Established 1962 Country Iran | Location Tehran Type Military Cemetery | |
Owned by Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Address Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran Owner Commonwealth War Graves Commission | ||
Tehran War Cemetery is a war cemetery located in Gholhak Garden in the Iranian city of Tehran and located within the British Embassy residential compound. and is where over 500 British and Commonwealth soldiers who perished in the First and Second World Wars are buried. The site includes the Tehran Memorial, dedicated to those who have no known grave or whose grave is unmaintained.
The cemetery also has markers for those whom died in Persia without a grave as well as those whom died in Russia without graves.
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