Reza Shah's Mausoleum, located in Ray south of Tehran, was the burial ground of Reza Shah, the penultimate king of Iran.
In the early days of the Iranian Revolution in May 1979, Reza Shah's mausoleum was destroyed under the direction of Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali; the act was approved by Ruhollah Khomeini. In his memoires, Khalkhali describes how difficult it was to destroy the building. Reportedly, Khalkhali also tried to bulldoze Ferdowsi's tomb in Tous and Persepolis, before the provisional government stopped him.
The area is now used as an Islamic religious school.