Emamzadeh Taher

Emamzadeh Taher (Persian: امامزاده طاهر ‎) is located in Iran in the town of Karaj, is one of the most famous cemeteries in Iran.^[1]

Notable Burials

Many prominent figures of Iranian literature, art and culture are interred here, including:

Gholamhossein Banan (1911-1986) - singer
Hossein Qavami (1909-1989) - singer
Abdolali Vaziri (1911-1989) - singer
Ezzat Rouhbakhsh (1914-1989) - singer
Morteza Hannaneh (1923-1989) - composer
Farrokhdokht Abbasi Taleghani (Pouran) (1934-1990) - singer
Ahmad Ebadi (1906-1992) - musician
Taghi Zohuri (1913-1992) - actor
Abbas Mehr-Pouya (1927-1992) - singer
Habibollah Badiei (1933-1992) - musician
Hassan Golnaraqi (1921-1993) - singer
Ali-Asghar Bahari (1905-1995) - musucian
Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947-1996) - poet
Gholamhossein Bigdeli (1919-1998) - writer
Mohammad Mokhtari (1942-1998) - writer
Mohammad-Jafar Puyandeh (1954-1998) - writer
Ahmad Shamloo (1925-2000) - poet
Houshang Golshiri (1938-2000) - writer
Jafar Badiei (1915-2001) - journalist
Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) - writer
Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Delkash) (1924-2004) - singer
Shapour Jafroudi (1928-2004) - folklore singer
Nematollah Aghasi (1939-2005) - popular singer
Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad (M. Azad) (1934-2006) - poet
Masoud Bakhtiari (1940-2006) - folklore singer
Abdi Yamini (1953-2009) - pop music composer
Babak Masoumi (1972-2011) - futsal player and coach
Jalal Zolfonun (1937-2012) - musician

Photo gallery of the graves in Emamzadeh Taher Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, .