# List of religious centers in Tehran

This is a list of religious centers in Tehran, Iran.

## Shrines and imamzadehs

* Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine, Imamzadeh Hamzeh (fa) and Reza Shah's Mausoleum (demolished) – Rey
* Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine – Rey
* Imamzadeh Abdollah shrine and cemetery – Rey
* Imamzadeh Yahya (fa) – Owdelajan
* Imamzadeh Seyed Nasreddin (fa) – Khayyam St.
* Imamzadeh Seyed Esmail (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar
* Imamzadeh Zeid (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar
* Imamzadeh Seyed Vali (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar
* Imamzadeh Seyed Eshaq (fa) – Naser Khosrow St.
* Imamzadeh Qassem (fa) – Tajrish
* Imam Zadeh Saleh – Tajrish
* Imamzadeh Esmail – Zargandeh (fa)
* Imamzadeh Esmail (fa) – Chizar (fa)
* Imamzadeh Ali-Akbar (fa) – Chizar
* Imamzadeh Hassan (fa) – Qazvin Rd.
* Imamzadeh Masoum (fa) – Qazvin Rd.
* Imamzadeh Qazi al-Saber (fa) – Vanak
* Imamzadeh Mohammad-Vali (fa) – Darakeh
* Imamzadeh Saleh (fa) – Farahzad
* Imamzadeh Panj-Tan (fa) – Lavizan
* Imamzadeh Esmail (fa) – Lavasan
* Imamzadeh Hadi – Rey
* Imamzadeh Abolhassan (fa) – Rey
* Imamzadeh Bibi Zobeideh (fa) – Rey
* Imamzadeh Zeid (fa) – Vasafnard
* Imamzadeh Davood – Imamzadeh Davood

## Mosques and madrasehs

* Old Jame Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1662 (1072 AH)
* Mohammadieh Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 18th century
* Haj Rajab-Ali Mosque (fa) – Buzarjomehri St. – 1800 (1215 AH)
* Shah Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1810–1825 (1225–1240 AH)
* Khan-e Marvi Madraseh (fa) – Marvi St. – 1816 (1231 AH)
* Haj Seyed Azizollah Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
* Malek Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
* Aqa Mahmoud Mosque (fa) – Marvi St. – 1828 (1243 AH)
* Beinol-Haramein Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1835 (1251 AH)
* Chalanchi Khan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1837 (1253 AH)
* Kharaqaniha Mosque – Rey St. – Mid-19th century
* Sanee od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Mid-19th century
* Memarbashi Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Emamzadeh Yahya – Mid-19th century
* Sheikh Abdolhussein Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Pachenar – 1854 (1270 AH)
* Old Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Marvi St. – 1861 (1277 AH)
* Abdollah Khan Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
* Asefieh Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
* Aqa Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1863 (1280 AH)
* Moayyer ol-Mamalek Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Khayyam Ave. – 1867 (1284 AH)
* Haj Qanbar-Ali Khan Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Cyrus Ave. – 1871 (1288 AH)
* Khazen ol-Molk Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1876 (1293 AH)
* Pamenar/Agha Bahram Mosque (fa) – Pamenar St. (fa) – 19th century
* Amin od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Aqsa Mosque and Madraseh – Mowlavi Ave. – 19th century
* Aqa Jalal Mosque – Rey St. – 19th century
* Haj Seif od-Dowleh – Zahir-ul-Eslam St. – 19th century
* Dabbaghkhaneh Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 19th century
* Saheb-Jam Mosque – Saheb-Jam St. – 19th century
* Majd od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Sepah St. – 19th century
* Niaki Mosque – Pamenar St. – 19th century
* Haft-Tan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Haft-Dokhtaran Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Chaharsuq Bozorg Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Chaharsuq Kuchak Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Nezam od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Naser Khosrow St. – 19th century
* Mirza Mousa Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Philsuf od-Dowleh Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
* Dangi Madraseh – Pamenar St. – 19th century
* New Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh – Baharestan Sq. – 1879–1892 (1296–1309 AH)
* Kazemieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1881 (1298 AH)
* Saheb-Divan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1885 (1302 AH)
* Seraj ol-Mulk Mosque – Amir-Kabir Ave. – 1886 (1303 AH)
* Saneeieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1886 (1303 AH)
* Haj Abolfath Mosque and Madraseh – Rey St. – 1888–1894 (1305–1312 AH)
* Behbahani Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1893 (1311 AH)
* Haj Esmail Mosque – Shah Sq. – 1896 (1314 AH)
* Moezz od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Iran St. – 1899 (1317 AH)
* Moshir os-Saltaneh Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Mowlavi Ave. – 1900 (1318 AH)
* Hemmatabad Mosque – Sepah Ave. – 1906 (1324 AH)
* Qandi Mosque (fa) – Khaniabad – 1908 (1327 AH)
* Sanee-Divan Mosque – Shahpur Ave. – 1915 (1333 AH)
* Hedayat Mosque – Istanbul Ave. – Early 20th century
* Haj Saqabashi Mosque – Iran St. – Early 20th century
* Monirieh Mosque – Qazvin Ave. – Early 20th century
* Salman Mosque (fa) – Shahbaz Ave. – Early 20th century
* Firouzabadi Mosque (fa) – Rey – Early 20th century
* Lorzadeh Mosque – 1940s
* Fakhr od-Dowleh Mosque – Fakhrabad – 1945
* Sajjad Mosque (fa) – Fakhr-e Razi St. – 1947
* Arg Mosque (ru) – Arg Square – 1949
* Qoba Mosque – Old Shemiran Rd. – 20th century
* Abouzar Mosque (fa) – Fallah – 20th century
* Mojtahedi Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1956
* Tehran University Mosque (fa) – Tehran University – 1966
* Al-Javad Mosque – 20th century
* Khomeini Madraseh (fa) – Ozgol – 2003
* Grand Mosalla of Tehran

## Hosseiniehs and tekyeh

* Tekyeh Dowlat – Golestan Palace (demolished)
* Tajrish Tekyeh (fa) – Tajrish
* Aqa Seyed Hashem (fa) – Naderi Ave.
* Dezashib Hosseineh (fa) – Dezashib (fa)
* Niavaran Tekyeh (fa) – Niavaran
* Nafarabad Tekyeh (fa) – Rey
* Hosseineh Ershad – Old Shemiran Rd.
* Jamaran Hosseinieh – Jamaran

## Fire temples

* Fire Temple of Bahram – Rey – before Islam
* Adorian (fa) – Qavam St. – 1907
* Markar Complex – TehranPars – 1930s
* Shah Vrahram Izad – South Karegar St.
* Kushk-e Varjavand (fa) – Karaj Rd.
* Great Adorian – Vanak – Under Construction
* Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh-ye Gabrha) (fa) – Located on Moshirieh Rd. (fa) behind 7th unit of Tehran Cement Plant. It is circular in shape.
* Qasr-e-Firuzeh (fa) Zoroastrian Cemetery – 1935

## Baha'i house of worship

* Hazirat ol-Qods (changed to a cultural center) (fa) – Hafez Ave.
* Proposed House of Worship

## Churches
### Eastern Christian churches
#### Armenian Apostolic

* St. Sarkis Cathedral (Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար) and Prelacy – KarimKhan Blvd. (fa) – 1970
* Saint George Church (Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Shahpur Ave. (fa) – 1795
* Sts. Thaddeus-Bartholomew Church (Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս եկեղեցի) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1768
* Saint Minas Church (Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի) (hy) – Vanak – 1854
* Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) – Qavam St. (fa) – 1945
* Holy Translators Church (Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց եկեղեցի) (hy) – Vahidieh – 1868
* Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Majidieh (fa) – 1982
* Saint Vardan Church (Սրբոց Վարդանանց եկեղեցի) – Heshmatieh – 1986
* Saint John Chapel (Սուրբ Յովհաննէս մատուռ) – Doulab Armenian Cemetery – 1936
* Saint Stephen Chapel (Սուրբ Ստեփանոս մատուռ) (hy) – Nor Burastan Armenian Cemetery – 1974
* Holy Cross Chapel (Սուրբ Խաչ մատուռ) – Ararat Stadium – 1987

#### Assyrian Church of the East

* Saint George Church (Mar Gevargiz) – Bagh-e-Shah (fa) – 1962
* Holy Mary Church (Mart Maryam) – Sarbaz St. – 1978

#### Eastern Orthodox churches

* Holy Mary Greek Orthodox Church – Roosevelt St. – 1941
* St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church – Roosevelt St. – 1945
* Russian Orthodox Chapel – Doulab Russian Cemetery

### Catholic churches
#### Armenian Catholic

* Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) – Ghazali St. – 1954
* Saint Joseph Church (Սուրբ Յովսէփ եկեղեցի) – Mirdamad Blvd. – 1963
* Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) – Yusefabad
* Armenian Catholic Chapel – Doulab Armenian Catholic Cemetery – 1946

#### Chaldean Catholic

* Saint Joseph Cathedral (Mar Yozef) – Forsat St. – 1950
* Holy Virgin Church – Appadana St.
* Chaldean Catholic Chapel – Eslamshahr Catholic Cemetery – 1967

#### Roman Catholic

* Holy Heart of Christ Roman Catholic Church – Old Shemiran Road (fa) – 1920
* Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Consolata – France St. (fa) – 1937
* St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church (Lazarists) – Manouchehri St. – 1945
* Saint Abraham's Church (Dominican) – Jamalzadeh St. (fa) – 1966

### Protestant churches
#### Evangelical Church

* St. Peter Evangelical Church (American) (fa) – Qavam St. (fa) – 1873
* Emmanuel Protestant Church – Tavanir St. – 1972
* Saint John (Սուրբ Յովհաննէս եկեղեցի) Armenian Protestant Church – Nader Shah Ave. – 1964
* St. Thomas (Mar Toma) Assyrian Evangelical Church (fa) – Amirabad – 1967
* Christuskirche (Christ Church) German Evangelical Church – Yakhchal St. – 1963

#### Anglican

* St. Paul Anglican Church (fa) – Hafez St. (fa) – 1967

#### Assemblies of God

* Assemblies of God Church – Takht-e-Jamshid Ave. (fa) – 1971

#### Evangelical Brotherhood

* Armenian Evangelical Brotherhood Church – Aban St. – 1970
* Assyrian Brotherhood Church – ShahrAra St.

#### Seventh-Day Adventist

* Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Rasht St. – 1955

## Synagogues

* AbdullahZadeh Synagogue
* Abrishami Synagogue – Kakh St. (fa) – 1965
* AzizKhan Synagogue – Hafez Ave. (fa) – 1920s
* Bagh-e Saba Synagogue (fa) – Bagh-e Saba (fa) – 1951
* Daniel (Polish) Synagogue – Qavam St. (fa) – 1960
* Darvazeh Dowlat Synagogue – Darvazeh Dowlat (fa)
* Ettefagh Synagogue (Iraqi) – Shahreza Ave. – 1947
* Ettehad Synagogue – Jaleh St. (fa)
* Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
* Gorgan Synagogue – Gorgan St.
* Fakhrabad Synagogue – Fakhrabad
* Haim Synagogue – Qavam St. – 1913
* Hakim Asher Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
* Harambam Synagogue
* Khorasaniha Synagogue – Zartosht St. – 1975
* Kohan Synagogue
* Kurosh Synagogue
* Levian Synagogue
* Ma'ariv Synagogue
* Molla Hanina Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
* Nosrat Synagogue
* Pesian Synagogue (fa) – Zaferanieh – 1970
* Pol-e-Choobi Synagogue – Pol-e Choobi (fa)
* RafeeNia Synagogue
* Rah-e Danesh Synagogue – Yusefabad – 1966
* Gisha Synagogue – Gisha
* Tafian (Hakim) Synagogue
* Yusefabad Synagogue (Suket Shalim) – Yusefabad – 1966
* Zargarian Synagogue – Amirabad

## Gurdwaras

* Tehran Sikh gurdwara – Baharestan Sq.

## Other religious centers

* Ebn-e Babveyh Mausoleum and cemetery and Tughril Bey's Mausoleum – Rey
* Javan-Mard Qassab Mausoleum – mausoleum of a pre-Islamic semi-mythical hero – Rey
* Seyedeh Malek Khatoun Mausoleum – Khavaran Rd.
* Pir-e Ata Mausoleum (fa) – Pamenar
* Sar-e Qabr-e Aqa Mausoleum (fa) – Mowlavi St.
* Sheikh Abdollah Tarashti Mausoleum (fa) – Tarasht
* Sheikh Hadi Najmabadi Mausoleum (fa) – Naderi Ave.
* Dozens of Saqa Khanehs (fa): traditional places of prayer.
* Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
* Safi-Ali Shahi khanqah (fa) – Baharestan Sq. – 1877–98 (1294–1316 AH)
* Nematollahi (Amir-Soleimani) Hosseinieh and khanqah – Sangelaj – 1863 (1280 AH)
* Zahir-ud-Dowleh khanqah and cemetery – Tajrish – 1924, where many Iranian giants of art and culture such as Iraj Mirza, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Forough Farrokhzad, Abolhasan Saba, Ruhollah Khaleghi, and Darvish Khan are buried.
* Tehran War Cemetery – Qolhak, British Embassy Garden, where numerous World War II western Allied soldiers are buried.
* Polish Cemetery (Catholic Cemetery) – Doulab
* Doulab Cemetery with the Russian Unknown Soldier's Tomb (Cenotaph) is located here with a red star over it.
* Naghareh Khaneh Tower (fa) – Rey