Behesht-e Zahra

Behesht-e Zahra ( ; ) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1.

History

In the early 1950s, all the cemeteries in Tehran were supposed to be replaced by several large new ones outside the then precincts of the capital. Behesht-e Zahra was built in late 1960s on the southern side of Tehran towards the direction of the city of Qom and opened on 29 June 1970 by mayor of Tehran, Gholamreza Nikpey.

Many of the deceased soldiers of the Iran–Iraq War were buried in the 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
* Princess Ezzosaltaneh Qājār ( fa) (1891–1984) – daughter of Naser 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)

* 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) – prime minister of Iran (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 (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
* 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
* 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 (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 (IIA) general and head of SAVAK (1965–78)
* Jafarqoli Sadri ( fa) (1911–1979) – head of National Police
* Fakhr Modarres ( fa) (1917–1979) – IIA general
* Mehdi Rahimi (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 (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 (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)
* 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 (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 (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
* 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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
* 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 (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
* Asghar Vesāli (1950–1980) – member of IRGC
* Mohammad-Hossein Fahmideh (1967–1980) – member of IRGC
* 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
* 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 (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 (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 (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 (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)
* 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
* 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
* 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 (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 (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 ( 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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:فریدون ناصری, fa) (1930–2005) – conductor
* Mojtaba Mirzadeh, Mojtabā Mirzādeh (1945–2005) – musician
* Ali-Akbar Sanati (:ru:Али Акбар Санати, ru) (1916–2006) – painter and sculptor
* Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) – musician
* Hadi Mirmiran, Hadi Mirmirān (1945–2006) – architect
* Babak Bayat, Bābak Bayāt (1946–2006) – musician
* Iraj Zand (:fa:ایرج زند, fa) (1950–2006) – sculptor
* Fakhereh Saba, Fākhereh Sabā (1920–2007) – opera singer
* Hamid Ghanbari (:fa:حمید قنبری (خواننده), fa) (1924–2007) – singer
* Parviz Yahaghi, Parviz Yāhaghi (1936–2007) – composer
* Parivash Sotoudeh (:fa:پریوش ستوده, fa) (d. 2007) – singer
* Haj Ghorban Soleimani, Ghorbān Soleimāni (1920–2008) – musician and vocalist
* Abbas Katouzian, Abbās Kātouzian (1923–2008) – painter and artist
* Khatereh Parvaneh, Khātereh Parvāneh (1929–2008) – singer
* Nikol Faridani (1935–2008) – photographer
* Shusha Guppy (1935–2008) – writer, editor and singer
* Jazeh Tabatabai, Jāzeh Tabātabāi (1938–2008) – painter
* Nāmi Petgar (:fa:نامی پتگر, fa) (1945–2008) – painter
* Mohammad-Amin Mirfenderski (:fa:محمدامین میرفندرسکی, fa) (1931–2009) – architect
* Faramarz Payvar, Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician
* Hassan Shojāei (:fa:حسن شجاعی, fa) (1941–2009) – singer
* Mehdi Sahabi, Mehdi Sahābi (1944–2009) – painter and sculptor
* Abdi Yamini (:fa:عبدی یمینی, fa) (1953–2009) – musician
* Parviz Meshkatian, Parviz Meshkātiān (1955–2009) – musician
* Mohammad Nouri (singer), Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010) – singer
* Bahman Jalali, Bahman Jalāli (1944–2010) – photographer
* Farman Behboud, Farmān Behboud (1946–2010) – musician
* Masoud Houshmand (:fa:مسعود هوشمند, fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter
* Āndre Ārzoumāniān (Անդրե Արզումանյան) (:fa:آندره آرزومانیان, fa) (1954–2010) – musician
* Mahmoud Javādipour (:de:Mahmoud Javadipour, de) (1920–2012) – painter
* Mansooreh Hosseini, Mansoureh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist
* Behrouz Ahmadi (:fa:بهروز احمدی, fa) (1946–2012) – architect
* Jalil Shahnaz, Jalil Shahnāz (1921–2013) – musician
* Ghāsem Jebeli (:fa:قاسم جبلی, fa) (1927–2013) – singer
* Dariush Safvat, Dāriush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician
* Homayoun Khorram, Homāyoun Khorram (1930–2013) – musician
* Morteza Pashaei, Mortezā Pāshāei (1984–2014) – singer
* Mansour Nariman, Mansour Narimān (1935–2015) – musician
* Nimā Petgar (:fa:نیما پتگر, fa) (1947–2015) – painter
* Javād Lashkari (:fa:جواد لشکری, fa) (1923–2016) – musician
* Asghar Bichareh, Asghar Bichāreh (1927–2016) – photographer
* Farhang Sharif (1931–2016) – musician
* Ali Akbar Tajvidi, Ali-Akbar Tajvidi (1927–2017) – painter
* Nāder Golchin (:fa:نادر گلچین, fa) (1936–2017) – singer
* Hāmed Hākān (:fa:حامد هاکان, fa) (1984–2017) – singer
* Naser Cheshmazar, Nāser Cheshmāzar (1950–2018) – musician
* Shirin Aliabadi, Shirin Aliābādi (1973–2018) – artist
* Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019) – composer
* Massoud Arabshahi, Masoud Arabshāhi (1935–2019) – painter
* Farhad Ebrahimi, Farhād Ebrāhimi (1935–2019) – songwriter
* Mehrbānou Salāmi (:fa:یاسمین (خواننده، زاده ۱۳۱۳), fa) (1935–2019) – singer
* Hossein Zamarshidi (:fa:حسین زمرشیدی, fa) (1939–2019) – architect
* Fereydoun Sadighi (:fa:فریدون صدیقی (مجسمه‌ساز), fa) (1936–2020) – sculptor
* Houshang Zarif (1938–2020) – musician
* Farhād Ahmadi (:fa:فرهاد احمدی, fa) (1951–2020) – architect
* Abdolvahab Shahidi, Abdolvahāb Shahidi (1922–2021) – singer
* Kambiz Derambakhsh, Kāmbiz Derambakhsh (1942–2021) – cartoonist
* Yadollah Maftun Amini, Yadollāh Maftun Amini (1926–2022) – poet
* Habibollāh Sādeghi (:ru:Садеги, Хабиболла, ru) (1951–2022) – painter
* Mohammad Esmāïli (:fr:Mohammad Esmaïli, fr) (1934–2023) – musician
* Rajab-Ali Etemādi (:de:R. Etemadi, de) (1934–2023) – writer
* Akbar Golpayegani, Akbar Golpāyegāni (1934–2023) – singer
* Iraj Kalantari Taleghani, Iraj Kalāntari Tāleghāni (1937–2023) – architect
* Nasrollah Nasehpour, Nasrollāh Nāsehpour (1940–2023) – musician
* Hossein Zamān (:fa:حسین زمان, fa) (1959–2023) – singer
* Lily Afshar (1960–2023) – musician
* Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Khosrow Hassanzādeh (1963–2023) – painter
* Iraj Tanzifi (1938–2024) – sculptor
* Kāmrān Kātouziān (:de:Kamran Katouzian, de) (1941–2025) – painter
* Fereydoon Shahbazyan, Fereydoon Shahbāzyān (1942–2025) – musician
* Parvaneh Etemadi, Parvāneh Etemādi (1948–2025) – painter

Actors, actresses and film directors

* Azar Hekmat Shoar, Āzar Hekmat Shoār (1935–1974) – actress
* Mahmoud Johari (:fa:محمود جوهری, fa) (1945–1976) – actor
* Ebrāhim Morādi (:fa:ابراهیم مرادی, fa) (1907–1977) – film director
* Akbar Meshkin (:fa:اکبر مشکین, fa) (1925–1977) – actor
* Samad Sabāhi (:fa:صمد صباحی, fa) (1914–1978) – actor
* Parviz Fanizadeh, Parviz Fanizādeh (1937–1979) – actor
* Khosrow Haritash, Khosrow Haritāsh (1932–1980) – film director
* Esmail Koushan, Esmāil Koushān (1917–1981) – film director
* Habibollāh Bolour (:fa:حبیب‌الله بلور, fa) (1913–1982) – actor and wrestler
* Mohammad-Taqi Kahnamouei (:fa:محمدتقی کهنمویی, fa) (1920–1983) – actor
* Esmāil Poursaeid (:fa:اسماعیل پورسعید, fa) (1926–1983) – film director
* Abbās Mosaddegh (:fa:عباس مصدق, fa) (1926–1984) – actor
* Moezz-Divan Fekri (:fa:معزدیوان فکری, fa) (1900–1985) – actor and film director
* Khan Baba Motazedi, Khānbābā Motazedi (1892–1986) – film photographer
* Ātash Khayyer (:fa:آتش خیر, fa) (1952–1986) – actress
* Esmāil Mohammadi (:fa:اسماعیل محمدی, fa) (1910–1987) – actor
* Sāber Ātashin (:fa:صابر آتشین, fa) (1926–1987) – actor
* Roshanak Sadr (:fa:روشنک صدر, fa) (1959–1987) – actress
* Sādegh Bahrāmi (:fa:صادق بهرامی, fa) (1909–1988) – actor
* Ezzatollāh Moghbeli (:fa:عزت‌الله مقبلی, fa) (1933–1988) – actor
* Mohsen Badie (:fa:محسن بدیع, fa) (1908–1989) – film director
* Mahmoud Lotfi (:fa:محمود لطفی, fa) (1926–1989) – actor
* Ezzatollāh Vosough (:fa:عزت‌الله وثوق, fa) (1914–1991) – actor
* Houshang Beheshti (1923–1991) – actor
* Parviz Khatibi (:fa:پرویز خطیبی, fa) (1923–1993) – film director
* Siamak Yasemi, Siāmak Yāsemi (1925–1994) – film director
* Farhang Mehrparvar (:fa:فرهنگ مهرپرور, fa) (1946–1994) – actor
* Ali Sajadi Hoseini, Ali Sajjādi Hosseini (1953–1994) – film director
* Roghieh Chehreh-Āzād (:fa:رقیه چهره‌آزاد, fa) (1907–1995) – actress
* Irān Daftari (:fa:ایران دفتری, fa) (1907–1996) – actress
* Gholam-Hossein Naghshineh, Gholamhossein Naghshineh (1908–1996) – actor
* Valiollah Khakdan, Valiollāh Khākdān (1923–1996) – art director
* Jalāl Moghaddam (:fa:جلال مقدم, fa) (1929–1996) – film director
* Manouchehr Hāmedi (:fa:منوچهر حامدی, fa) (1939–1996) – actor
* Ali Hatami, Ali Hātami (1944–1996) – film director
* Roohangiz Saminejad, Rouhangiz Sāminejād (1916–1997) – actress
* Jahangir Forouhar, Jahāngir Forouhar (1916–1997) – actor
* Ali Tābesh (:fa:علی تابش, fa) (1925–1997) – actor
* Fereshteh Jenabi, Fereshteh Jenābi (1948–1998) – actress
* Gholamhossein Bahmanyār (:fa:غلامحسین بهمنیار, fa) (1927–1999) – actor
* Rouhollāh Emāmi (:de:Rouhollah Emami, de) (1940–1999) – film editor
* Ahmad Najibzādeh (:fa:احمد نجیب‌زاده, fa) (1940–1999) – screenwriter
* Ali-Asghar Garmsiri (:fa:علی‌اصغر گرمسیری, fa) (1911–2000) – actor
* Nematollah Gorji, Nematollāh Gorji (1926–2000) – actor
* Mohammad Ali Fardin, Mohammad-Ali Fardin (1930–2000) – actor and wrestler
* Firouz Behjat Mohammadi (:fa:فیروز بهجت‌محمدی, fa) (1936–2000) – actor
* Roubik Mansouri (Ռուբիկ Մանսուրի) (:fa:روبیک منصوری, fa) (1937–2000) – film editor
* Mahin Deyhim (:fa:مهین دیهیم, fa) (1925–2001) – actress
* Jamileh Sheykhi (1930–2001) – actress
* Jamshid Mehrdād (:fa:جمشید مهرداد, fa) (1932–2001) – actor
* Mansour Vālāmaqām (:fa:منصور والامقام, fa) (1936–2001) – actor
* Kanaān Kiāni (:fa:کنعان کیانی, fa) (1932–2002) – actor
* Parvin Malakouti (:fa:پروین ملکوتی, fa) (1938–2002) – actress
* Jamshid Esmāilkhāni (:fa:جمشید اسماعیل‌خانی, fa) (1950–2002) – actor
* Rezā Jiān (:fa:رضا ژیان, fa) (1949–2003) – actor
* Mehdi Fat'hi, Mehdi Fathi (1939–2004) – actor
* Mostafa Oskooyi, Mostafā Oskouei (1924–2005) – film director
* Manouchehr Nowzari (:fa:منوچهر نوذری, fa) (1936–2005) – actor
* Mohsen Ārāsteh (:fa:محسن آراسته, fa) (1937–2005) – actor
* Fereydun Gole, Fereydoun Goleh (1942–2005) – film director
* Ali Zāhedi (:fa:علی زاهدی, fa) (1949–2005) – actor
* Bitā Tavakkoli (:fa:بیتا توکلی, fa) (1994–2005) – child actress
* Jafar Bozorgi (:fa:جعفر بزرگی, fa) (1917–2006) – actor
* Ahmad Ghadakchian, Ahmad Ghadakchiān (1920–2006) – actor
* Abdolali Homāyoun (:fa:عبدالعلی همایون, fa) (1920–2006) – actor
* Hossein Kasbiān (:fa:حسین کسبیان, fa) (1934–2006) – actor
* Soroush Khalili (:fa:سروش خلیلی, fa) (1937–2006) – actor
* Vākhtāng Nersi Korkiā (:fa:نرسی گرگیا, fa) (1938–2006) – actor
* Hamid Rakhshāni (:fa:حمید رخشانی, fa) (1951–2006) – film editor
* Poopak Goldarreh (1971–2006) – actress
* Garshā Raoufi (:fa:گرشا رئوفی, fa) (1933–2007) – actor
* Rasoul Mollagholipour, Rasoul Mollāgholipour (1955–2007) – film director
* Esmail Davarfar, Esmāil Dāvarfar (1932–2008) – actor
* Khosrow Shakibai, Khosrow Shakibāei (1944–2008) – actor
* Ahmad Aghalou, Ahmad Āqālou (1949–2008) – actor
* Dāvoud Asadi (:fa:داوود اسدی, fa) (1969–2008) – actor
* Mehri Mehrniā (:fa:مهری مهرنیا, fa) (1917–2009) – actress
* Parvin Soleimani, Parvin Soleimāni (1922–2009) – actress
* Farrokhlagha Houshmand, Farrokh-Laghā Houshmand (1929–2009) – actress
* Abbās Shabāviz (:fa:عباس شباویز, fa) (1929–2009) – actor
* Jamshid Lāyegh (:fa:جمشید لایق, fa) (1931–2009) – actor
* Ali Miri (:fa:علی میری, fa) (1936–2009) – actor
* Amir Ghavidel (1947–2009) – film director
* Seifollah Dad, Seifollāh Dād (1955–2009) – film director
* Masoud Rassām (:fa:مسعود رسام, fa) (1957–2009) – film director
* Peyman Abadi, Peymān Abadi (1972–2009) – stuntman
* Niku Kheradmand, Nikou Kheradmand (1932–2009) – actress
* Esmāil Riāhi (:fa:اسماعیل ریاحی, fa) (1920–2010) – film director
* Hamideh Kheirabadi, Hamideh Kheirābādi (1924–2010) – actress
* Mahin Shahābi (:fa:مهین شهابی, fa) (1936–2010) – actress
* Mahmoud Bahrāmi (:fa:محمود بهرامی, fa) (1937–2010) – actor
* Rezā Karam-Rezāei (:fa:رضا کرم‌رضایی, fa) (1937–2010) – actor
* Nemat Haghighi (:fa:نعمت حقیقی, fa) (1939–2010) – film director
* Mohammad Varshowchi (:fa:محمدعلی ورشوچی, fa) (1925–2011) – actor
* Mehri Vadadian, Mehri Vedādiān (1936–2011) – actress
* Mohsen Yousefbeig (:fa:محسن یوسف‌بیک, fa) (1940–2011) – actor
* Esfandiar Ahmadieh, Esfandiār Ahmadieh (1929–2012) – film director
* Hamid Samandarian, Hamid Samandariān (1931–2012) – theater director
* Shapoor Gharib, Shāpour Gharib (1933–2012) – film director
* Abdollāh Boutimār (:fa:عبدالله بوتیمار, fa) (1933–2012) – actor
* Touti Salimi (:fa:طوطی سلیمی, fa) (1954–2012) – actress
* Taghi Rouhani, Taghi Rouhāni (1920–2013) – news anchor
* Saadi Afshār (:fa:سعدی افشار, 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, Iran–Iraq War victims' tombs
File:Prepared graves of Behesht-e Zahra.jpg, Prepared graves
File:Hafte Tir bombing victims mausoleum (5).jpg, Shohada street

See also

* Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
* Khavaran cemetery
* Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
* Golestan Shohada of Isfahan
* Golzar Shohada of Qom

References

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