Behesht-e Sakineh

Behesht-e Sakineh () is a major cemetery located in Iran near the city of Karaj. It was established in 1976.

Notable burials

• Abolfazl Zanjani <small>()</small> (1899–1992) – politician
• Mohammad Zohari (1926–1995) – writer
• Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (1915–2006) – writer
• Bahman Safvat <small>()</small> (1940–2006) – journalist
• Amir-Hossein Heshmat-Saran (1960–2009) – political activist
• Shapour Yasemi <small>()</small> (1922–2011) – film director
• Massoumeh Seyhoun (1934–2010) – painter
• Mohsen Pezeshkpour (1928–2011) – leader of Pan-Iranist Party
• Fahimeh Rastkar (1934–2012) – actress
• Iraj Ghaderi (1934–2012) – actor
• Behrouz Servatian (1937–2012) – scholar
• Asghar Elahi <small>()</small> (1944–2012) – writer
• Dariush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician
• Mohsen Amiraslani (1977–2014) – psychoanalyst
• Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi (1923–2015) – poet
• Beitollah Abbaspour <small>()</small> (1980–2015) – athletic
• Bahman Zarrinpour <small>()</small> (1941–2016) – actor
• Cyrus Qahramani <small>()</small> (1938–2017) – actor
• Ali-Ashraf Darvishian (1941–2017) – scholar
• Sima Hajikhani (Negar) <small>()</small> (1955–2018) – actress
• Amir-Hossein Kabiri <small>()</small> (1987–2019) – protester
• Vahid Damvar <small>()</small> (1989–2019) – protester
• Ebrahim Ketabdar <small>()</small> (1990–2019) – protester
• Pouya Bakhtiari (1992–2019) – protester
• Meysam Ahmadi <small>()</small> (1992–2019) – protester
• Azadeh Zarbi <small>()</small> (1993–2019) – protester
• Najaf Daryabandari <small>()</small> (1929–2020) – writer
• Nader Mokhtari <small>()</small> (1985–2020) – protester
• Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr (1928–2022) – musician
• Rafat Hashempour (1931–2022) – voice actress
• Manouchehr Esmaeili (1939–2022) – voice actor
• Karim Bavi (1964–2022) – football player
• Hadis Najafi <small>() </small> (2000–2022) – protester
• Parsa Rezadoust <small>() </small> (2003–2022) – protester
• Nima Nuri <small>() </small> (2004–2022) – protester
• Sarina Esmailzadeh <small>() </small> (2006–2022) – protester
• Morteza Poursamadi (1952–2023) – cinematographer
• Hossein Shahabi (1967–2023) – film director
• Sepideh Farhan <small>() </small> (1991–2023) – political activist
• Bahareh Lellahi <small>() </small> (1984–2024) – film director
• Cysrus Parham <small>() </small> (1929–2025) – art critic
• Homayoun Ershadi (1947–2025) – actor
• Ali Babachahi (1942–2026) – writer

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