Behesht-e Zahra ( ; ) is the largest

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. Located in the southern part of metropolitan

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, it is connected to the city by

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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

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and opened on 29 June 1970 by mayor of Tehran,

Gholamreza Nikpey Gholam-Reza Nikpey (غلامرضا نیک‌پی), also Nikpay (1927 – 11 April 1979) was deputy prime minister of Iran and Mayor of Tehran. He became List of mayors of Tehran, Mayor of Tehran in 1969, succeeding Javad Shahrestani. Prior to th ...

. Many of the deceased soldiers of the

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were buried in the martyrs' section of the cemetery.

Notable burials

Royalty

* Prince Abdol-Ali Mirzā Farmān Farmāiān (1935–1973) – industrialist and nobleman * Badr-ol-Moluk Vālā (1895–1979) – wife of

Ahmad Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar (‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the List of monarchs of Iran, shah of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah ...

* Princess Ezzosaltaneh Qājār ( fa) (1891–1984) – daughter of

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (; ; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. During his rule there was internal pressure from the people of Iran, as well as external ...

* Princess Irāndokht Qājār (1915–1984) – daughter of Ahmad Shah Qajar * Princess Sadigheh Pahlavi ( fa) (1916–1990) – daughter of

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...

* Prince Hamid-Rezā Pahlavi (1932–1992) – youngest son of Reza Shah * Esmat Dowlatshāhi (1904–1995) – Reza Shah's wife

Politicians (
Pahlavi Era The Imperial State of Iran, officially known as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. The Pahlavi dynasty was created in 1925 and lasted ...
)

* Sādegh Rezāzādeh Shafagh ( fa) (1895–1971) – politician and scholar * Saeid Mālek ''Loqmān ol-Molk'' ( fa) (1888–1972) – minister of health (1944–48) and senator * Abdolrahmān Farāmarzi (1897–1972) – politician * Hossein Navāb (1897–1972) – minister of foreign affairs (1952) * Mozaffar A'lam (1882–1973) – politician * Mohammad Sā'ed ''Sā'ed ol-Vozarā'' (1883–1973) –

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(1944) and (1948–50) * Ahmad Ārāmesh ( fa) (1908–1973) – minister of labour (1946–47) * Rezā Tajaddod ( fa) (1888–1974) – politician * Abdolqādir Āzād ( fa) (1891–1974) – politician * Aligholi Hedāyat ( fa) (1898–1974) – senator * Mohammad-Ali Keshavārz Sadr ''Bahādor ol-Molk'' (1902–1974) – politician * Hājar Tarbiat (1906–1974) – senator *

Ahmad Ali Sepehr Ahmad Ali Sepehr, also known as Movarrekh Al Dowleh, (1889–1976) was an Iranian historian and politician. He held several government posts during both the Qajar and Pahlavi rule. Early life and education Sepehr was born in Tehran in 1889. His ...

(1889–1975) – politician and historian * 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 The Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation (), or simply the Rastakhiz Party (), was Iran's sole legal political party from 2 March 1975 until 1 November 1978, founded by Mohammad Reza Shah. History Founded under the government of Pr ...

* Mahmoud Jafariān (1928–1979) – director-general of

National Iranian Radio and Television National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT; , ''Râdyo Televizyon-e Melli-ye 'Irân'') was the first Pahlavi Iran, Iranian state broadcaster, which was established on June 19, 1971, following the merger of the country's radio and television serv ...

(NIRT) * Gholāmhossein Dāneshi ( fa) (1936–1979) – politician * Parviz Nikkhāh (1939–1979) – politician * Sālār Jāff ( fa) (1940–1979) – politician * Najafgholi Moezzi ''Hesām od-Dowleh'' ( fa) (1886–1980) – politician * Habibollāh Amouzgār ( fa) (1890–1980) – minister of education (1951) and senator * Abolqāsem Najm (1892–1980) – minister of foreign affairs (1945–46) * Nasrollāh Entezām (1900–1980) – diplomat * Hossein-Ali Rāshed ( fa) (1905–1980) – politician * Farrokhroo Pārsā (1922–1980) – minister of education (1968–71) * Anoushirvān Sepahbodi (1888–1981) – diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (1947) * Javād Āmeri (1891–1981) – politician * Allāh-Yār Sāleh (1897–1981) – diplomat and politician * Abdolbāghi Shoāei ( fa) (1903–1982) – minister of finance (1960–62) * Mehdi Mashāyekhi ( fa) (1905–1985) – mayor of Tehran (1945–46) * Abbās Ārām (1906–1985) – minister of foreign affairs (1959–66) * Shams Qanatābādi ( fa) (1914–1987) – politician * Amir-Teymour Kalāli (1894–1988) – minister of interior (1949–51) * Ebrāhim Fakhrāei ( fa) (1899–1988) – politician * Zeynolābedin Rahnamā ( fa) (1890–1989) – politician * Mohammad Ali Vārasteh (1896–1989) – politician * Hossein Joudat (1892–1990) – politician * Abbāsqoli Golshāyān ( fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance (1948–50) * Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician * Jahāngir Tafazzoli (1914–1990) – politician * Shamseddin Amir-Alāei (1900–1994) – diplomat and politician * Mehdi Āzar (1901–1994) – minister of education (1952–53) * Ahmad Hooman (1909–1995) ( fa) – minister of imperial court (1951) * Azizollāh Malek-Esmāili ( fa) (1903–1996) – politician *

Jahanshah Saleh Jahanshah Saleh (1905–1995) was an Iranian physician and politician. He served as health minister and education minister in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the obstetrician of Queen Farah Diba, spouse of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Early life and ...

(1905–1996) – physician and politician * Jalāl Abdoh ( de) (1909–1996) – diplomat * Nosratollāh Kāsemi ( fa) (1911–1996) – politician * Parvin Soufi ( fa) (d. 1997) – politician * Vajihollāh Fāzel ( fa) (1907–1998) – senator * Gholāmali Farivar (1905–1998) – minister of industries and mines (1961) * Shams-ol-Molouk Mosāheb (1922–1998) – senator * Abolfazl Ghāzi ( fa) (1931–1998) – minister of higher education (1978) * Mehrangiz Manouchehriān (1906–2000) – lawyer and senator * Hassan Shālchiān (1911–2000) – minister of roads and transportation * Javād Sadr ( fa) (1912–2000) – minister of interior (1963–66) * Abolghāsem Tafazzoli ( fa) (1921–2004) – politician * Sabār Farmānfarmāiān (1912–2006) – minister of health (1953) * Amir-Nosratollāh Bālākhānlou (1917–2007) – politician * Mohammad-Ali Safi-Asfiā (1913–2008) – chief of Planning and Budget Organization (1962–68) * Kāzem Oskouei ( fa) (1919–2009) – politician * Mohammad-Rezā Jalāli Nāeini ( fa) (1916–2010) – senator * Masoud Borzin ( fa) (1920–2010) – director-general of NIRT * Hassan-Ali Sāremi Kalāli ( fa) (1926–2011) – politician * Manouchehr Āgah ( fa) (1930–2012) – politician * Yahyā Sādeq Vaziri (1911–2013) – minister of justice (1979) * Rahim Zehtābfar ( fa) (1927–2013) – politician * Rezā Kermāni ( fa) (1934–2013) – politician * Manouchehr Saeid Vaziri ( fa) (1920–2014) – politician * Hossein Falsafi ( fa) (1919–2015) – politician * Karim Mo'tamedi ( fa) (1928–2018) – minister of communications (1974–79)

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 The Islamic Republic of Iran Army (), acronymed AJA (), commonly simplified as the Iranian Army, is the conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of th ...

(IIA) general and head of

SAVAK The Bureau for Intelligence and Security of the State (), shortened to as SAVAK () or S.A.V.A.K. () was the secret police of the Imperial State of Iran. It was established in Tehran in 1957 by national security law. and continued to operate un ...

(1965–78) * Jafarqoli Sadri ( fa) (1911–1979) – head of National Police * Fakhr Modarres ( fa) (1917–1979) – IIA general *

Mehdi Rahimi Mehdi Rahimi (; 24 March 1921 – 15 February 1979) was an Iranian lieutenant general. He was executed following the 1979 revolution in Iran. Early life Mehdi Rahimi was born in 1921, in Tehran, Qajar Iran. Career Rahimi served as deputy comm ...

(1921–1979) – IIA general * Parviz Amini Afshār (1921–1979) – IIA general * Rezā Nāji (1923–1979) – IIA general * Manouchehr Khosrowdād (1927–1979) – Imperial Iranian Army Aviation general * Nāder Jahānbāni (1928–1979) –

Imperial Iranian Air Force The history of the Iranian Air Force, currently known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, can be divided into two phases—before the Islamic Revolution, and after it. Imperial era The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch ...

(IIAF) general * Amir-Hossein Rabiei (1931–1979) – commander in chief of IIAF (1977–79) * Houshang Hātam ( fa) (1918–1980) – IIA general * Said Mehdiyoun (1928–1980) – IIAF general * Āyat Mohaqeqi (1931–1980) – IIAF general * Ali Eghbāli Dogāhe (1949–1980) – IIAF pilot * Farrokhzād Jahāngiri ( fa) (1950–1980) – IIAF pilot * Ahmad Keshvari (1953–1980) – IRIA pilot * Houshang Vahid Dastjerdi ( fa) (1925–1981) – head of National Police * Valiollāh Fallāhi (1931–1981) – chief of staff of

Islamic Republic of Iran Army The Islamic Republic of Iran Army (), acronymed AJA (), commonly simplified as the Iranian Army, is the conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of th ...

(IRIA) * Javād Fakoori (1938–1981) – chief of staff of

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF; ) is the air force, aviation branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The present air force was created when the Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed in 1979 following the Iranian Revoluti ...

(IRIAF) * Hemmatollāh Pahlavān ( fa) (1906–1982) – IIA general * Mahmoud Mirjalāli ( fa) (1898–1983) – IIA general * Mir-Mohammad Mohannā ( fa) (1901–1983) – commander in chief of IIAF (1948–49) * Hedayatollāh Gilānshāh (1907–1986) – commander in chief of IIAF * Hassan Aghāreb Parast (1946–1984) – IRIA general * Masoud Monfared Niāki (1929–1985) – IRIA general * Hassan Ābshenāsān (1936–1985) – IRIA general * Hossein Khal'atbari (1949–1985) – IRIAF pilot * Abdolbāghi Darvish (1948–1986) – IRIAF pilot * Hossein Fardoust (1917–1987) – IIA general and deputy head of SAVAK * Mohammad-Ali Saffāri ( fa) (1898–1988) – head of National Police and senator * Bahrām Hooshyār (1938–1991) – IRIAF pilot * Sādegh Amirazizi (1905–1992) – IIA general * Mansour Sattāri (1948–1995) – chief of staff of IRIAF * Alirezā Yāsini ( fa) (1951–1995) – IRIAF pilot * Ali Sayād Shirāzi (1944–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA * Qāsem-Ali Zahirnejād (1924–1999) – chief of staff of IRIA *

Jalil Zandi Jalil Zandi (; 1951–2001) was a fighter pilot in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) who served during all of the Iran–Iraq War. His combat record qualifies him as one of the most successful pilots of that conflict in air-to-air c ...

(1951–2001) – IRIAF ace fighter pilot * Ezzatollāh Zarghāmi ( fa) (1908–2004) – IIA general * Mohammad-Hādi Shādmehr (1920–2008) – chief of staff of IRIA * Gholāmrezā Ghāsemi ( fa) (1930–2012) – IRIA general * Mortezā Bāyandariān ( fa) (1940–2012) – IRIA general * Siābakhsh Nassiri Zibā ( fa) (1935–2013) – IRIA general *

Mohammad-Hossein Moeinpour Mohammad-Hossein Moeinpour () was an Iranian military officer. He served as the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, Air Force from 2 October 1981 to 25 November 1983. He was a Major (rank), Major at the time appointed to the offi ...

(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 Mohammad Salimi (; 1937– 2016) was an Iranian military who served as the 6th Minister of Defense in November 1981 to August 1984 and the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army in 2000 to 2005. Biography Salimi was born in Mashhad in 19 ...

(1937–2016) – chief of staff of IRIA * Behrouz Soleimānjāh ( fa) (1938–2016) – IRIA general * Mohsen Gheytāslou (1990–2016) – member of IRIA Special Forces * Manouchehr Najafdari ( fa) (1931–2017) – head of National Police * Ali Razmi ( fa) (1933–2017) – IRIA general * Ali-Akbar Mousavi Ghavidel ( fa) (1937–2017) – IRIA general * Cyrus Lotfi ( fa) (1935–2018) – IRIA general * Dāriush Zarghāmi ( fa) (1940–2018) – IRIN commando * Nāsser Farbod (1922–2019) – chief of staff of IRIA (1979) *

Houshang Seddigh Houshang Seddigh (; 8 February 1948 – 8 July 2020) was an Iranian fighter pilot. He served as the commander of the Air Force from 1983 to 1986. Seddigh ranked colonel when he was appointed to the position on 28 November 1983. According to Pierr ...

(1941–2020) – chief of staff of IRIAF (1983–86) * Amanollāh Mortazavi ( fa) (1949–2020) – head of National Police * Samad Bālāzādeh ( fa) (1953–2020) – IRIAF pilot * Manouchehr Mohagheghi ( fa) (1943–2021) – IRIAF pilot

Political dissidents

* Ali-Akbar Safāei Farāhāni ( fa) (1939–1971) – Marxist activist and a founder of

Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG; ), simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq () was an underground Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization in Iran. The OIPFG was one of the most important and influential armed groups dur ...

(OIPFG) * Behrouz Dehqāni ( fa) (1939–1971) – Marxist activist * Ali-Rezā Nābdel (1944–1971) – Marxist activist * Saeid Mohsen ( fa) (1939–1972) – Activist and a one of the founders of the

People's Mujahedin of Iran The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) (), is an Iranian dissident organization. It was an armed group until 2003, afterwards transitioning into a politica ...

(PMOI) * Mohammad Hanifnejād ( fa) (1940–1972) – Activist and a one of the founders of the PMOI * Ali-Asghar Badiezādegān ( fa) (1940–1972) – Activist and a one of the founders of the PMOI * Masoud Ahmadzādeh (1945–1972) – Marxist activist * Mehdi Rezāei ( fa) (1952–1972) – Marxist activist *

Khosrow Golsorkhi Khosrow Golsorkhi (; 23 January 1944 – 18 February 1974) was an Iranian journalist, poet, and communist. Golsorkhi was a Marxist activist in Iran during the Cold War. Hooman Majd has described him as a "Che Guevara-like figure for young Irani ...

(1944–1974) – Marxist activist and member of

Tudeh Party The Tudeh Party of Iran is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in its early years and played an important role during Mohammad Mosaddegh's campaign to nationalize ...

* Marzieh Ahmadi (1945–1974) – Marxist activist * Shirin Moāzed ( fa) (1945–1974) – Marxist activist * Kerāmatollāh Dāneshiān (1944–1974) – Marxist activist *

Bijan Jazani Bijan Jazani (Persian: بیژن جَزنی, also spelled "''Bizhan'' Jazani"; January 9, 1938, in Tehran – April 19, 1975) was an Iranian political activist and a significant figure among modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals. A Marxist theor ...

(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 Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists () was an Iranian political party. The party was one of six original member organizations of the National Front. The party was led by Muhammed Nakhshab. The organization was founded in 1943, through the mer ...

* Mostafā Shoāeiān ( ru) (1936–1976) – Marxist activist *

Hamid Ashraf Hamid Ashraf (; December 31, 1946 – June 29, 1976) was one of the original members and later the leader of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) that waged a guerrilla warfare against the former Pahlavi regime in Iran f ...

(1946–1976) – Marxist activist and a founder of OIPFG * Rezā Ostād-Hassan-Bannā ( fa) (1922–1978) – protester * Ali Andarzgou ( 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 ( ru) (1900–1986) – member of Tudeh Party * Mozzafar Baghāei (1911–1987) – leader of

Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation The Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation (; Zaḥmatkašān means ''proletariat'') was a social-democratic political party in Iran. Initially a member of the National Front, they pledged support for the nationalization of the Iran oil industry a ...

* 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 Party of the Iranian Nation (or Nation Party of Iran, Iran Nation Party; ) is "a small opposition" party in Iran advocating establishment of a secular democracy. Although the party is technically illegal, it still operates inside Iran. Founded i ...

* Parvāneh Forouhar (1938–1998) – politician *

Majid Sharif Majid Sharif (; January/February 1951– November 19, 1998) was an Iranian translator and journalist who was one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran. He was a follower of the late Islamist modernist leftist theoretician Ali Shariati. Art ...

(1950–1998) – journalist *

Hossein Makki Seyyed Hossein Makki () was an Iranian politician, orator and historian. He was a member of Parliament of Iran for three consecutive terms from 1947 to 1953. The son of a ''bazaari'' merchant, Makki was an employee of National Iranian Railroad Co ...

(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 Maryam Firouz or Maryam Farman Farmaian (1914, in Kermanshah, Iran – 23 March 2008, in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian politician. She was a daughter of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma and Batoul Khanoum. She founded the women's section of the ...

(1914–2008) – communist member of Tudeh party *

Ali Mousavi Seyed Ali Mousavi (, born 22 April 1974) is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Mousavi was born in Khorramshahr, Iran. He played in the German 2. Bundesliga with Fortuna Köln. International caree ...

(1966–2009) – protester * Omid-Rezā Mirsayāfi (1980–2009) – blogger * Neda Āghā-Soltān (1983–2009) – protester * Rāmin Pourandarjāni (1983–2009) – physician * Mostafā Karimbeigi (1983–2009) – protester * Mohsen Rouholamini (1984–2009) – protester * Sohrāb A'rābi (1990–2009) – protester * Abdoulrezā Soudbakhsh (1950–2010) – physician * Siāmak Pourzand (1931–2011) – journalist * Hodā Sāber (1959–2011) – journalist * Mohammad Mokhtāri (1989–2011) – protester * Farideh Māshini (1960–2012) – feminist * Mohsen Amiraslāni (1977–2014) – psychoanalyst * Farshid Hakki (1974–2018) – political activist * Ali-Rezā Shir-Mohammad-Ali (1998–2019) – political activist * Niktā Esfandāni (2005–2019) – protester * Mohammad Maleki (1933–2020) – member of the National Front * Ruhollāh Zam (1978–2020) – journalist * Khosrow Seif ( fa) (1934–2021) – member of the National Front * Mohsen Shekāri (1999–2022) – protester * Sadaf Movahedi ( fa) (2003–2022) – protester * Yaldā Āghāfazli ( fa) (2003–2022) – protester * Ārmitā Gerāvand (2006–2023) – protester * Kiānush Sanjari (1982–2024) – journalist * Mohammad Ghobādlou (2000–2024) – protester

Politicians (Islamic Republic)

* Mahmoud Tāleghāni (1911–1979) – cleric and a founder of

Freedom Movement of Iran The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; ) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists". It is th ...

* Asghar Vesāli (1950–1980) – member of IRGC * Mohammad-Hossein Fahmideh (1967–1980) – member of IRGC * Hassan Lāhouti ( fa) (1927–1981) – politician *

Mohammad Beheshti Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, poetic philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after the Revolution. Beheshti is co ...

(1928–1981) –

chief justice of Iran The head of the Judicial System of the Islamic Republic of Iran (), often called the chief justice of Iran, is the head of the Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Head of Judiciary) and is responsible for its administration and super ...

(1979–81) and head of

Islamic Republic Party The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; , also translated Islamic Republic Party) was formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini in their goal to establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in 1987 due to internal confl ...

(IRP) * Mostafā Chamrān (1932–1981) –

minister of defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

* Mohammad-Javād Bāhonar (1933–1981) – prime minister of Iran (1981) * Mohammad-Ali Rajāei (1933–1981) – prime minister (1980–81) and

president of Iran The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is the head of government of the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader of Iran, supreme leader. The 1980 Iranian presidential election, fi ...

(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 Mahmoud Ghandi (, August 25, 1945 in Tehran – June 28, 1981) was an Iranian politician, who served as the Minister of Information and Communications Technology from 1979 to 1981. Ghandi was assassinated along with more than 70 members of the Is ...

(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 Evin Prison () is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. The prison has been the primary site for detaining Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "E ...

* Mohammad Jahānārā ( fa) (1954–1981) – member of

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...

(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 Islamic Revolution Committees or Committees of Islamic Revolution (), simply known as the Committee (; commonly referred to as ''Komiteh'', pronounced koh-mee-TAY), was a revolutionary organization turned law enforcement agency in Iran. Founded in ...

* Mahmoud Kāveh (1961–1986) – member of IRGC * Kāzem Sāmi (1935–1988) – minister of health (1979) * Ruhollāh Khomeini (1902–1989) – cleric and

supreme leader A supreme leader or supreme ruler typically refers to powerful figures with an unchallenged authority, such as autocrats, dictators to spiritual and revolutionary leaders. Historic examples are Adolf Hitler () of Nazi Germany, Francisco ...

of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–1989) * Asadollāh Mobāsheri (1909–1990) –

minister of justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

* Mohammad-Javād Tondguyān (1938–1991) – minister of petroleum * Mortezā Āvini (1947–1993) – war photographer *

Ahmad Khomeini Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini (;‎ 14 March 1946 – 17 March 1995) was the younger son of Ruhollah Khomeini and father of Hassan Khomeini. He was the "right-hand" of his father before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. He was a link between R ...

(1945–1995) – cleric and politician * Asadollāh Lājevardi (1935–1998) – warden of Evin Prison * Seifollāh Vahid Dastjerdi (1926–1999) – head of

Iranian Red Crescent Society The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), officially the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is a non-governmental humanitarian organization in Iran. Founded as the Red Lion and Sun Society in 1922, it became affiliated with t ...

* Saied Emāmi (1958–1999) – deputy minister of intelligence * Ali-Akbar Aboutorābi-Fard (1939–2000) – member of

Majles (, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning 'sitting room', used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to the Mus ...

* Hossein Āyatollāhi (1931–2001) – cleric * Taghi Ebtekār ( fa) (1932–2001) – head of

department of environment An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, ...

(1979–80) * Rahmān Dādmān (1956–2001) – minister of roads and transportation * Habibollāh Dāvarān ( fa) (1926–2003) – politician *

Mohsen Nourbakhsh Seyed Mohsen Nourbakhsh (; 18 May 1948 – 23 March 2003) was an Iranian economist, most known as governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the former minister of finance of Iran. Nourbakhsh had pro-market views. Personal life and education Bo ...

(1948–2003) – governor of the

Central Bank A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the monetary policy of a country or monetary union. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the mo ...

* 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) –

* 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 Khadijeh Saqafi (; 21 March 2009) was an Iranian revolutionary and the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the Iranian Revolution. Early life Saqafi was born in in Tehran, the daughter of Hajj Mirza Mohammad ...

(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 Hassan Ebrahim Habibi (; 29 January 1937 – 31 January 2013) was an Iranian politician, lawyer, scholar and the first vice president from 1989 until 2001 under Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami. He was also a member of ...

(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 Marzieh Hadidchi (, 12 June 1939 – 17 November 2016), also known as Marzieh Dabbaq and Tahere Dabagh, was an Iranian Islamist activist, political prisoner, military commander in the Iran–Iraq War, a politician and representative of the city of ...

(1939–2016) – member of Majles * Akbar Hāshemi Rafsanjāni (1934–2017) – president of Iran (1989–1997) * Ali Shariatmadāri (1924–2017) – minister of culture (1979) * Ebrāhim Yazdi (1931–2017) – minister of foreign affairs (1979) * Dāvoud Ahmadinejād (1950–2017) – politician * Shahlā Habibi (1958–2017) – politician * Ali-Akbar Moeinfar (1928–2018) – minister of petroleum (1979) * Abbās Amir-Entezām (1932–2018) – deputy prime minister (1979) * Mohammad Bastenegār (1941–2018) – politician * Abbās Duzduzāni (1942–2018) – minister of culture (1980–81) * Asadollāh Asgarolādi (1933–2019) – businessman * Azam Tāleghāni (1943–2019) – member of Majles * Mohammad-Nabi Habibi (1945–2019) – mayor of Tehran (1984–87) * Mohammad Ahmadiān (1956–2019) – politician * Ahad Gudarziāni (1969–2019) – journalist * Mohammad Kiāvash (1930–2020) – member of Majles * Gholām-Abbās Tavassoli (1935–2020) – politician * Mousā Zargar (1935–2020) – minister of health (1979–80) *

Mohammad Mirmohammadi Sayyid Mohammad Mirmohammadi (‎; 1948 – 2 March 2020) was an Iranian conservative and Iranian Principlists, principlist politician who served as the senior adviser to Supreme Leader of Iran, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an ...

(1949–2020) – member of

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( ''Majma'-e Tašxis-e Maslahat-e Nezâm'') is an administrative assembly of Iran appointed by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of ...

* Hossein Sheikholeslām (1952–2020) – politician * Hossein Kāzempour Ardebili (1952–2020) – politician * Mohammad-Rezā Rāhchamani (1952–2020) – member of Majles * Nāsser Shabāni (1952–2020) – member of IRGC * Ali-Asghar Zārei (1956–2020) – member of IRGC * Hassan Zāre Dehnavi (1956–2020) – prosecutor * Hamid Kahrām (1958–2020) – member of Majles * Fātemeh Rahbar (1964–2020) – member of Majles * Mohammad-Rezā Najafi (1969–2020) – member of Majles * Mohammad-Hādi Nejādhosseiniān (1946–2021) – minister of industries (1989–94) *

Hassan Tarighat Monfared Mohammad-Hassan Tarighat Monfared (,1946 – 30 September 2021) was an Iranian physician and conservative politician who served as the Minister of Health and Medical Education under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born M ...

(1946–2021) – minister of health (2012–13) * Akbar Torkān (1952–2021) – minister of roads and transportation (1989–93) * Nāder Shariatmadāri (1960–2021) – politician * Mohammad-Rezā Madhi (1969–2021) – member of IRGC * Ali Tehrāni (1926–2022) – cleric * Abbās Sheibāni (1931–2022) – politician * Mortezā Mohammadkhān (1946–2022) – minister of commerce (1993–97) * Esmāil Jabbārzādeh (1960–2022) – member of Majles * Rostam Ghāsemi (1964–2022) – minister of petroleum (2011–13) * Hassan Sayyād Khodāei (1972–2022) – member of IRGC * Emād Afroogh (1957–2023) – member of Majles * Alirezā Akbari (1961–2023) – politician * Hamid Behbahāni (1941–2024) – minister of roads and transportation (2008–11) * Parviz Dāvoodi (1952–2024) – vice president * Zahrā Shojāei (1956–2024) – politician

Scholars and journalists

* Abbās Khalili (1895–1972) – journalist, diplomat * Abdolhossein Sanatizādeh ( ru) (1895–1973) – novelist * Hushang Irāni (1925–1973) – poet * Mohammad Hejāzi (1900–1974) – writer * Mojtabā Minovi (1903–1976) – scholar * Abdolhossein Mirsepāsi ( fa) (1907–1976) – scholar * Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976) – scholar * Masih Dāneshvari ( fa) (1899–1977) – scholar * Isā Sedigh (1894–1978) – scholar and founder of the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

* 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 Habib Nafisi (December 1908 – 1984; Persian: حبیب نفیسی) was the founder of Tehran Polytechnic (Amirkabir University of Technology) and Khaje nassir toosi University of technology. He founded it in 1958 with five engineering department ...

(1908–1984) – scholar and founder of the

Tehran Polytechnic Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) (), also called the Tehran Polytechnic, is a public technological university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1958, AUT is the oldest technical university established in Iran. It is referred to as the ...

* 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 Seyyed Ahmad Fardid () (Born in 1910, Yazd – 16 August 1994, Tehran), born Ahmad Mahini Yazdi, was a prominent Iranian philosopher and a professor of Tehran University. He is considered to be among the philosophical ideologues of the Islamic ...

(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 Ahmad Tafazzoli (December 16, 1937, Isfahan – January 15, 1997, Tehran) () was an Iranian Iranist and professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Tehran University. One of his most important books is ''Pre-Islamic Persian Literature ...

(1937–1997) – scholar * Ahmad Ārām ( fa) (1904–1998) – scholar * Hamid Mosadegh (1940–1998) – poet * Mahmoud Sāremi (1968–1998) – journalist * Nasrollāh Khādem (1910–1999) – scholar * Mortezā Rāvandi ( fa) (1913–1999) – scholar * Jafar Shahri ( fa) (1914–1999) – ethnographer *

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub ( Luri/ Persian: , also Romanized as ''Zarrinkoob'', ''Zarrinkub'', ) (March 21, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history. He was ...

(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 ( uk) (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 * Omrān Salāhi ( fa) (1946–2006) – writer * Houshang A'lam ( fa) (1928–2007) – scholar * Nāser Malekniā (1931–2007) – scholar * Mehdi Ghālibāfiān (1935–2007) – scholar * Bāgher Āyatollāhzādeh Shirāzi (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 Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki () was a distinguished Iranian biophysicist and polymer chemist and one of the most influential individuals behind modern scientific movement in Iran. He was known as the inventor of a DNA vehicle called " dendrosome". Sarb ...

(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) – scholar * 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 ( fa) (1949–2017) – scholar * Mediā Kāshigar (1956–2017) – writer * Ali Moallem ( fa) (1962–2017) – scholar * 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 (1929–2020) – scholar *

Ahmad Niktalab Ahmad NikTalab (, ; 22 April 1934 – 3 March 2020), also known as Yavar Hamedani ( ), was an Iranian poet, author, and linguist. Life He was born in Hamadan, Hamedan. After education and living in Hamedan for the first part of his life, he ...

(1934–2020) – poet * Sādegh Malek Shahmirzādi (1940–2020) – scholar * Fariborz Raisdānā (1945–2020) – scholar * Akbar Ālemi (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 * Amir-Bānoo Karimi (1931–2023) – scholar * Shamseddin Adib-Soltāni (1931–2023) – scholar * Ahmad-Rezā Ahmadi (1940–2023) – poet * Alirezā Ashrafi (1964–2023) – scholar * Ali-Akbar Sarfarāz (1927–2024) – scholar *

Karim Mojtahedi Karim Mojtahedi (1 September 1930 – 15 January 2024) was an Iranian philosophy professor at Tehran University. He published over 20 books on philosophy. He was awarded UNESCO's Avicenna Prize for Ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosop ...

(1930–2024) – scholar * Shahlā Lāhiji (1942–2024) – writer * Ebrāhim Nabavi (1958–2025) – satirist

Artists

* Dāvoud Pirniā ( de) (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 Ali-Naqi Vaziri (; October 1, 1886 in Tehran – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary icon in the history of 20th-century Persian music. His name was also transcribed a ...

(1886–1979) – musician * Javād Badizādeh ( fa) (1902–1979) – musician * Gholāmali Ravānbakhsh ( fa) (1935–1979) – singer * Esmāil Adib Khānsāri (1901–1982) – musician *

Faramarz Pilaram Faramarz Pilaram (; 1937–1983, or 1982) was an Iranian painter and educator. He is known for his abstract, and calligraphy-based modern paintings. Pilaram was a pioneer within the Saqqakhaneh school, a neo-traditionalist art movement. There wer ...

(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 Abolhassan Sadighi () (5 October 1894 – 11 December 1995) was an Iranian sculptor and painter and was known as Ostad Sadighi (English: Master Sadighi). He was a student and disciple of Kamal-ol-molk. The statue of Ferdowsi in the Ferdowsi squa ...

(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 (1907–2000) – singer * Jafar Pourhāshemi ( fa) (1928–2001) – musician * Jahāngir Malek ( fa) (1933–2002) – musician * Asadollāh Malek ( fa) (1941–2002) – musician * 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 Ali Tajvidi (; November 7, 1919 – March 15, 2006) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and discovered and produced for ...

(1919–2006) – musician * Hadi Mirmirān (1945–2006) – architect * Bābak Bayāt (1946–2006) – musician * Iraj Zand ( fa) (1950–2006) – sculptor * 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 Nikol Faridani (25 January 1936 – 6 February 2008) () was a popular Iranian Armenian photographer. Faridani was born in 1936 in Shiraz. His family moved to Isfahan when he was two and he completed his elementary education at the Shah A ...

(1935–2008) – photographer *

Shusha Guppy Shushā Guppy (; née Shamsi Assār (; 24 December 1935 – 21 March 2008) was a writer, editor and a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. She lived in London from the early 1960s, until her death in 2008. Early life Her father, Sayyed M ...

(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 Farhang Sharif (; – 7 September 2016) was an Iranian musician and renowned tar player.HAMSHAHRI

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(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 Hossein Dehlavi () (September 30, 1927 – October 15, 2019) was an Iranian composer. Biography Hossein Dehlavi was born in 1927 in Tehran, Iran and started music with his father Moezeddin Emami who was a pupil of master Ali-Akbar Shahnazi. Deh ...

(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 * Akbar Golpāyegāni (1934–2023) – singer * Iraj Kalāntari Tāleghāni (1937–2023) – architect * Nasrollāh Nāsehpour (1940–2023) – musician * Hossein Zamān ( fa) (1959–2023) – singer *

Lily Afshar Lily Afshar (; 9 March 1960 – 24 October 2023) was an Iranian-American classical guitarist. Life and career Afshar moved to the United States in 1977, to study at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where she got a bachelor's and a master's de ...

(1960–2023) – musician * Khosrow Hassanzādeh (1963–2023) – painter * Iraj Tanzifi (1938–2024) – sculptor * Kāmrān Kātouziān ( de) (1941–2025) – painter * Fereydoon Shahbāzyān (1942–2025) – musician * Parvāneh Etemādi (1948–2025) – 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 (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 (1949–2008) – actor * Dāvoud Asadi ( fa) (1969–2008) – actor * Mehri Mehrniā ( fa) (1917–2009) – actress * Parvin Soleimāni (1922–2009) – actress * Farrokh-Laghā Houshmand (1929–2009) – actress * Abbās Shabāviz ( fa) (1929–2009) – actor * Jamshid Lāyegh ( fa) (1931–2009) – actor * Ali Miri ( fa) (1936–2009) – actor * Amir Ghavidel (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 (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:جهانگیر جهانگیری, fa) (1946–2013) – film director * Asal Badiee, Asal Badiei (1977–2013) – actress * Morteza Ahmadi, Mortezā Ahmadi (1924–2014) – actor * Hassan Raziāni (:fa:حسن رضیانی, fa) (1931–2014) – actor * Maziar Partow, Māziār Partow (1933–2014) – film director * Nāser Gitijāh (:fa:ناصر گیتی‌جاه, fa) (1935–2014) – actor * Anoushirvan Arjmand, Anoushirvān Arjmand (1941–2014) – actor * Bāgher Sahrāroudi (:fa:باقر صحرارودی, fa) (1942–2014) – actor * Akhtar Karimi Zand (:fa:اختر کریمی زند, fa) (1928–2015) – actress * Valiollah Momeni, Valiollāh Momeni (1943–2015) – actor * Homa Rousta, Homā Roustā (1944–2015) – actress * Iraj Karimi (:fr:Iraj Karimi, fr) (1953–2015) – film director * Mostafa Abdollahi, Mostafā Abdollāhi (1955–2015) – actor * Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Ali Tabātabāei (1983–2015) – actor * Parviz Shāhinkhoo (:fa:پرویز شاهین‌خو, fa) (1915–2016) – actor * Davoud Rashidi, Dāvoud Rashidi (1933–2016) – actor * Jafar Vāli (:fa:جعفر والی, fa) (1934–2016) – actor * Tony Zarrindast, Mohammad Zarrindast (1934–2016) – film director * Forouzan, Forouzān (1937–2016) – actress * Sorayyā Beheshti (:fa:ثریا بهشتی, fa) (1951–2016) – actress * Donya Fannizadeh, Donyā Fanizādeh (1967–2016) – puppeteer * Ali Rāmez (:fa:علی رامز, fa) (1927–2017) – actor * Mohammad Poursattar, Mohammad Poursattār (1939–2017) – actor * Kazem Afrandnia, Kāzem Afrandniā (1945–2017) – actor * Hassan Joharchi (1968–2017) – actor * Naser Malek Motiei, Nāser Malek-Motiei (1930–2018) – actor * Iraj Safdari (1939–2018) – make-up artist * Ezzatolah Entezami, Ezzatolāh Entezāmi (1924–2018) – actor * Hossein Erfani, Hossein Erfāni (1942–2018) – voice actor * Hossein Shahāb (:fa:حسین شهاب, fa) (1947–2018) – actor * Yadollah Samadi, Yadollāh Samadi (1951–2018) – film director * Karim Zargar (:fa:کریم زرگر, fa) (1953–2018) – actor * Saeed Kangarani, Saeid Kangarāni (1954–2018) – actor * Dāriush Asadzādeh (:fa:داریوش اسدزاده, fa) (1923–2019) – actor * Nosrat Karimi (1924–2019) – actor * Shahla Riahi, Shahlā Riāhi (1927–2019) – actress * Rezā Abdi (:fa:رضا عبدی, fa) (1931–2019) – actor * Jamshid Mashayekhi, Jamshid Mashāyekhi (1934–2019) – actor * Ebrahim Abadi, Ebrāhim Ābādi (1934–2019) – actor * Rezā Safāei (:fa:رضا صفایی (کارگردان), fa) (1936–2019) – film director * Zobeideh Jahāngiri (:fa:زبیده جهانگیری, fa) (1942–2019) – actress * Farrokh Sājedi (:fa:فرخ ساجدی, fa) (1942–2019) – actor * Habib Kāvosh (:fa:حبیب کاووش, fa) (1944–2019) – film director * Hamid Soheili (:fa:حمید سهیلی, fa) (1949–2019) – film director * Hossein Moheb-Ahari (:fa:حسین محب‌اهری, fa) (1951–2019) – actor * Khashāyār Alvand (:fa:خشایار الوند, fa) (1967–2019) – screenwriter * Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Ali-Asghar Shahbāzi (1922–2020) – actor * Nosratollah Vahdat, Nosratollāh Vahdat (1925–2020) – actor * Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Mohammad-Ali Keshāvarz (1930–2020) – actor * Valiollāh Shirandāmi (:fa:ولی‌الله شیراندامی, fa) (1931–2020) – actor * Sedigheh Kiānfar (1932–2020) – actress * Malakeh Ranjbar (:fa:ملکه رنجبر, fa) (1936–2020) – actress * Ahmad Pourmokhber (:fa:احمد پورمخبر, fa) (1940–2020) – actor * Khosrow Sinai, Khosrow Sināei (1941–2020) – film director * Parviz Poorhosseini (1941–2020) – actor * Bahman Mofid (1942–2020) – actor * Cyrus Gorjestāni (:fa:سیروس گرجستانی, fa) (1945–2020) – actor * Nouri Kasrāei (:fa:نوری کسرایی, fa) (1951–2020) – actress * Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Karim Akbari Mobārakeh (1953–2020) – actor * Siamak Shayeghi, Siāmak Shāyeghi (1954–2020) – film director * Kambuzia Partovi, Kāmboziā Partovi (1955–2020) – film director * Ali Abolhassani (:fa:علی ابوالحسنی (بازیگر), fa) (1972–2020) – actor * Siamak Atlasi, Siāmak Atlasi (1936–2021) – actor * Hamid Mojtahedi (1942–2021) – film producer * Fathali Oveisi (1946–2021) – actor * Fereshteh Taerpour, Fereshteh Tāerpour (1953–2021) – film producer * Babak Khorramdin (director), Bābak Khorramdin (1974–2021) – film director * Arshā Aghdasi (:fa:ارشا اقدسی, fa) (1982–2021) – stuntman * Azade Namdari, Āzādeh Nāmdāri (1984–2021) – actress * Jalal Maghami, Jalāl Maghāmi (1941–2022) – actor * Amin Tarokh, Amin Tārokh (1954–2022) – actor * Turān Mehrzād (:fa:توران مهرزاد, fa) (1930–2023) – actress * Dariush Mehrjui, Dāriush Mehrjui (1939–2023) – film director * Naser Tahmasb, Nāsser Tahmāsb (1939–2023) – voice actor * Kiumars Pourahmad (1949–2023) – film director * Farimah Farjami, Farimāh Farjāmi (1952–2023) – actress * Atila Pesyani, Ātilā Pesyāni (1957–2023) – actor * Bita Farrahi, Bitā Farrahi (1958–2023) – actress * Vahideh Mohammadifar (:ru:Мохаммадифар, Вахиде, ru) (1969–2023) – screenwriter * Zhaleh Olov, Zhāleh Olov (1927–2024) – actress * Pari Saberi, Pari Sāberi (1932–2024) – theater director * Saeed Rad, Saeed Rād (1944–2024) – actor * Zari Khoshkam, Zari Khoshkām (1947–2024) – actress * Sadreddin Hejazi, Sadreddin Hejāzi (1948–2024) – actor * Reza Davood Nejad, Rezā Dāvoodnejād (1980–2024) – actor

Athletes

* Shervin Jazāyeri (:fa:شروین جزایری, fa) (1954–1972) – mountain climber * Karam Nirlou (1943–1976) – football player * Mehdi Masoud-Ansari, Mehdi Masoud-Ansāri (d. 1978) – football player * Ali Danaeifard, Ali Dānāeifard (1921–1979) – football player * Mansour Raeisi (1928–1980) – wrestler * Hossein Sadaghiani, Hossein Sadaghiāni (1903–1982) – football player and coach * Esmaeil Elmkhah, Esmāil Elmkhāh (1936–1988) – weightlifter * Mahmoud Namjoo, Mahmoud Nāmjoo (1918–1990) – weightlifter * Hossein Soroudi (d. 1991) – football player * Parviz Dehdari, Parviz Dehdāri (1935–1992) – football player and coach * Mehrab Shahrokhi, Mehrāb Shāhrokhi (1944–1993) – football player * Akbar Khojini (1935–1995) – boxer * Ahmad Izadpanāh (:fa:احمد ایزدپناه, fa) (1910–1997) – athlete * Hussain Jabbar Zadegan, Hossein Jabbārzādegān (d. 1997) – basketball player * Ezatollah Janmaleki, Ezatollāh Jānmaleki (1947–1999) – football player * Jafar Salmasi, Jafar Salmāsi (1918–2000) – weightlifter and first Iranian Olympic medallist * Abbas Ekrami, Abbās Ekrāmi (1915–2002) – football manager * Mohammad Paziraei, Mohammad Pazirāei (1929–2002) – wrestler * Nabi Sorouri (1933–2002) – wrestler * Hossein Fekri (1924–2003) – football player * Yousof Safvat, Yousef Safvat (1931–2003) – chess player * Khosrow Kahyāi (:fa:کیخسرو کهیایی, fa) (1940–2003) – chess player * Mohammad Ranjbar (1935–2004) – football player * Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi, Shamseddin Seyed-Abbāsi (1943–2004) – wrestler * Ferydoun Sadeghi, Fereydoun Sādeghi (d. 2005) – basketball player * Nāser Kārfarsā (:fa:ناصر کارفرسا, fa) (1923–2005) – football player * Firouz Alizadeh, Firouz Alizādeh (1946–2005) – wrestler * Majid Sabzi (:fa:مجید سبزی, fa) (1959–2006) – football player * Hossein-Ali Mobasher (:fa:حسینعلی مبشر, fa) (1922–2007) – football player * Ali Ghaffari, Ali Ghaffāri (1925–2007) – wrestler * Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh, Sādegh Aliakbarzādeh (1932–2007) – boxer * Hamid Shirzadegan, Hamid Shirzādegān (1941–2007) – football player * Tourān Shādpour (:fa:توران شادپور, fa) (1951–2007) – athlete * Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Āidin Nikkhāh Bahrāmi (1982–2007) – basketball player * Aboutaleb Talebi, Aboutāleb Tālebi (1945–2008) – wrestler * Fariborz Moradi, Fariborz Morādi (1964–2008) – football player * Abbas Qarib, Abbās Gharib (1916–2009) – football player * Amir-Hossein Mobāsher (:fa:حسین مباشر, fa) (1922–2009) – football player * Nasser Aghaei, Nāser Āghāei (1944–2009) – boxer * Mashallah Amin Sorour, Māshāllāh Amin-Sorour (1931–2010) – cyclist * Moustafa Tajiki, Mostafā Tājik (1932–2010) – wrestler * Mansour Amirasefi, Mansour Amirāsefi (1933–2010) – football player * Kambozia Jamali, Kāmboziā Jamāli (1938–2010) – football player * Masoud Boroumand (1928–2011) – football player * Nasser Hejazi, Nāser Hejāzi (1949–2011) – football player * Masoud Estili (1969–2011) – football player * Leila Esfandyari, Leilā Esfandiāri (1970–2011) – mountain climber * Abdollah Mojtabavi, Abdollāh Mojtabavi (1925–2012) – wrestler * Jalal Mansouri, Jalāl Mansouri (1930–2012) – wrestler * Dāvoud Nasiri (:fa:داوود نصیری, fa) (1921–2013) – football player * Hassan Sadian, Hassan Sadiān (1925–2013) – wrestler * Javād Derafshi-Javān (:fa:جواد درفشی جوان, fa) (1927–2013) – tennis player * Boyuk Jeddikar, Boyuk Jeddikār (1929–2013) – football player * Nosratollah Momtahen, Nosratollāh Momtahen (1930–2013) – sports shooter * Akbar Poudeh (1933–2012) – cyclist * Hassan Pakandam, Hassan Pākandām (1934–2013) – boxer * Nazem Ganjapour, Nāzem Ganjāpour (1943–2013) – football player * Mohammad Hassan Zolfaghari, Mohammad-Hassan Zolfaghāri (d. 2013) – basketball player * Kazem Sarikhani, Kāzem Sārikhāni (1978–2013) – judoka * Mahmoud Beiglou (1929–2014) – alpine skier * Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Gholāmhossein Mazloumi (1950–2014) – football player * Hossein Maadani (1971–2014) – volleyball player * Rasoul Raeisi (1924–2015) – weightlifter * Aref Gholizadeh, Āref Gholizādeh (1938–2015) – football player * Kāmbiz Derafshi-Javān (:fa:کامبیز درفشی جوان, fa) (1954–2015) – tennis player * Homayoun Behzadi, Homāyoun Behzādi (1942–2016) – football player * Mansour Pourheidari (1946–2016) – football player * Reza Ahadi, Rezā Ahadi (1962–2016) – football player * Bahman Golbarnezhad, Bahman Golbārnejād (1968–2016) – cyclist * Hossein Soudipour (1922–2017) – basketball player * Abbas Zandi, Abbās Zandi (1930–2017) – wrestler * Nasser Givehchi, Nāser Givehchi (1932–2017) – wrestler * Manouchehr Boroumand (1934–2017) – weightlifter * Bijan Zarnegar, Bijan Zarnegār (1940–2017) – fencer * Ebrahim Ashtiani, Ebrāhim Āshtiāni (1941–2017) – football player * Akbar Eftekhari, Akbar Eftekhāri (1943–2017) – football player * Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad, Mohammad-Ali Falāhatinejād (1976–2017) – weightlifter * Ghorbān-Ali Tāri (:fa:قربان‌علی تاری, fa) (1927–2018) – football player * Alireza Ghelichkhani, Ali-Rezā Ghelichkhāni (1937–2018) – wrestler * Mahmoud Moezzipour (:fa:محمود معزی‌پور, fa) (1937–2018) – wrestler * Iraj Danaeifard, Iraj Dānāeifard (1951–2018) – football player * Majid Gholamnejad, Majid Gholāmnejād (1983–2018) – football player * Amir Āghā-Hosseini (:fa:امیر آقاحسینی, fa) (1931–2019) – football player * Nadjmeddin Farabi, Nadjmeddin Fārābi (1933–2019) – athlete * Abdullah Khodabandeh, Abdollāh Khodābandeh (1936–2019) – wrestler * Parviz Jalayer, Parviz Jalāyer (1939–2019) – weightlifter * Jafar Kashani, Jafar Kāshāni (1944–2019) – football player * Khosro Harandi, Khosrow Harandi (1950–2019) – chess player * Keyvan Vahdani, Keyvān Vahdāni (1991–2019) – football player * Abolfazl Salabi (1924–2020) – basketball player * Amir Yavari, Amir Yāvari (1931–2020) – boxer * Mohammad Ami-Tehrani, Mohammad Āmi-Tehrāni (1938–2020) – weightlifter * Fariborz Esmaeili, Fariborz Esmāili (1940–2020) – football player * Parviz Aboutaleb, Parviz Aboutāleb (1942–2020) – football player * Mohammad Reza Navaei, Mohammad-Rezā Navāei (1948–2020) – wrestler * Sabā Shāyesteh (:fa:صبا شایسته, fa) (1990–2020) – rower * Hamid Jasemian, Hamid Jāsemiān (1936–2021) – football player * Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi, Mehdi Attār-Ashrafi (1948–2021) – weightlifter * Abbas Ansarifard, Abbās Ansārifard (1956–2021) – football administrator * Kazem Mohammadi, Kāzem Mohammadi (1973–2021) – futsal player * Mehrdad Minavand, Mehrdād Mināvand (1975–2021) – football player * Ali Ansarian, Ali Ansāriān (1977–2021) – football player * Shahpour Zarnegar, Shāhpour Zarnegār (1929–2022) – fencer * Hossein Ghafourizadeh, Hossein Ghafourizādeh (1943–2022) – athlete * Ahmad Akbari (1947–2022) – fencer * Minā Fathi (1946–2023) (:fa:مینا فتحی, fa) – volleyball player * Hashem Kolahi, Hāshem Kolāhi (1956–2024) – wrestler * Faramarz Zelli, Farāmarz Zelli (1942–2025) – football player * Gholam Hossein Farzami, Gholāmhossein Farzāmi (1945–2025) – football player * Mehdi Haj Mohamad, Mehdi Hāj-Mohammad (1950–2025) – football player

Businessmen and philanthropists

* Mohammad-Ali Mofarrah (:fa:محمدعلی مفرح, fa) (1915–1983) – businessman and founder of Bank Saderat Iran * Gholāmali Abidi (:fa:غلامعلی عبیدی, fa) (1920–2004) – scholar and businessman * Mohammad Taghi Barkhordar, Mohammad-Taghi Barkhordār (1924–2012) – businessman * Ahmad Atāei (:fa:احمد عطایی, fa) (1919–2013) – philanthropist * Fereydoun Novin Farahbakhsh (:fa:فریدون نوین فرحبخش, fa) (1930–2013) – businessman and collector * Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Mahāfarid Amir-Khosravi (1969–2014) – businessman * Abdorrahim Jafari (:fa:عبدالرحیم جعفری, fa) (1919–2015) – philanthropist * Rezā Niāzmand (:fa:رضا نیازمند, fa) (1921–2017) – philanthropist * Asghar Ghandchi (1928–2019) – philanthropist

Others

* Ihsan Nuri, Ihsan Nuri Pasha (1892–1976) – Republic of Ararat, Kurdish politician * Sakineh Ghasemi, Sakineh Ghāsemi (d. 1979) – sex worker * Majid Salek Mohammadi, Majid Sālek Mohammadi (d. 1985) – serial killer * Effat Tejaratchi, Effat Tejāratchi (1917–1999) – pioneer aviator * Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody (1939–2009) – anaesthesiologist * Shahla Jahed, Shahlā Jāhed (1969–2010) – convict * Reyhaneh Jabbari, Reyhāneh Jabbāri (1988–2014) – convict In addition to the tombs of royalty, politicians, and other significant people, in the cemetery there are symbolic tombs for the perpetrators of the 1983 Hezbollah 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, attacks on the U.S. Marine and French peacekeepers' barracks in Beirut and for the assassin of Anwar Sadat, Khalid Al-Islambuli, Khalid Islambuli. Similarly, a symbolic tomb was erected in the cemetery for Hezbollah member Imad Mughniyah, who was killed on 12 February 2008 in Damascus, Syria.

Images

File:Shohada tomb2.jpg, Tombs of Mostafa Chamran and Javad Fakoori File:Dolatshahi tomb.jpg, Tomb of Esmat Dowlatshahi File:Saed tomb.jpg, Tomb of Mohammad Sa'ed File:Private tombs of Behesht-e Zahra.jpg, Private tombs File:Dsharifabadi.JPG File:7tir outside.jpg, Haft-e Tir bombing victims' memorial outside view File:7tir inside.jpg, Haft-e Tir bombing victims' memorial File:Graves-001.jpg, The graves of Anonymous martyr, unknown martyrs File:2012 Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery Tehran 7380768412.jpg,

victims' tombs File:Prepared graves of Behesht-e Zahra.jpg, Prepared graves File:Hafte Tir bombing victims mausoleum (5).jpg, Shohada street

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Behesht-e Zahra Behesht-e Zahra, 1970 establishments in Iran Shia cemeteries Cemeteries in Tehran National cemeteries Cemeteries established in the 1970s