1892–1980) – minister of foreign affairs (1945–46) Nasrollāh Entezām (1900–1980) – diplomat Hossein-Ali Rāshed (fa) (1905–1980) – politician Farrokhroo Pārsā (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–71) Anoushirvān Sepahbodi (1888–1981) – diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (1947) Javād Āmeri (1891–1981) – politician Allāh-Yār Sāleh (1897–1981) – diplomat and politician Abdolbāghi Shoāei (fa) (1903–1982) – minister of finance (1960–62) Mehdi Mashāyekhi (fa) (1905–1985) – mayor of Tehran (1945–46) Abbās Ārām (1906–1985) – minister of foreign affairs (1959–66) Shams Qanatābādi (fa) (1914–1987) – politician Amir-Teymour Kalāli (1894–1988) – minister of interior (1949–51) Ebrāhim Fakhrāei (fa) (1899–1988) – politician Zeynolābedin Rahnamā (fa) (1890–1989) – politician Mohammad Ali Vārasteh (1896–1989) – politician Hossein Joudat (1892–1990) – politician Abbāsqoli Golshāyān (fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance (1948–50) Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician Jahāngir Tafazzoli (1914–1990) – politician Shamseddin Amir-Alāei (1900–1994) – diplomat and politician Mehdi Āzar (1901–1994) – minister of education (1952–53) Ahmad Hooman (1909–1995) (fa) – minister of imperial court (1951) Azizollāh Malek-Esmāili (fa) (1903–1996) – politician Jahanshah Saleh (1905–1996) – physician and politician Jalāl Abdoh (de) (1909–1996) – diplomat Nosratollāh Kāsemi (fa) (1911–1996) – politician Parvin Soufi (fa) (d. 1997) – politician Vajihollāh Fāzel (fa) (1907–1998) – senator Gholāmali Farivar (1905–1998) – minister of industries and mines (1961) Shams-ol-Molouk Mosāheb (1922–1998) – senator Abolfazl Ghāzi (fa) (1931–1998) – minister of higher education (1978) Mehrangiz Manouchehriān (1906–2000) – lawyer and senator Hassan Shālchiān (1911–2000) – minister of roads and transportation Javād Sadr (fa) (1912–2000) – minister of interior (1963–66) Abolghāsem Tafazzoli (fa) (1921–2004) – politician Sabār Farmānfarmāiān (1912–2006) – minister of health (1953) Amir-Nosratollāh Bālākhānlou (1917–2007) – politician Mohammad-Ali Safi-Asfiā (1913–2008) – chief of Planning and Budget Organization (1962–68) Kāzem Oskouei (fa) (1919–2009) – politician Mohammad-Rezā Jalāli Nāeini (fa) (1916–2010) – senator Masoud Borzin (fa) (1920–2010) – director-general of NIRT Hassan-Ali Sāremi Kalāli (fa) (1926–2011) – politician Manouchehr Āgah (fa) (1930–2012) – politician Yahyā Sādeq Vaziri (1911–2013) – minister of justice (1979) Rahim Zehtābfar (fa) (1927–2013) – politician Rezā Kermāni (fa) (1934–2013) – politician Manouchehr Saeid Vaziri (fa) (1920–2014) – politician Hossein Falsafi (fa) (1919–2015) – politician Karim Mo'tamedi (fa) (1928–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79) Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980) – Member of the Parliament of Iran, Minister of Education of Iran, executed after the Islamic Revolution Military personnel Mohammad-Ali Vājed 'Sālār Motazed' (fa) (1886–1975) – IIA general Rezā Zandipour (fa) (1923–1975) – IIA general Ahmad Mogharebi (de) (1921–1977) – IIA general Marzieh Arfa (1901–1978) – physician and IIA general Nematollāh Nassiri (1910–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) general and head of SAVAK (1965–78) Jafarqoli Sadri (fa) (1911–1979) – head of National Police Fakhr Modarres (fa) (1917–1979) – IIA general Mehdi Rahimi (1921–1979) – IIA general Parviz Amini Afshār (1921–1979) – IIA general Rezā Nāji (1923–1979) – IIA general Manouchehr Khosrowdād (1927–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army Aviation general Nāder Jahānbāni (1928–1979) – Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) general Amir-Hossein Rabiei (1931–1979) – commander in chief of IIAF (1977–79) Houshang Hātam (fa) (1918–1980) – IIA general Said Mehdiyoun (1928–1980) – IIAF general Āyat Mohaqeqi (1931–1980) – IIAF general Ali Eghbāli Dogāhe (1949–1980) – IIAF pilot Farrokhzād Jahāngiri (fa) (1950–1980) – IIAF pilot Ahmad Keshvari (1953–1980) – IRIA pilot Houshang Vahid Dastjerdi (fa) (1925–1981) – head of National Police Valiollāh Fallāhi (1931–1981) – chief of staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army (IRIA) Javād Fakoori (1938–1981) – chief of staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Hemmatollāh Pahlavān (fa) (1906–1982) – IIA general Mahmoud Mirjalāli (fa) (1898–1983) – IIA general Mir-Mohammad Mohannā (fa) (1901–1983) – commander in chief of IIAF (1948–49) Hedayatollāh Gilānshāh (1907–1986) – commander in chief of IIAF Hassan Aghāreb Parast (1946–1984) – IRIA general Masoud Monfared Niāki (1929–1985) – IRIA general Hassan Ābshenāsān (1936–1985) – IRIA general Hossein Khal'atbari (1949–1985) – IRIAF pilot Abdolbāghi Darvish (1948–1986) – IRIAF pilot Hossein Fardoust (1917–1987) – IIA general and deputy head of SAVAK Mohammad-Ali Saffāri (fa) (1898–1988) – head of National Police and senator Bahrām Hooshyār (1938–1991) – IRIAF pilot Sādegh Amirazizi (1905–1992) – IIA general Mansour Sattāri (1948–1995) – chief of staff of IRIAF Alirezā Yāsini (fa) (1951–1995) – IRIAF pilot Ali Sayād Shirāzi (1944–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA Qāsem-Ali Zahirnejād (1924–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA Jalil Zandi (1951–2001) – IRIAF ace fighter pilot Ezzatollāh Zarghāmi (fa) (1908–2004) – IIA general Mohammad-Hādi Shādmehr (1920–2008) – chief of staff of IRIA Gholāmrezā Ghāsemi (fa) (1930–2012) – IRIA general Mortezā Bāyandariān (fa) (1940–2012) – IRIA general Siābakhsh Nassiri Zibā (fa) (1935–2013) – IRIA general Mohammad-Hossein Moeinpour (1934–2014) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1981–83) Asghar Imāniān (1929–2015) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1979) Abolfath Yāftābādi (fa) (1930–2015) – IRIAF general Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) – chief of staff of IRIA Behrouz Soleimānjāh (fa) (1938–2016) – IRIA general Mohsen Gheytāslou (1990–2016) – member of IRIA Special Forces Manouchehr Najafdari (fa) (1931–2017) – head of National Police Ali Razmi (fa) (1933–2017) – IRIA general Ali-Akbar Mousavi Ghavidel (fa) (1937–2017) – IRIA general Cyrus Lotfi (fa) (1935–2018) – IRIA general Dāriush Zarghāmi (fa) (1940–2018) – IRIN commando Nāsser Farbod (1922–2019) – chief of staff of IRIA (1979) Houshang Seddigh (1941–2020) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1983–86) Amanollāh Mortazavi (fa) (1949–2020) – head of National Police Samad Bālāzādeh (fa) (1953–2020) – IRIAF pilot Manouchehr Mohagheghi (fa) (1943–2021) – IRIAF pilot Political dissidents Ali-Akbar Safāei Farāhāni (fa) (1939–1971) – Marxist activist and a founder of Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) Behrouz Dehqāni (fa) (1939–1971) – Marxist activist Ali-Rezā Nābdel (1944–1971) – Marxist activist Saeid Mohsen (fa) (1939–1972) – Activist and one of the founders of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) Mohammad Hanifnejād (fa) (1940–1972) – Activist and one of the founders of the PMOI Ali-Asghar Badiezādegān (fa) (1940–1972) – Activist and one of the founders of the PMOI Masoud Ahmadzādeh (1945–1972) – Marxist activist Mehdi Rezāei (fa) (1952–1972) – Marxist activist Khosrow Golsorkhi (1944–1974) – Marxist activist and member of Tudeh Party Marzieh Ahmadi (1945–1974) – Marxist activist Shirin Moāzed (fa) (1945–1974) – Marxist activist Kerāmatollāh Dāneshiān (1944–1974) – Marxist activist Bijan Jazani (1938–1975) – Marxist activist and a founder of OIPFG Hassan Ziā-Zarifi (1939–1975) – Marxist activist Majid Sharif Vāghefi (1948–1975) – Marxist activist Mohammad Nakhshab (fa) (1923–1976) – founder of Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists Mostafā Shoāeiān (ru) (1936–1976) – Marxist activist Hamid Ashraf (1946–1976) – Marxist activist and a founder of OIPFG Abbās-Ali Panbehi (1897–1977) – member of Tudeh Party Rezā Ostād-Hassan-Bannā (fa) (1922–1978) – protester Ali Andarzgou (fa) (1937–1978) – Islamist activist Kāmrān Nejātollāhi (fa) (1953–1978) – scholar' Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980) – feminist, Member of the Parliament of Iran, Minister of Education of Iran, executed after the Islamic Revolution Javād Zabihi (1930–1980) – scholar Ali Shāyegān (1901–1981) – member of the National Front Ebrāhim Karimābādi (1917–1981) – member of the National Front Karim Keshāvarz (ru) (1900–1986) – member of Tudeh Party Mozzafar Baghāei (1911–1987) – leader of Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation Ehsān Tabari (1917–1989) – member of Tudeh Party Ali-Akbar Saeidi Sirjāni (1931–1994) – journalist Ahmad Zirakzādeh (1907–1993) – member of the National Front Abolfazl Qāsemi (1921–1993) – member of the National Front Homā Dārābi (1940–1994) – pediatrician Ebrāhim Zālzādeh (1948–1997) – author Dāriush Forouhar (1928–1998) – founder of Nation Party of Iran Parvāneh Forouhar (1938–1998) – politician Majid Sharif (1950–1998) – journalist Hossein Makki (1911–1999) – member of the National Front Noureddin Kiānouri (1915–1999) – Marxist activist and general secretary of Tudeh Party Ali Ardalān (1914–2000) – politician and member of the National Front Asghar Pārsā (1919–2007) – member of the National Front Parviz Varjāvand (1934–2007) – scholar and member of the National Front Zahrā Bani-Yaghoub (1980–2007) – physician Majid Kāvousifar (1979–2007) – assassin Maryam Firouz (1914–2008) – member of Tudeh party Ali Mousavi (1966–2009) – protester Omid-Rezā Mirsayāfi (1980–2009) – blogger Neda Āghā-Soltān (1983–2009) – protester Rāmin Pourandarjāni (1983–2009) – physician Mostafā Karimbeigi (1983–2009) – protester Mohsen Rouholamini (1984–2009) – protester Sohrāb A'rābi (1990–2009) – protester Abdoulrezā Soudbakhsh (1950–2010) – physician Siāmak Pourzand (1931–2011) – journalist Hodā Sāber (1959–2011) – journalist Mohammad Mokhtāri (1989–2011) – protester Farideh Māshini (1960–2012) – feminist Mohsen Amiraslāni (1977–2014) – psychoanalyst Farshid Hakki (1974–2018) – political activist Ali-Rezā Shir-Mohammad-Ali (1998–2019) – political activist Niktā Esfandāni (2005–2019) – protester Mohammad Maleki (1933–2020) – member of the National Front Ruhollāh Zam (1978–2020) – journalist Khosrow Seif (fa) (1934–2021) – member of the National Front Mohsen Shekāri (1999–2022) – protester Sadaf Movahedi (fa) (2003–2022) – protester Yaldā Āghāfazli (fa) (2003–2022) – protester Ārmitā Gerāvand (2006–2023) – protester Kiānush Sanjari (1982–2024) – journalist Mohammad Ghobādlou (2000–2024) – protester Politicians (Islamic Republic) Mahmoud Tāleghāni (1911–1979) – cleric and a founder of Freedom Movement of Iran Asghar Vesāli (1950–1980) – member of IRGC Mohammad-Hossein Fahmideh (1967–1980) – member of IRGC Hassan Lāhouti (fa) (1927–1981) – politician Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981) – chief justice of Iran (1979–81) and head of Islamic Republic Party (IRP) Mostafā Chamrān (1932–1981) – minister of defence Mohammad-Javād Bāhonar (1933–1981) – prime minister of Iran (1981) Mohammad-Ali Rajāei (1933–1981) – prime minister (1980–81) and president of Iran (1981) Mohammad-Ali Fayyāzbakhsh (fa) (1937–1981) – politician Mousā Nāmjoo (1938–1981) – minister of defence Hassan Āyat (1938–1981) – member of IRP Hassan Abbāspour (1944–1981) – minister of energy Mohammad Montazeri (1944–1981) – cleric Mahmoud Ghandi (1945–1981) – minister of communication Yousef Kolāhdouz (1946–1981) – member of IRGC Hassan Azodi (fa) (1946–1981) – politician Mousā Kalāntari (1949–1981) – minister of housing (1980–81) Mohammad Kachouei (fa) (1950–1981) – warden of Evin Prison Mohammad Jahānārā (fa) (1954–1981) – member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Vezvāei (1960–1982) – member of IRGC Mohammad Boroujerdi (1955–1983) – member of IRGC Hassan Bāgheri (fa) (1956–1983) – member of IRGC Mehdi Shāhābādi (fa) (1930–1984) – member of Majles Mohammad-Ebrāhim Hemmat (1955–1984) – member of IRGC Mojtabā Hāshemi (de) (1940–1985) – head of Islamic Revolution Committees Mahmoud Kāveh (1961–1986) – member of IRGC Kāzem Sāmi (1935–1988) – minister of health (1979) Ruhollāh Khomeini (1902–1989) – cleric and supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–1989) Asadollāh Mobāsheri (1909–1990) – minister of justice Mohammad-Javād Tondguyān (1938–1991) – minister of petroleum Mortezā Āvini (1947–1993) – war photographer Ahmad Khomeini (1945–1995) – cleric and politician Asadollāh Lājevardi (1935–1998) – warden of Evin Prison Seifollāh Vahid Dastjerdi (1926–1999) – head of Iranian Red Crescent Society Saied Emāmi (1958–1999) – deputy minister of intelligence Ali-Akbar Aboutorābi-Fard (1939–2000) – member of Majles Hossein Āyatollāhi (1931–2001) – cleric Taghi Ebtekār (fa) (1932–2001) – head of department of environment (1979–80) Rahmān Dādmān (1956–2001) – minister of roads and transportation Habibollāh Dāvarān (fa) (1926–2003) – politician Mohsen Nourbakhsh (1948–2003) – governor of the Central Bank Mohammad Abāei Khorāsāni (1940–2004) – cleric Rezā Zavāre'i (1938–2005) – politician Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi (1963–2005) – judge Nematollāh Sālehi Najafābādi (1923–2006) – cleric Taghi Khāmoushi (1937–2006) – politician Serājeddin Kāzerouni (fa) (1947–2006) – minister of housing (1984–93) Jamāl Karimi-Rād (1956–2006) – minister of justice Ahmad Kāzemi (1958–2006) – member of IRGC Fakhreddin Hejāzi (1929–2007) – member of Majles Bahāeddin Adab (1945–2007) – member of Majles Mohammad-Rezā Tavassoli (1931–2008) – cleric Ahmad Bourghāni (1959–2008) – member of Majles Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009) – Khomeini's wife Ali Golzādeh Ghafouri (1923–2010) – cleric Abbās-Ali Amid Zanjāni (1937–2011) – cleric Hassan Tehrāni-Moghaddam (1959–2011) – member of IRGC Maryam Behrouzi (1945–2012) – member of Majles Hassan Habibi (1937–2013) – vice president Habibollāh Asgarolādi (1932–2013) – minister of commerce (1981–83) Hamid Taqavi (1955–2014) – member of IRGC Mostafā Dāvoudi (fa) (1939–2015) – chairman of National Sports Organisation (1981–83) Sādeq Tabātabāei (1943–2015) – deputy prime minister (1979) Hossein Hamadāni (1950–2015) – member of IRGC Gholāmhossein Shokouhi (fa) (1926–2016) – minister of education (1979) Mostafā Katirāei (1928–2016) – minister of housing (1979) Hossein Shāh-Hosseini (1928–2017) – chairman of Physical Education Organization (1979) Jafar Shojouni (1932–2016) – cleric Marzieh Hadidchi (1939–2016) – member of Majles Akbar Hāshemi Rafsanjāni (1934–2017) – president of Iran (1989–1997) Ali Shariatmadāri (1924–2017) – minister of culture (1979) Ebrāhim Yazdi (1931–2017) – minister of foreign affairs (1979) Dāvoud Ahmadinejād (1950–2017) – politician Shahlā Habibi (1958–2017) – politician Ali-Akbar Moeinfar (1928–2018) – minister of petroleum (1979) Abbās Amir-Entezām (1932–2018) – deputy prime minister (1979) Mohammad Bastenegār (1941–2018) – politician Abbās Duzduzāni (1942–2018) – minister of culture (1980–81) Asadollāh Asgarolādi (1933–2019) – businessman Azam Tāleghāni (1943–2019) – member of Majles Mohammad-Nabi Habibi (1945–2019) – mayor of Tehran (1984–87) Mohammad Ahmadiān (1956–2019) – politician Ahad Gudarziāni (1969–2019) – journalist Mohammad Kiāvash (1930–2020) – member of Majles Gholām-Abbās Tavassoli (1935–2020) – politician Mousā Zargar (1935–2020) – minister of health (1979–80) Mohammad Mirmohammadi (1949–2020) – member of Expediency Discernment Council Hossein Sheikholeslām (1952–2020) – politician Hossein Kāzempour Ardebili (1952–2020) – politician Mohammad-Rezā Rāhchamani (1952–2020) – member of Majles Nāsser Shabāni (1952–2020) – member of IRGC Ali-Asghar Zārei (1956–2020) – member of IRGC Hassan Zāre Dehnavi (1956–2020) – prosecutor Hamid Kahrām (1958–2020) – member of Majles Fātemeh Rahbar (1964–2020) – member of Majles Mohammad-Rezā Najafi (1969–2020) – member of Majles Mohammad-Hādi Nejādhosseiniān (1946–2021) – minister of industries (1989–94) Hassan Tarighat Monfared (1946–2021) – minister of health (2012–13) Akbar Torkān (1952–2021) – minister of roads and transportation (1989–93) Nāder Shariatmadāri (1960–2021) – politician Mohammad-Rezā Madhi (1969–2021) – member of IRGC Ali Tehrāni (1926–2022) – cleric Abbās Sheibāni (1931–2022) – politician Mortezā Mohammadkhān (1946–2022) – minister of commerce (1993–97) Esmāil Jabbārzādeh (1960–2022) – member of Majles Rostam Ghāsemi (1964–2022) – minister of petroleum (2011–13) Hassan Sayyād Khodāei (1972–2022) – member of IRGC Emād Afroogh (1957–2023) – member of Majles Alirezā Akbari (1961–2023) – politician Hamid Behbahāni (1941–2024) – minister of roads and transportation (2008–11) Parviz Dāvoodi (1952–2024) – vice president Zahrā Shojāei (1956–2024) – politician Hassan Mohaghegh (1951–2025) – member of IRGC Mohammad Bāgheri (1960–2025) – member of IRGC Gholāmrezā Mehrābi (1961–2025) – member of IRGC Mehdi Rabbāni (1962–2025) – member of IRGC Amir-Ali Hājizādeh (1962–2025) – member of IRGC Scholars and journalists Abbās Khalili (1895–1972) – journalist, diplomat Abdolhossein Sanatizādeh (ru) (1895–1973) – novelist Hushang Irāni (1925–1973) – poet Mohammad Hejāzi (1900–1974) – writer Mojtabā Minovi (1903–1976) – scholar Abdolhossein Mirsepāsi (fa) (1907–1976) – scholar Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976) – scholar Masih Dāneshvari (fa) (1899–1977) – scholar Isā Sedigh (1894–1978) – scholar and founder of the University of Tehran Mohammad Parvin Gonābādi (1903–1978) – scholar Gholāmhossein Mosāheb (1910–1979) – scholar Hassan Amid (1910–1979) – lexicographer Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri (1889–1981) – journalist Isā Behnām (fa) (1906–1984) – scholar Enāyatollāh Shakibāpour (fa) (1907–1984) – translator Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholar and founder of the Tehran Polytechnic Āzar Andāmi (1926–1984) – physician Bahrām Sādeghi (1937–1984) – writer Zabihollāh Mansouri (fa) (1899–1986) – translator Noor-ol-Hodā Mangeneh (1902–1986) – author Habib Sāher (1903–1988) – writer Hassan Sajjādinejād (fa) (1918–1988) – scholar Ganjali Sabāhi (1906–1989) – writer Firouz Shirvānlou (fa) (1938–1989) – scholar Abbās Nalbandiān (1949–1989) – playwright Ali-Akbar Siāssi (1896–1990) – scholar and politician Parviz Nātel Khānlari (1914–1990) – linguist and scholar Mehrdād Avestā (1930–1991) – poet Abolghāsem Hālat (fa) (1914–1992) – writer Bahrām Farahvashi (fa) (1925–1992) – scholar Ahmad Fardid (1909–1994) – philosopher Mehrdād Bahār (1930–1994) – linguist Esfandiār Esfandiāri (es) (1910–1995) – scholar Mohammad-Javād Mashkour (fa) (1918–1995) – scholar Abbās Zaryāb (1919–1995) – scholar Mohammad-Taqi Dāneshpajouh (1911–1996) – scholar Karim Fakoor (fa) (1926–1996) – poet Khānbābā Bayāni (fa) (1909–1997) – scholar and founder of the University of Azarabadegan Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – scholar Ahmad Ārām (fa) (1904–1998) – scholar Hamid Mosadegh (1940–1998) – poet Mahmoud Sāremi (1968–1998) – journalist Nasrollāh Khādem (1910–1999) – scholar Mortezā Rāvandi (fa) (1913–1999) – scholar Jafar Shahri (fa) (1914–1999) – ethnographer Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob (1923–1999) – scholar Abdollāh Sheibāni (fa) (1903–2000) – scholar Mahmoud Mosāheb (fa) (1912–2000) – scholar Abbās Sahāb (1921–2000) – scholar Parviz Shāpour (1924–2000) – writer and satirist Bijan Jalāli (1927–2000) – poet Fereydoun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poet Parviz Dāriush (fa) (1922–2001) – poet Yahyā Zokā (fa) (1923–2001) – scholar Amir-Hossein Āryānpour (1925–2001) – lexicographer Gholāmhossein Āhani (fa) 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director Nāsser Tahmāsb (1939–2023) – voice actor Kiumars Pourahmad (1949–2023) – film director Farimāh Farjāmi (1952–2023) – actress Ātilā Pesyāni (1957–2023) – actor Bitā Farrahi (1958–2023) – actress Vahideh Mohammadifar (ru) (1969–2023) – screenwriter Zhāleh Olov (1927–2024) – actress Pari Sāberi (1932–2024) – theater director Saeed Rād (1944–2024) – actor Zari Khoshkām (1947–2024) – actress Sadreddin Hejāzi (1948–2024) – actor Rezā Dāvoodnejād (1980–2024) – actor Mohammad-Ali Tabriziān (1937–2025) – actor Saeed Mozaffari (1942–2025) – voice actor Jamāl Ejlāli (1947–2025) – actor Shirin Yazdānbakhsh (1949–2025) – actress Mohammad Kāsebi (1951–2025) – actor Saeid Pirdoost (1941–2026) – actor Enāyatollāh Bakhshi (1945–2026) – actor Rezā Rooygari (1946–2026) – actor Athletes Shervin Jazāyeri (fa) (1954–1972) – mountain climber Karam Nirlou (1943–1976) – football player Mehdi Masoud-Ansāri (d. 1978) – football player Ali Dānāeifard (1921–1979) – football player Mansour Raeisi (1928–1980) – wrestler Hossein Sadaghiāni (1903–1982) – football player and coach Esmāil Elmkhāh (1936–1988) – weightlifter Mahmoud Nāmjoo (1918–1990) – weightlifter Hossein Soroudi (d. 1991) – football player Parviz Dehdāri (1935–1992) – football player and coach Mehrāb Shāhrokhi (1944–1993) – football player Akbar Khojini (1935–1995) – boxer Ahmad Izadpanāh (fa) (1910–1997) – athlete Hossein Jabbārzādegān (d. 1997) – basketball player Ezatollāh Jānmaleki (1947–1999) – football player Jafar Salmāsi (1918–2000) – weightlifter and first Iranian Olympic medallist Abbās Ekrāmi (1915–2002) – football manager Mohammad Pazirāei (1929–2002) – wrestler Nabi Sorouri (1933–2002) – wrestler Hossein Fekri (1924–2003) – football player Yousef Safvat (1931–2003) – chess player Khosrow Kahyāi (fa) (1940–2003) – chess player Mohammad Ranjbar (1935–2004) – football player Shamseddin Seyed-Abbāsi (1943–2004) – wrestler Fereydoun Sādeghi (d. 2005) – basketball player Nāser Kārfarsā (fa) (1923–2005) – football player Firouz Alizādeh (1946–2005) – wrestler Majid Sabzi (fa) (1959–2006) – football player Hossein-Ali Mobasher (fa) (1922–2007) – football player Ali Ghaffāri (1925–2007) – wrestler Sādegh Aliakbarzādeh (1932–2007) – boxer Hamid Shirzādegān (1941–2007) – football player Tourān Shādpour (fa) (1951–2007) – athlete Āidin Nikkhāh Bahrāmi (1982–2007) – basketball player Aboutāleb Tālebi (1945–2008) – wrestler Fariborz Morādi (1964–2008) – football player Abbās Gharib (1916–2009) – football player Amir-Hossein Mobāsher (fa) (1922–2009) – football player Nāser Āghāei (1944–2009) – boxer Māshāllāh Amin-Sorour (1931–2010) – cyclist Mostafā Tājik (1932–2010) – wrestler Mansour Amirāsefi (1933–2010) – football player Kāmboziā Jamāli (1938–2010) – football player Masoud Boroumand (1928–2011) – football player Nāser Hejāzi (1949–2011) – football player Masoud Estili (1969–2011) – football player Leilā Esfandiāri (1970–2011) – mountain climber Abdollāh Mojtabavi (1925–2012) – wrestler Jalāl Mansouri (1930–2012) – wrestler Dāvoud Nasiri (fa) (1921–2013) – football player Hassan Sadiān (1925–2013) – wrestler Javād Derafshi-Javān (fa) (1927–2013) – tennis player Boyuk Jeddikār (1929–2013) – football player Nosratollāh Momtahen (1930–2013) – sports shooter Akbar Poudeh (1933–2012) – cyclist Hassan Pākandām (1934–2013) – boxer Nāzem Ganjāpour (1943–2013) – football player Mohammad-Hassan Zolfaghāri (d. 2013) – basketball player Kāzem Sārikhāni (1978–2013) – judoka Mahmoud Beiglou (1929–2014) – alpine skier Gholāmhossein Mazloumi (1950–2014) – football player Hossein Maadani (1971–2014) – volleyball player Rasoul Raeisi (1924–2015) – weightlifter Āref Gholizādeh (1938–2015) – football player Kāmbiz Derafshi-Javān (fa) (1954–2015) – tennis player Homāyoun Behzādi (1942–2016) – football player Mansour Pourheidari (1946–2016) – football player Rezā Ahadi (1962–2016) – football player Bahman Golbārnejād (1968–2016) – cyclist Hossein Soudipour (1922–2017) – basketball player Abbās Zandi (1930–2017) – wrestler Nāser Givehchi (1932–2017) – wrestler Manouchehr Boroumand (1934–2017) – weightlifter Bijan Zarnegār (1940–2017) – fencer Ebrāhim Āshtiāni (1941–2017) – football player Akbar Eftekhāri (1943–2017) – football player Mohammad-Ali Falāhatinejād (1976–2017) – weightlifter Ghorbān-Ali Tāri (fa) (1927–2018) – football player Ali-Rezā Ghelichkhāni (1937–2018) – wrestler Mahmoud Moezzipour (fa) (1937–2018) – wrestler Iraj Dānāeifard (1951–2018) – football player Majid Gholāmnejād (1983–2018) – football player Amir Āghā-Hosseini (fa) (1931–2019) – football player Nadjmeddin Fārābi (1933–2019) – athlete Abdollāh Khodābandeh (1936–2019) – wrestler Parviz Jalāyer (1939–2019) – weightlifter Jafar Kāshāni (1944–2019) – football player Khosrow Harandi (1950–2019) – chess player Keyvān Vahdāni (1991–2019) – football player Abolfazl Salabi (1924–2020) – basketball player Amir Yāvari (1931–2020) – boxer Mohammad Āmi-Tehrāni (1938–2020) – weightlifter Fariborz Esmāili (1940–2020) – football player Parviz Aboutāleb (1942–2020) – football player Mohammad-Rezā Navāei (1948–2020) – wrestler Sabā Shāyesteh (fa) (1990–2020) – rower Hamid Jāsemiān (1936–2021) – football player Mehdi Attār-Ashrafi (1948–2021) – weightlifter Abbās Ansārifard (1956–2021) – football administrator Kāzem Mohammadi (1973–2021) – futsal player Mehrdād Mināvand (1975–2021) – football player Ali Ansāriān (1977–2021) – football player Shāhpour Zarnegār (1929–2022) – fencer Hossein Ghafourizādeh (1943–2022) – athlete Ahmad Akbari (1947–2022) – fencer Minā Fathi (1946–2023) (fa) – volleyball player Hāshem Kolāhi (1956–2024) – wrestler Farāmarz Zelli (1942–2025) – football player Dāriush Mostafavi (1944–2025) – football player Akbar Kārgarjam (1944–2025) – football player Gholāmhossein Farzāmi (1945–2025) – football player Rezā Soukhtehsarāei (1950–2025) – wrestler Mehdi Hāj-Mohammad (1950–2025) – football player Businessmen and philanthropists Mohammad-Ali Mofarrah (fa) (1915–1983) – businessman and founder of Bank Saderat Iran Gholāmali Abidi (fa) (1920–2004) – scholar and businessman Mohammad-Taghi Barkhordār (1924–2012) – businessman Ahmad Atāei (fa) (1919–2013) – philanthropist Fereydoun Novin Farahbakhsh (fa) (1930–2013) – businessman and collector Mahāfarid Amir-Khosravi (1969–2014) – businessman Abdorrahim Jafari (fa) (1919–2015) – philanthropist Rezā Niāzmand (fa) (1921–2017) – philanthropist Asghar Ghandchi (1928–2019) – philanthropist Others Ihsan Nuri Pasha (1892–1976) – Kurdish politician Sakineh Ghāsemi (d. 1979) – sex worker Majid Sālek Mohammadi (d. 1985) – serial killer Effat Tejāratchi (1917–1999) – pioneer aviator Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody (1939–2009) – anaesthesiologist Shahlā Jāhed (1969–2010) – convict Reyhāneh Jabbāri (1988–2014) – convict In addition to the tombs of royalty, politicians, and other significant people, in the cemetery 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 Islambuli. Similarly, a symbolic tomb was erected in the cemetery for Hezbollah member Imad Mughniyah, who was killed on 12 February 2008 in Damascus, Syria. Images See also Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini Khavaran cemetery Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery Golestan Shohada of Isfahan Golzar Shohada of Qom References