The Tomb of Sayyid Hassan Modarres ( fa, آرامگاه سید حسن مدرس) is the burial site of

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Hassan Modares, former prime minister of Iran. It was built in 1937 in

Kashmar Kashmar () ( fa, کاشمر, also Romanized as ''Kāshmar''; formerly ''Keshmar'', '' Torshīz'' or ''Soltanabad'') is a city and the capital of Kashmar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Kashmar is located near the river Shesh Tara ...

, Iran, as opposed to using the former tomb of

in the vast gardens of Kashmar. The tomb building consists of a central dome, four dock and a dome made of turquoise, in the style of

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and the

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. Seyed Hassan Modares lived during the Pahlavi dynasty and was from the Sadat of Tabatabai. He was a political constitutionalist. He was born in a village in Ardestan in 1870 and moved to Tehran and joined the second national legislature. In the year 1928, he was kept in secret and then exiled to Kashmar. He was one of those who opposed a republic because he believed in an

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. In accordance with the law of interest and when Reza Shah thought that President

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would bring the dreams to the King of Khan, eventually ended in 1937 in the city of Kashmar, representatives of Reza Shah killed.

Hassan Modarres Museum

The Hassan Modarres Museum is a Museum belongs to the 21st century and is located in

, Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran.

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