Behesht-e Zahra - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

Among its more famous residents are:

• Mohammad Sa'ed (1883–1973), politician
• Keramat Daneshian (1944-1974), poet
• Bijan Jazani (1938–1975), political leader
• Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976), mathematician
• Amir-Abbas Hoveida (1919–1979), politician
• Nematollah Nassiri (1911–1979), general
• Javad Fakori (1938–1981), general and politician
• Mostafa Chamran (1932-1981), general and politician
• Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981), cleric and politician
• Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981), politician
• Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981), politician
• Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat (1955–1984), military commander
• Dariush Forouhar (1928–1988), politician
• Parvaneh Forouhar (1938–1988), politician
• Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), politician
• Ali Hatami (1944–1996), film director
• Ebrahim Zalzadeh (1948–1997), politician
• Asadollah Lajevardi (1935-1998), politician
• Ali Sayad Shirazi (1944–1999), army chief
• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob (1923–1999), scholar
• Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930–2000), actor and wrestler
• Jamileh Sheykhi (1930–2001), actress
• Rahman Dadman (1956–2001), politician
• Jamal Karimi-Rad (1956–2006), politician
• Khosrow Shakibai (1944–2008), actor
• Haj Ghorban Soleimani (1920–2008), dotar player and vocalist
• Ahmad Bourghani (1959–2008), member of parliament
• Shusha Guppy (1935–2008), writer, editor and singer
• Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008), painter and artist
• Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009), Khomeini's wife
• Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009), protester
• Niku Kheradmand (1932–2009)2010), actress
• Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010), singer
• Shokouh Mirfattah (Fatemeh HajMirfattah) (1946–2010), Sports medicine scholar
• Hamideh Kheirabadi (1924–2010), actress
• Iraj Afshar (1925–2011), bibliographer and historian
• Nasser Hejazi (1949–2011), football player and manager
• Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012), academic and novelist