Behesht-e Zahra

For the village, see Beheshti, 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.

Behesht-e Zahra
بهشت زهرا

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Details
Established	1970
Location	Tehran
Country	Iran
Coordinates	35°32′10″N 51°22′12″E / 35.536°N 51.370°E / 35.536; 51.370
Type	Public
Size	534 hectares (1,320 acres)
No. of graves	1,600,000
Website	beheshtezahra.tehran.ir
Find a Grave	Behesht-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 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.^[2][3]

Notable burials

Royalties

• • 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)
  • 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 Arfaei (fa) (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
  • 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

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) – war hero
  • 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^[4]
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Esmāil Jabbārzādeh (1960–2022) – member of Majles
  • Hassan Sayyād Khodāei (1972–2022) – member of IRGC

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
  • 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
  • Mehdi Āzar Yazdi (1922–2009) – writer
  • 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 Tofigh (fa) (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

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

Actors, actresses and film directors

• • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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) – weight-lifter
  • Mahmoud Nāmjoo (1918–1990) – weight-lifter
  • 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) – weight-lifter 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Abbās Ansārifard (1956–2021) – football administrator
  • Mehrdād Mināvand (1975–2021) – football player
  • Ali Ansāriān (1977–2021) – football player
  • Hossein Ghafourizādeh (1973–2022) – athlete

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

• • 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.^[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]

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  Tombs of Mostafa Chamran and Javad Fakoori

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  Tomb of Esmat Dowlatshahi

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  Tomb of Mohammad Sa'ed

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  Private tombs

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  Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial outside view

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  Hafte Tir bombing victims' memorial

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  The graves of unknown martyrs

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  Iran–Iraq War victims' tombs

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  Prepared graves

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  Shohada street

See also

• Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
• Khavaran cemetery
• Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
• Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery

References

 

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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). . Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.