Emamzadeh Taher

A: Hassan Golnaraqi, Maziar
B: Shamlou, Ahmad Mahmoud, Golshiri, Pouyandeh, Mokhtari
C: Bahari, Ahmad Ebadi, Habibollah Badei
D: Taghi Zohoori, Zand Vakili, Hassan Kamkar
E: Jalal Zolfonun
F :Delkash
G: Hannaneh, Ghavami, Aghasi
H: Gholam-Hossein Banan
I: Pooran

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

Notable burials

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

• Gholamhossein Banan (1911–1986) – singer
• Hassan-Ali Daftari (fa) (1910–1988) – musician
• Amir-Nasser Eftetah (de) (1935–1988) – musician
• Abdolali Vaziri (fa) (1907–1989) – singer
• Ezzat Rouhbakhsh (fa) (1908–1989) – singer
• Morteza Hannaneh (1923–1989) – composer
• Hossein Qavami (fa) (1909–1990) – singer
• Pooran (1934–1990) – singer
• Manochehr Sheybani (fa) (1924–1991) – poet
• Princess Hamdam Saltaneh Pahlavi (1903–1992) – daughter of Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Taghi Zohouri (fa) (1913–1992) – actor
• Hossein-Ali Mallah (fa) (1921–1992) – musician
• Hassan Kamkar (fa) (1923–1992) – musician
• Habibollah Badiee (1933–1992) – musician
• Ali-Asghar Zand Vakili (fa) (1941–1992) – musician
• Ahmad Ebadi (1906–1993) – musician
• Hassan Golnaraqi (fa) (1921–1993) – musician
• Shapour Niakan (fa) (1935–1993) – musician
• Parviz Narenjiha (fa) (1939–1993) – voice actor
• Ali-Asghar Bahari (1905–1995) – musician
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996) – poet
• Shahin Hannaneh (fa) (1943–1997) – poet
• Maziar (1952–1997) – singer
• Gholamhossein Bigdeli (1919–1998) – writer
• Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998) – writer
• Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh (1954–1998) – writer
• Ahmad Shamloo (1925–2000) – poet
• Houshang Golshiri (1938–2000) – writer
• Jafar Badiei (fa) (1915–2001) – journalist
• Safar Ghahremani (1921–2002) – political activist
• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002) – writer
• Delkash (1925–2004) – singer
• Shapour Jafroudi (fa) (1928–2004) – folklore singer
• Aladin Pazargadi (fa) (1913–2004) – translator
• Nematollah Aghasi (1939–2005) – popular singer
• Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad (M. Azad) (1933–2006) – poet
• Masoud Bakhtiari (fr) (1940–2006) – folklore singer
• Iraj Soleimani (1946–2009) – football player
• Babak Masoumi (1972–2011) – futsal player and coach
• Jalal Zolfonun (1938–2012) – musician
• Yahya Mafi (fa) (1923–2013) – writer
• Hamid-Reza Kamali (fa) (d. 2015) – racing driver

External links

• Photo gallery of the graves in Emamzadeh Taher Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, [1].