Emamzadeh Taher

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Address Mehrshahr, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran Burials Ahmad Shamlu, Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh, Houshang Golshiri, Delkash, André Hossein, Siavash Shamloo Similar کتابخانه عمومی امیرکبیر, Rasam Institute of Higher E, Karaj Central Mosque, Saman Hotel, Abolfazl

Emamzadeh Taher (Persian: امامزاده طاهر ‎‎) is 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:

Maziar (Abdolreza Kiani Nejad ) (1952–1997) – singer

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

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