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 1951 on the southern side of Teheran towards the direction of the city of Qom and opened in 1952. The first person that buried in Behesht-e Zahra was Mohammad-Taghi Khial.
Many of the deceased soldiers of the Iran–Iraq War are buried there. A number of Iranian officials, including Ruhollah Khomeini (Leader of Iranian Revolution), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Former President of Iran), Mohammad Javad Bahonar (Former Prime Minister) are also buried there.
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