Reza Shah's mausoleum
Reza Shah's Mausoleum, located in Ray south of Tehran, was the burial ground of Reza Shah, the penultimate emperor of Iran.
In the early days of the Iranian Revolution in February 1979, Reza Shah's mausoleum was destroyed under the direction of Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali; In his memoirs, Khalkhali describes how difficult it was to destroy the building.
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Under construction
A stamp
In the 1960s
In the 1970s
In the 1970s
Destroying the Mausoleum
In the 2010s
See also
- Reza Shah
- Sadegh Khalkhali
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Mausoleum )
- History of Persian domes
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Coordinates: 35°35′08″N 51°26′04″E / 35.58556°N 51.43444°E
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