List of active synagogues in Iran

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

* Abdollah Zadeh Synagogue * Abrishami Synagogue * Aziz-Khan Synagogue * Bagh-e Saba Synagogue ( fa) * Danial Synagogue (

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) * Darvazeh Dowlat Synagogue * Ettefagh Synagogue ( Iraqi) * Ettehad Synagogue * Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue * Fakhrabad Synagogue * Gisha Synagogue * Gorgan Synagogue * Haim Synagogue * Hakim Asher Synagogue * HaRambam Synagogue (

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Synagogue) * Kohan Synagogue * Kourosh Synagogue * Khorasaniha Synagogue (

Mashhadi Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

) * Levian Synagogue * Mahariv Synagogue * Molla Hanina Synagogue * Nosrat Synagogue * Orsharga Synagogue * Pol-e Choobi Synagogue * Rafi-Nia Synagogue * Rah-e Danesh Synagogue * Seyed-Khandan Synagogue * Tafian (Hakim) (Pesyan) Synagogue ( fa) * Tarasht Synagogue * Yousefabad Synagogue * Yousefzadeh Synagogue * Zargarian Synagogue

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

* Bozorg Synagogue * Delrahim Synagogue * Gharbi Synagogue * Hadash Synagogue ( fa) * Khaneh Javanan Synagogue * Khorasaniha Synagogue * Kohanim Synagogue * Kowsar Synagogue * Magen Haim Synagogue * Molla Mishi Synagogue * Molla Pinhas Synagogue * Molla Owram Synagogue * Movarekh Synagogue * New Kazerouniha Synagogue * Old Kazerouniha Synagogue * Rabbizadeh Synagogue ( fa) * Sehati Synagogue * Shokr Synagogue

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
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* '' Joubareh'' * Serah bet Asher Shrine * Molla Mari Shrine * Amoo Shaya Synagogue ( fa) * Asiaban Synagogue ( fa) * Bozorg (Mirakhor) Synagogue ( fa) * Golbahar Synagogue ( fa) * Haj Elyahu Synagogue ( fa) * Hanasab Synagogue * Jamaati Synagogue ( fa) * Keter David Synagogue ( fa) * Khorshidi Synagogue ( fa) * Kowsar Synagogue * Molla David Synagogue ( fa) * Molla Neissan Synagogue ( fa) * Molla Rabbi Synagogue ( fa) * Molla Soleiman Synagogue * Molla Yaghoub Synagogue ( fa) * Moshe Haya Synagogue ( fa) * Saeidian Synagogue * Sang-Bast Synagogue ( fa) * Sarah bet Asher Synagogue * Shmuel Geli Synagogue ( fa) * Shokrollah Synagogue ( fa) * Yaghoub bet Asher Synagogue * Yousef Shmuel Shimon Synagogue ( fa)

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...

* Molla Agha Baba Synagogue ( fa) * Kamal Synagogue ( fa) * Eliahu Hanavi Synagogue * Eli Synagogue * Hadash Synagogue * Hakham Synagogue * Mizan Synagogue * Molla Shlomo Synagogue

Hamadan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') ( Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ha ...

* Esther and Mordecai Shrine * Habakkuk Shrine * Alliance Synagogue * Bozorg Synagogue * Haggai Nabi Synagogue ( fa) ( fa) * Kalimian Synagogue * Molla Abraham * Molla Rabbi

Sanandaj Sanandaj (Persian: سنندج, ; ku, سنە, Sine, often romanized as Senneh, is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. San ...

* Bozorg Synagogue * Koochik Synagogue

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

* Ettehad Synagogue * Hadash (Novin) Synagogue * Yaghoub Now Synagogue

Rafsanjan Rafsanjan ( fa, رفسنجان, also Romanization, Romanized as Rafsanjān and Rafsinjān; also known as Bahrāmābād) is a city and capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136,388, in 33,489 f ...

* Ghadim (Old) Synagogue * New Synagogue

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

* Kerman Synagogue

Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antioc ...

* Kooti Synagogue

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

* Koochik Synagogue

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

* Daneshgah-e Kalimi

Boroujerd Borujerd ( fa, بروجرد ''Borūjerd'') is a city and the capital of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province in western Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 234,997 persons. Among the existing modern cities in Iran, Borujerd is one of the ...

* Boroujerd Synagogue

Babol Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the 20 ...

* Khoshnoud Synagogue

Bibliography

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References

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...