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Cemetery in Tehran
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 .
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 martyr's section of the graveyard.
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Notable burials
Royalty
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 (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 (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 Joudat (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 (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 Motamedi (
fa ) (1924–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79)
Military personnel
Political dissidents
Politicians (Islamic Republic)
Scholars and journalists
Artists
Actors, actresses and film directors
Athletes
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
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 .
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Images
See also
References