Behesht-e Zahra

Behesht-e Zahra (lit. The Paradise of Zahra, from Fatima az-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. 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.
Notable burials
Royalty
Prince Abdol-Ali Mirzā Farmānfarmāian (1935–1973) – industrialist and nobleman
Badr-ol-Molouk Vālā (1895–1979) – wife of Ahmad Shah Qajar
Princess Ezzosaltaneh Qājār (fa) (1891–1984) – daughter of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar
Princess Irāndokht Qājār (1915–1984) – daughter of Ahmad Shah Qajar
Princess Sadigheh Pahlavi (fa) (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)
Mozaffar A'lam (1882–1973) – politician
Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–1994) – diplomat and politician
Ahmad Ārāmesh (fa) (1908–1973) – minister of labour (1946–47)
Abdolrahmān Farāmarzi (1897–1972) – politician
Saeid Mālek Loqmān ol-Molk (fa) (1888–1972) – minister of health (1944–48) and senator
Hossein Navāb (1897–1972) – minister of foreign affairs (1952)
Mohammad Sā'ed Sā'ed ol-Vozarā (1883–1973) – prime minister of Iran (1944) and (1948–50)
Rezā Tajaddod (fa) (1888–1974) – politician
Abdolqadir Āzād (fa) (1891–1974) – politician
Aligholi Hedāyat (fa) (1898–1974) – senator
Mohammad-Ali Keshavārz Sadr Bahādor ol-Molk (1902–1974) – politician
Sādegh Rezāzādeh Shafagh (fa) (1895–1971) – politician and scholar
Hājar Tarbiat (fa) (1906–1974) – senator
Nāser Āmeri (fa) (1928–1975) – politician
Mohammad-Ali Dādvar (fa) (1903–1977) – politician
Ahmad Bahādori (fa) (1911–1977) – senator
Jahānshāh Samsām (fa) (1911–1977) – senator
Mahmoud Jalili (fa) (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
Ahmad Ali Sepehr (1889–1976) – politician and historian
Abolqāsem Najm (1892–1980) – minister of foreign affairs (1945–46)
Nasrollāh Entezām (1900–1980) – diplomat
Farrokhroo Pārsā (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–71)
Anoushirvān Sepahbodi (1888–1981) – diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (1947)
Javād Āmeri (fa) (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 Varasteh (1896–1989) – politician
Hossein Jodat (fa) (1892–1990) – politician
Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician
Abbāsqoli Golshāyān (fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance (1948–50)
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 (1905–1977) – physician and politician
Jalāl Abdoh (de) (1909–1996) – diplomat
Nosratollāh Kāsemi (fa) (1911–1996) – politician
Hossein-Ali Rāshed (fa) (1905–1980) – politician
Parvin Soufi (fa) (d. 1997) – politician
Vajihollāh Fāzel (fa) (1907–1998) – senator
Gholāmali Farivar – 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 (fa) (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 (fa) (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 (fa) (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 Motamedi (fa) (1924–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79)
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
Mehdi Rahimi (1921–1979) – IIA general
Rezā Nāji (fa) (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
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)
Hedayatollah Gilanshah (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 Khalatbari (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
Mansour Sattāri (1948–1995) – chief of staff of IRIAF
Alireza Yasini (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
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
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)
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) – Marxist activist and a founder of People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI)
Mohammad Hanifnejād (fa) (1940–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of PMOI
Ali-Asghar Badiezādegān (fa) (1940–1972) – Marxist activist and a founder of 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
Rezā Ostād-Hassan-Bannā (fa) (1922–1978) – protester
Ali Andarzgoo (fa) (1937–1978) – Islamist activist
Kāmrān Nejātollāhi (fa) (1953–1978) – scholar
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 (fa) (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) – communist 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 (fa) (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
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 (fa) (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 (fa) (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
Scholars and journalists
Abbas Khalili (1895–1972) – journalist, diplomat
Abdolhossein Sanatizādeh (fa) (1895–1973) – novelist
Hushang Irāni (1925–1973) – poet
Mohammad Hejāzi (1900–1974) – writer
Ahmad-Ali Sepehr (fa) (1888–1975) – historian
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 (1902–1986) – 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 (fa) (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) (1927–2001) – scholar
Ahmad Birashk (fa) (1907–2002) – scholar
Yahyā Adl (1908–2002) – physician
Cherāgh-Ali Azami (fa) (1924–2002) – scholar
Mostafā Rahimi (fa) (1926–2002) – scholar
Khosrow Shāhāni (fa) (1929–2002) – writer
Rezā Beykzādeh (1946–2002) – journalist
Farrokh Tamimi (fa) (1933–2002) – poet
Iraj Bastāmi (1957–2003) – poet
Abdolhossein Navāei (fa) (1924–2004) – scholar
Kioumars Sāberi Foumani (1941–2004) – satirist
Hassan Hosseini (sr) (1956–2004) – poet
Zeinolābedin Motamen (ru) (1914–2005) – scholar
Shāhrokh Meskoob (1924–2005) – scholar
Esmāil Navvāb-Safā (fa) (1925–2005) – poet
Fazlollāh Akbari (fa) (1925–2005) – scholar
Parviz Atābaki (fa) (1928–2005) – author
Karim Emāmi (1930–2005) – translator
Mahmoud Mosharraf Āzād Tehrāni (1933–2006) – poet
Nowzar Parang (fa) (1937–2006) – poet
Iraj Zand (fa) (1950–2006) – sculptor
Houshang A'lam (fa) (1928–2007) – scholar
Nāser Malekniā (1931–2007) – scholar
Mehdi Ghālibāfiān (1935–2007) – scholar
Bāgher Āyatollāhzādeh Shirāzi (fa) (1936–2007) – scholar
Akbar Rādi (1939–2007) – playwright
Ali-Mortezā Samsām Bakhtiāri (1945–2007) – scholar
Fereydoun Ādamiyat (1920–2008) – historian
Ahmad Ghahremān (1928–2008) – scholar
Tāhereh Saffārzādeh (1936–2008) – writer
Nāder Ebrāhimi (1936–2008) – writer
Masoud Āzarnoush (1945–2008) – archaeologist
Mehrān Ghāssemi (1977–2008) – journalist
Rozā Montazemi (1921–2009) – author
Mohammad-Amin Riāhi (1923–2009) – scholar
Abolghāssem Masoudi (fa) (1930–2009) – journalist
Bijan Taraghi (fa) (1930–2009) – poet
Esmāil Fasih (fa) (1935–2009) – writer
Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki (1944–2009) – scholar
Enāyatollāh Rezā (1920–2010) – scholar
Ali-Naghi Monzavi (de) (1923–2010) – scholar
Seifollāh Kāmbakhsh-Fard (1929–2010) – scholar
Rahim Rezāzādeh Malek (fa) (1940–2010) – scholar
Shokouh Mirfattāh (1946–2010) – scholar
Azizollāh Bayāt (fa) (1920–2011) – scholar
Iraj Afshār (1925–2011) – bibliographer and historian
Jahānshāh Derakhshāni (fa) (1944–2011) – scholar
Manouchehr Vesāl (fa) (1913–2012) – scholar
Simin Dāneshvar (1921–2012) – scholar and novelist
Ghamar Āriyān (1922–2012) – scholar
Ehsāan Narāghi (1926–2012) – scholar
Parviz Rajabi (fa) (1939–2012) – scholar
Habibollāh Hedāyat (1920–2013) – scholar
Abdolmohammad Āyati (1926–2013) – scholar
Bāqer Āqeli (fa) (1929–2013) – scholar
Parvāneh Vossough (1936–2013) – physician and entrepreneur
Mortezā Sāghebfar (fa) (1942–2013) – scholar
Amir-Hossein Fardi (1949–2013) – writer
Fahimeh Rahimi (fr) (1952–2013) – writer
Mohammad-Ebrāhim Bāstāni Pārizi (1924–2014) – historian
Simin Behbahāni (1927–2014) – poet
Nāser Kātouziān (1931–2014) – scholar
Mahmoud Tolouei (fa) (1930–2015) – historian
Mohammad-Ali Sepānlou (1940–2015) – poet
Nāser Pourpirār (1940–2015) – writer
Hassan Tavanāyān-Fard (1943–2015) – scholar
Shahriār Adl (de) (1944–2015) – archaeologist
Mortezā Sohrābi (fa) (1946–2015) – scholar
Hamid Golpirā (1960–2015) – journalist
Dāvoud Pārsāpajouh (1941–2015) – scholar
Amir Ashiri (fa) (1925–2016) – writer
Abolhassan Najafi (1929–2016) – scholar
Houshang Mahdavi (fa) (1930–2016) – writer
Hassan Farsām (1932–2016) – scholar
Poorān Farrokhzād (1933–2016) – writer
Abbās Shafiei (1937–2016) – scholar
Ghāsem Hāsheminejād (1940–2016) – poet
Atāollāh Behmanesh (1923–2017) – journalist
Habibollāh Chāichiān (1923–2017) – poet
Hossein Towfigh (1929–2017) (1929–2017) – journalist
Ali-Rezā Yaldā (1930–2017) – scholar
Mohsen Ghānebasiri (1949–2017) – scholar
Mediā Kāshigar (1956–2017) – writer
Dāriush Shāyegan (1935–2018) – philosopher
Gholāmhossein Sadri Afshār (fa) (1935–2018) – scholar
Salim Neisāri (1920–2019) – scholar
Yadollāh Samareh (1932–2019) – scholar
Mohsen Abolghāsemi (fa) (1932–2019) – scholar
Bahman Keshāvarz (fa) (1944–2019) – scholar
Abbāsgholi Dāneshvar (fa) (1925–2020) – scholar
Hassan Tofigh (fa) (1926–2020) – journalist
Badrozzamān Gharib (fa) (1929–2020) – scholar
Ahmad Niktalab (1934–2020) – poet
Sādegh Malek Shahmirzādi (1940–2020) – scholar
Fariborz Raisdānā (1945–2020) – scholar
Akbar Ālemi (fa) (1945–2020) – scholar
Gholāmrezā Sahāb (fa) (1948–2020) – scholar
Massoud Mehrābi (1954–2020) – journalist
Mahlaghā Mallāh (1917–2021) – scholar
Jalāl Sattāri (1931–2021) – scholar
Mohammad-Rezā Bāteni (1935–2021) – scholar
Āzartāsh Āzarnoush (1938–2021) – scholar
Hamid-Rezā Sadr (1956–2021) – journalist
Moslem Bahādori (1927–2022) – scholar
Nāder Tālebzādeh (1953–2022) – journalist
Rezā Roostā Āzād (1962–2022) – scholar
Shamseddin Adib-Soltāni (1931–2023) – scholar
Alirezā Ashrafi (1964–2023) – scholar
Artists
Dāvoud Pirniā (fa) (1900–1971) – musician
Saeid Hormozi (1897–1976) – musician
Majid Vafādār (fa) (1913–1976) – musician
Afshin Moghadam (1945–1976) – singer
Mohammad-Ali Amir-Jāhed (fa) (1896–1977) – musician
Hossein Nāsehi (1925–1977) – musician
Abolhassan Etesāmi (1903–1978) – architect
Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1886–1979) – musician
Javād Badizādeh (fa) (1902–1979) – musician
Gholāmali Ravānbakhsh (fa) (1935–1979) – singer
Esmāil Adib Khānsāri (1901–1982) – musician
Faramarz Pilaram (1937–1983) – painter
Hossein Gol-e-Golāb (1895–1984) – poet and musician
Mahmoud Mahmoudi Khānsāri (fa) (1934–1987) – singer
Amanollāh Tājik (fa) (1937–1987) – singer
Maryam Rouhparvar (fa) (1932–1988) – singer
Ahmad Ebādi (1906–1993) – musician
Javād Maroufi (1912–1993) – musician
Abolhassan Sadighi (1894–1995) – painter and sculptor
Rassām Arabzādeh (fa) (1914–1995) – carpet designer
Heshmat Sanjari (1918–1995) – composer and conductor
Hossein Sarshār (de) (1934–1995) – singer and actor
Giti Pāshāei (1940–1995) – singer
Changiz Shahvagh (fa) (1933–1996) – painter and sculptor
Naser Farhangfar (fr) (1947–1997) – musician
Jalil Ziāpour (1920–1999) – painter
Molouk Zarrābi (eo) (1907–2000) – singer
Jafar Pourhāshemi (fa) (1928–2001) – musician
Jahāngir Malek (fa) (1933–2002) – musician
Asadollāh Malek (fa) (1941–2002) – musician
Hossein Lorzādeh (1906–2004) – architect
Mortezā Varzi (1922–2004) – musician
Delkash (1924–2004) – singer
Hadi Āmeri (1913–2005) – composer and conductor
Jafar Petgar (fa) (1920–2005) – painter
Fereydoun Nāseri (fa) (1930–2005) – conductor
Mojtabā Mirzādeh (1945–2005) – musician
Ali-Akbar Sanati (ru) (1916–2006) – painter and sculptor
Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) – musician
Hadi Mirmirān (1945–2006) – architect
Bābak Bayāt (fa) (1946–2006) – musician
Omrān Salāhi (fa) (1946–2006) – writer
Fākhereh Sabā (1920–2007) – opera singer
Hamid Ghanbari (fa) (1924–2007) – singer
Parviz Yāhaghi (1936–2007) – composer
Parivash Sotoudeh (fa) (d. 2007) – singer
Ghorbān Soleimāni (1920–2008) – musician and vocalist
Abbās Kātouzian (1923–2008) – painter and artist
Khātereh Parvāneh (1929–2008) – singer
Nikol Faridani (1935–2008) – photographer
Shusha Guppy (1935–2008) – writer, editor and singer
Jāzeh Tabātabāi (1938–2008) – painter
Nāmi Petgar (fa) (1945–2008) – painter
Mohammad-Amin Mirfenderski (fa) (1931–2009) – architect
Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician
Hassan Shojāei (fa) (1941–2009) – singer
Mehdi Sahābi (1944–2009) – painter and sculptor
Abdi Yamini (fa) (1953–2009) – musician
Parviz Meshkātiān (1955–2009) – musician
Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010) – singer
Bahman Jalāli (1944–2010) – photographer
Farmān Behboud (1946–2010) – musician
Masoud Houshmand (fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter
Āndre Ārzoumāniān (Անդրե Արզումանյան) (fa) (1954–2010) – musician
Mahmoud Javādipour (de) (1920–2012) – painter
Mansoureh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist
Behrouz Ahmadi (fa) (1946–2012) – architect
Jalil Shahnāz (1921–2013) – musician
Ghāsem Jebeli (fa) (1927–2013) – singer
Dāriush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician
Homāyoun Khorram (1930–2013) – musician
Mortezā Pāshāei (1984–2014) – singer
Mansour Narimān (1935–2015) – musician
Nimā Petgar (fa) (1947–2015) – painter
Javād Lashkari (fa) (1923–2016) – musician
Asghar Bichāreh (1927–2016) – photographer
Farhang Sharif (1931–2016) – musician
Ali-Akbar Tajvidi (1927–2017) – painter
Nāder Golchin (fa) (1936–2017) – singer
Hāmed Hākān (fa) (1984–2017) – singer
Nāser Cheshmāzar (1950–2018) – musician
Shirin Aliābādi (1973–2018) – artist
Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019) – composer
Masoud Arabshāhi (1935–2019) – painter
Farhād Ebrāhimi (1935–2019) – songwriter
Mehrbānou Salāmi (fa) (1935–2019) – singer
Hossein Zamarshidi (fa) (1939–2019) – architect
Fereydoun Sadighi (fa) (1936–2020) – sculptor
Houshang Zarif (1938–2020) – musician
Farhād Ahmadi (fa) (1951–2020) – architect
Abdolvahāb Shahidi (1922–2021) – singer
Kāmbiz Derambakhsh (1942–2021) – cartoonist
Yadollāh Maftun Amini (1926–2022) – poet
Habibollāh Sādeghi (ru) (1951–2022) – painter
Mohammad Esmāïli (fr) (1934–2023) – musician
Rajab-Ali Etemādi (de) (1934–2023) – writer
Ahmad-Rezā Ahmadi (1940–2023) – screenwriter
Nasrollāh Nāsehpour (1940–2023) – musician
Hossein Zamān (fa) (1959–2023) – singer
Lily Afshar (1960–2023) – musician
Khosrow Hassanzādeh (1963–2023) – painter
Actors, actresses and film directors
Āzar Hekmat Shoār (1935–1974) – actress
Mahmoud Johari (fa) (1945–1976) – actor
Ebrāhim Morādi (fa) (1907–1977) – film director
Akbar Meshkin (fa) (1925–1977) – actor
Samad Sabāhi (fa) (1914–1978) – actor
Parviz Fanizādeh (1937–1979) – actor
Khosrow Haritāsh (1932–1980) – film director
Esmāil Koushān (1917–1981) – film director
Habibollāh Bolour (fa) (1913–1982) – actor and wrestler
Mohammad-Taqi Kahnamouei (fa) (1920–1983) – actor
Esmāil Poursaeid (fa) (1926–1983) – film director
Abbās Mosaddegh (fa) (1926–1984) – actor
Moezz-Divan Fekri (fa) (1900–1985) – actor and film director
Khānbābā Motazedi (1892–1986) – film photographer
Ātash Khayyer (fa) (1952–1986) – actress
Esmāil Mohammadi (fa) (1910–1987) – actor
Sāber Ātashin (fa) (1926–1987) – actor
Roshanak Sadr (fa) (1959–1987) – actress
Sādegh Bahrāmi (fa) (1909–1988) – actor
Ezzatollāh Moghbeli (fa) (1933–1988) – actor
Mohsen Badie (fa) (1908–1989) – film director
Mahmoud Lotfi (fa) (1926–1989) – actor
Ezzatollāh Vosough (fa) (1914–1991) – actor
Houshang Beheshti (fa) (1923–1991) – actor
Parviz Khatibi (fa) (1923–1993) – film director
Siāmak Yāsemi (1925–1994) – film director
Farhang Mehrparvar (fa) (1946–1994) – actor
Ali Sajjādi Hosseini (1953–1994) – film director
Roghieh Chehreh-Āzād (fa) (1907–1995) – actress
Irān Daftari (fa) (1907–1996) – actress
Gholamhossein Naghshineh (1908–1996) – actor
Valiollāh Khākdān (1923–1996) – art director
Jalāl Moghaddam (fa) (1929–1996) – film director
Manouchehr Hāmedi (fa) (1939–1996) – actor
Ali Hātami (1944–1996) – film director
Rouhangiz Sāminejād (1916–1997) – actress
Jahāngir Forouhar (1916–1997) – actor
Ali Tābesh (fa) (1925–1997) – actor
Fereshteh Jenābi (1948–1998) – actress
Gholamhossein Bahmanyār (fa) (1927–1999) – actor
Rouhollāh Emāmi (de) (1940–1999) – film editor
Ahmad Najibzādeh (fa) (1940–1999) – screenwriter
Ali-Asghar Garmsiri (fa) (1911–2000) – actor
Nematollāh 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 Mehrdād (fa) (1932–2001) – actor
Mansour Vālāmaqām (fa) (1936–2001) – actor
Kanaān Kiāni (fa) (1932–2002) – actor
Parvin Malakouti (fa) (1938–2002) – actress
Jamshid Esmāilkhāni (fa) (1950–2002) – actor
Rezā Jiān (fa) (1949–2003) – actor
Mehdi Fathi (1939–2004) – actor
Mostafā Oskouei (1924–2005) – film director
Manouchehr Nowzari (fa) (1936–2005) – actor
Mohsen Ārāsteh (fa) (1937–2005) – actor
Fereydoun Goleh (1942–2005) – film director
Ali Zāhedi (fa) (1949–2005) – actor
Bitā Tavakkoli (fa) (1994–2005) – child actress
Jafar Bozorgi (fa) (1917–2006) – actor
Ahmad Ghadakchiān (1920–2006) – actor
Abdolali Homāyoun (fa) (1920–2006) – actor
Hossein Kasbiān (fa) (1934–2006) – actor
Soroush Khalili (fa) (1937–2006) – actor
Vākhtāng Nersi Korkiā (fa) (1938–2006) – actor
Hamid Rakhshāni (fa) (1951–2006) – film editor
Poopak Goldarreh (1971–2006) – actress
Garshā Raoufi (fa) (1933–2007) – actor
Rasoul Mollāgholipour (1955–2007) – film director
Esmāil Dāvarfar (1932–2008) – actor
Khosrow Shakibāei (1944–2008) – actor
Ahmad Āqālou (fa) (1949–2008) – actor
Abbās Sakhāei (1953–2008) – actor and photographer
Dāvoud Asadi (fa) (1969–2008) – actor
Mehri Mehrniā (fa) (1917–2009) – actress
Parvin Soleimāni (1922–2009) – actress
Farrokh-Laghā Houshmand (fa) (1929–2009) – actress
Abbās Shabāviz (fa) (1929–2009) – actor
Jamshid Lāyegh (fa) (1931–2009) – actor
Ali Miri (fa) (1936–2009) – actor
Amir Ghavidel (fa) (1947–2009) – film director
Seifollāh Dād (1955–2009) – film director
Masoud Rassām (fa) (1957–2009) – film director
Peymān Abadi (1972–2009) – stuntman
Nikou Kheradmand (1932–2009) – actress
Esmāil Riāhi (fa) (1920–2010) – film director
Hamideh Kheirābādi (1924–2010) – actress
Mahin Shahābi (fa) (1936–2010) – actress
Mahmoud Bahrāmi (fa) (1937–2010) – actor
Rezā Karam-Rezāei (fa) (1937–2010) – actor
Nemat Haghighi (fa) (1939–2010) – film director
Mohammad Varshowchi (fa) (1925–2011) – actor
Mehri Vedādiān (fa) (1936–2011) – actress
Mohsen Yousefbeig (fa) (1940–2011) – actor
Esfandiār Ahmadieh (1929–2012) – film director
Hamid Samandariān (1931–2012) – theater director
Shāpour Gharib (1933–2012) – film director
Abdollāh Boutimār (fa) (1933–2012) – actor
Touti Salimi (fa) (1954–2012) – actress
Taghi Rouhāni (1920–2013) – news anchor
Saadi Afshār (fa) (1934–2013) – actor
Jahāngir Jahāngiri (fa) (1946–2013) – film director
Asal Badiei (1977–2013) – actress
Mortezā Ahmadi (1924–2014) – actor
Hassan Raziāni (fa) (1931–2014) – actor
Māziār Partow (1933–2014) – film director
Nāser Gitijāh (fa) (1935–2014) – actor
Anoushirvān Arjmand (1941–2014) – actor
Bāgher Sahrāroudi (fa) (1942–2014) – actor
Akhtar Karimi Zand (fa) (1928–2015) – actress
Valiollāh Momeni (1943–2015) – actor
Homā Roustā (1944–2015) – actress
Iraj Karimi (fr) (1953–2015) – film director
Mostafā Abdollāhi (1955–2015) – actor
Ali Tabātabāei (1983–2015) – actor
Parviz Shāhinkhoo (fa) (1915–2016) – actor
Dāvoud Rashidi (1933–2016) – actor
Jafar Vāli (fa) (1934–2016) – actor
Mohammad Zarrindast (1934–2016) – film director
Forouzān (1937–2016) – actress
Sorayyā Beheshti (fa) (1951–2016) – actress
Donyā Fanizādeh (1967–2016) – puppeteer
Ali Rāmez (fa) (1927–2017) – actor
Mohammad Poursattār (1939–2017) – actor
Kāzem Afrandniā (1945–2017) – actor
Ali Moallem (fa) (1962–2017) – film critic
Hassan Joharchi (1968–2017) – actor
Nāser Malek-Motiei (1930–2018) – actor
Iraj Safdari (1939–2018) – make-up artist
Ezzatolāh Entezāmi (1924–2018) – actor
Hossein Erfāni (1942–2018) – voice actor
Hossein Shahāb (fa) (1947–2018) – actor
Yadollāh Samadi (1951–2018) – film director
Karim Zargar (fa) (1953–2018) – actor
Saeid Kangarāni (1954–2018) – actor
Dāriush Asadzādeh (fa) (1923–2019) – actor
Nosrat Karimi (1924–2019) – actor
Shahlā Riāhi (1927–2019) – actress
Rezā Abdi (fa) (1931–2019) – actor
Jamshid Mashāyekhi (1934–2019) – actor
Ebrāhim Ābādi (1934–2019) – actor
Rezā Safāei (fa) (1936–2019) – film director
Zobeideh Jahāngiri (fa) (1942–2019) – actress
Farrokh Sājedi (fa) (1942–2019) – actor
Habib Kāvosh (fa) (1944–2019) – film director
Hamid Soheili (fa) (1949–2019) – film director
Hossein Moheb-Ahari (fa) (1951–2019) – actor
Khashāyār Alvand (fa) (1967–2019) – screenwriter
Ali-Asghar Shahbāzi (1922–2020) – actor
Nosratollāh Vahdat (1925–2020) – actor
Mohammad-Ali Keshāvarz (1930–2020) – actor
Valiollāh Shirandāmi (fa) (1931–2020) – actor
Sedigheh Kiānfar (1932–2020) – actress
Malakeh Ranjbar (fa) (1936–2020) – actress
Ahmad Pourmokhber (fa) (1940–2020) – actor
Khosrow Sināei (1941–2020) – film director
Parviz Poorhosseini (1941–2020) – actor
Bahman Mofid (1942–2020) – actor
Cyrus Gorjestāni (fa) (1945–2020) – actor
Nouri Kasrāei (fa) (1951–2020) – actress
Karim Akbari Mobārakeh (1953–2020) – actor
Siāmak Shāyeghi (1954–2020) – film director
Kāmboziā Partovi (1955–2020) – film director
Ali Abolhassani (fa) (1972–2020) – actor
Siāmak Atlasi (1936–2021) – actor
Hamid Mojtahedi (1942–2021) – film producer
Fathali Oveisi (1946–2021) – actor
Fereshteh Tāerpour (1953–2021) – film producer
Bābak Khorramdin (1974–2021) – film director
Arshā Aghdasi (fa) (1982–2021) – stuntman
Āzādeh Nāmdāri (1984–2021) – actress
Jalāl Maghāmi (fa) (1941–2022) – actor
Amin Tārokh (1954–2022) – actor
Dāriush Mehrjui (1939–2023) – film director
Kiumars Pourahmad (1949–2023) – film director
Farimāh Farjāmi (1952–2023) – actress
Ātilā Pesyāni (1957–2023) – actor
Vahideh Mohammadifar (ru) (1969–2023) – screenwriter
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
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
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 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. 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
References
1970 establishments in Iran
Shia cemeteries
Cemeteries in Tehran
National cemeteries
Cemeteries established in the 1970s