List of religious centers in Tehran

This is a list of religious centers in Tehran, Iran.

Shrines and imamzadehs

• Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine, Imamzadeh Hamzeh <small>()</small> and Reza Shah's Mausoleum (demolished) – Rey
• Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine – Rey
• Imamzadeh Abdollah shrine and cemetery – Rey
• Imamzadeh Yahya <small>()</small> – Owdelajan
• Imamzadeh Seyed Nasreddin <small>()</small> – Khayyam St.
• Imamzadeh Seyed Esmail <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar
• Imamzadeh Zeid <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar
• Imamzadeh Seyed Vali <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar
• Imamzadeh Seyed Eshaq <small>()</small> – Naser Khosrow St.
• Imamzadeh Qassem <small>()</small> – Tajrish
• Imamzadeh Saleh – Tajrish
• Imamzadeh Esmail – Zargandeh <small>()</small>
• Imamzadeh Esmail <small>()</small> – Chizar <small>()</small>
• Imamzadeh Ali-Akbar <small>()</small> – Chizar
• Imamzadeh Hassan <small>()</small> – Qazvin Rd.
• Imamzadeh Masoum <small>()</small> – Qazvin Rd.
• Imamzadeh Qazi al-Saber <small>()</small> – Vanak
• Imamzadeh Mohammad-Vali <small>()</small> – Darakeh
• Imamzadeh Saleh <small>()</small> – Farahzad
• Imamzadeh Panj-Tan <small>()</small> – Lavizan
• Imamzadeh Esmail <small>()</small> – Lavasan
• Imamzadeh Hadi – Rey
• Imamzadeh Abolhassan <small>()</small> – Rey
• Imamzadeh Bibi Zobeideh <small>()</small> – Rey
• Imamzadeh Zeid <small>()</small> – Vasafnard
• Imamzadeh Davood – Imamzadeh Davood

Mosques and madrasehs

• Old Jame Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1662 (1072 AH)
• Mohammadieh Madraseh <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 18th century
• Haj Rajab-Ali Mosque <small>()</small> – Buzarjomehri St. – 1800 (1215 AH)
• Shah Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1810–1825 (1225–1240 AH)
• Khan-e Marvi Madraseh <small>()</small> – Marvi St. – 1816 (1231 AH)
• Haj Seyed Azizollah Mosque <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
• Malek Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
• Aqa Mahmoud Mosque <small>()</small> – Marvi St. – 1828 (1243 AH)
• Beinol-Haramein Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1835 (1251 AH)
• Chalanchi Khan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1837 (1253 AH)
• Kharaqaniha Mosque – Rey St. – Mid-19th century
• Sanee od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Mid-19th century
• Memarbashi Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Emamzadeh Yahya – Mid-19th century
• Sheikh Abdolhussein Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Pachenar – 1854 (1270 AH)
• Old Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Marvi St. – 1861 (1277 AH)
• Abdollah Khan Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
• Asefieh Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
• Aqa Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1863 (1280 AH)
• Moayyer ol-Mamalek Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Khayyam Ave. – 1867 (1284 AH)
• Haj Qanbar-Ali Khan Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Cyrus Ave. – 1871 (1288 AH)
• Khazen ol-Molk Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1876 (1293 AH)
• Pamenar/Agha Bahram Mosque <small>()</small> – Pamenar St. <small>()</small> – 19th century
• Amin od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Aqsa Mosque and Madraseh – Mowlavi Ave. – 19th century
• Aqa Jalal Mosque – Rey St. – 19th century
• Haj Seif od-Dowleh – Zahir-ul-Eslam St. – 19th century
• Dabbaghkhaneh Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 19th century
• Saheb-Jam Mosque – Saheb-Jam St. – 19th century
• Majd od-Dowleh Mosque <small>()</small> – Sepah St. – 19th century
• Niaki Mosque – Pamenar St. – 19th century
• Haft-Tan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Haft-Dokhtaran Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Chaharsuq Bozorg Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Chaharsuq Kuchak Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Nezam od-Dowleh Mosque <small>()</small> – Naser Khosrow St. – 19th century
• Mirza Mousa Mosque <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Philsuf od-Dowleh Madraseh <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
• Dangi Madraseh – Pamenar St. – 19th century
• New Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh – Baharestan Sq. – 1879–1892 (1296–1309 AH)
• Kazemieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1881 (1298 AH)
• Saheb-Divan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1885 (1302 AH)
• Seraj ol-Mulk Mosque – Amir-Kabir Ave. – 1886 (1303 AH)
• Saneeieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1886 (1303 AH)
• Haj Abolfath Mosque and Madraseh – Rey St. – 1888–1894 (1305–1312 AH)
• Behbahani Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1893 (1311 AH)
• Haj Esmail Mosque – Shah Sq. – 1896 (1314 AH)
• Moezz od-Dowleh Mosque <small>()</small> – Iran St. – 1899 (1317 AH)
• Moshir os-Saltaneh Mosque and Madraseh <small>()</small> – Mowlavi Ave. – 1900 (1318 AH)
• Hemmatabad Mosque – Sepah Ave. – 1906 (1324 AH)
• Qandi Mosque <small>()</small> – Khaniabad – 1908 (1327 AH)
• Sanee-Divan Mosque – Shahpur Ave. – 1915 (1333 AH)
• Hedayat Mosque – Istanbul Ave. – Early 20th century
• Haj Saqabashi Mosque – Iran St. – Early 20th century
• Monirieh Mosque – Qazvin Ave. – Early 20th century
• Salman Mosque <small>()</small> – Shahbaz Ave. – Early 20th century
• Firouzabadi Mosque <small>()</small> – Rey – Early 20th century
• Lorzadeh Mosque – 1940s
• Fakhr-od-dowleh Mosque – Fakhrabad – 1945
• Sajjad Mosque <small>()</small> – Fakhr-e Razi St. – 1947
• Arg Mosque <small>()</small> – Arg Square – 1949
• Qoba Mosque – Old Shemiran Rd. – 20th century
• Abouzar Mosque <small>()</small> – Fallah – 20th century
• Mojtahedi Madraseh <small>()</small> – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1956
• Tehran University Mosque <small>()</small> – Tehran University – 1966
• Al-Javad Mosque – 20th century
• Khomeini Madraseh <small>()</small> – Ozgol – 2003
• Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran

Hosseiniehs and tekyeh

• Takyeh Dowlat – Golestan Palace (demolished)
• Tajrish Tekyeh <small>()</small> – Tajrish
• Aqa Seyed Hashem <small>()</small> – Naderi Ave.
• Dezashib Hosseineh <small>()</small> – Dezashib <small>()</small>
• Niavaran Tekyeh <small>()</small> – Niavaran
• Nafarabad Tekyeh <small>()</small> – Rey
• Hosseiniyeh Ershad – Old Shemiran Rd.
• Jamaran Hussainiya – Jamaran

Fire temples

• Fire Temple of Bahram – Rey – before Islam
• Adrian Temple – Qavam St. – 1907
• Markar Complex – TehranPars – 1930s
• Shah Vrahram Izad – South Karegar St.
• Kushk-e Varjavand <small>()</small> – Karaj Rd.
• Great Adorian – Vanak – Under Construction
• Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh-ye Gabrha) <small>()</small> – Located on Moshirieh Rd. <small>()</small> behind 7th unit of Tehran Cement Plant. It is circular in shape.
• Qasr-e-Firuzeh <small>()</small> Zoroastrian Cemetery – 1935

Baha'i house of worship

• Hazirat ol-Qods (changed to a cultural center) <small>()</small> – Hafez Ave.
• Proposed House of Worship

Churches

Eastern Christian churches

Armenian Apostolic

• St. Sarkis Cathedral (Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար) and Prelacy – KarimKhan Blvd. <small>()</small> – 1970
• Saint George Church (Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի) <small>()</small> – Shahpur Ave. <small>()</small> – 1795
• Sts. Thaddeus-Bartholomew Church (Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս եկեղեցի) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1768
• Saint Minas Church (Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի) <small>()</small> – Vanak – 1854
• Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Ô±Õ½Õ¿Õ¾Õ¡Õ®Õ¡Õ®Õ«Õ¶ եկեղեցի) – Qavam St. <small>()</small> – 1945
• Holy Translators Church (Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց եկեղեցի) <small>()</small> – Vahidieh – 1868
• Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) <small>()</small> – Majidieh <small>()</small> – 1982
• Saint Vardan Church (Սրբոց Վարդանանց եկեղեցի) – Heshmatieh – 1986
• Saint John Chapel (Սուրբ Յովհաննէս մատուռ) – Doulab Armenian Cemetery – 1936
• Saint Stephen Chapel (Սուրբ Ստեփանոս մատուռ) <small>()</small> – Nor Burastan Armenian Cemetery – 1974
• Holy Cross Chapel (Սուրբ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹ մատուռ) – Ararat Stadium – 1987

Assyrian Church of the East

• Saint George Church (Mar Gevargiz) – Bagh-e-Shah <small>()</small> – 1962
• Holy Mary Church (Mart Maryam) – Sarbaz St. – 1978

Eastern Orthodox churches

• Holy Mary Greek Orthodox Church – Roosevelt St. – 1941
• St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church – Roosevelt St. – 1945
• Russian Orthodox Chapel – Doulab Russian Cemetery

Catholic churches

Armenian Catholic

• Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) – Ghazali St. – 1954
• Saint Joseph Church (Սուրբ Յովսէփ եկեղեցի) – Mirdamad Blvd. – 1963
• Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Ô±Õ½Õ¿Õ¾Õ¡Õ®Õ¡Õ®Õ«Õ¶ եկեղեցի) – Yusefabad
• Armenian Catholic Chapel – Doulab Armenian Catholic Cemetery – 1946

Chaldean Catholic

• Saint Joseph Cathedral (Mar Yozef) – Forsat St. – 1950
• Holy Virgin Church – Appadana St.
• Chaldean Catholic Chapel – Eslamshahr Catholic Cemetery – 1967

Roman Catholic

• Holy Heart of Christ Roman Catholic Church – Old Shemiran Road <small>()</small> – 1920
• Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Consolata – France St. <small>()</small> – 1937
• St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church (Lazarists) – Manouchehri St. – 1945
• Saint Abraham's Church (Dominican) – Jamalzadeh St. <small>()</small> – 1966

Protestant churches

Evangelical Church

• St. Peter Evangelical Church (American) <small>()</small> – Qavam St. <small>()</small> – 1873
• Emmanuel Protestant Church – Tavanir St. – 1972
• Saint John (Սուրբ Յովհաննէս եկեղեցի) Armenian Protestant Church – Nader Shah Ave. – 1964
• St. Thomas (Mar Toma) Assyrian Evangelical Church <small>()</small> – Amirabad – 1967
• Christuskirche (Christ Church) German Evangelical Church – Yakhchal St. – 1963

Anglican

• St. Paul Anglican Church <small>()</small> – Hafez St. <small>()</small> – 1967

Assemblies of God

• Assemblies of God Church – Takht-e-Jamshid Ave. <small>()</small> – 1971

Evangelical Brotherhood

• Armenian Evangelical Brotherhood Church – Aban St. – 1970
• Assyrian Brotherhood Church – ShahrAra St.

Seventh-Day Adventist

• Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Rasht St. – 1955

Synagogues

• AbdullahZadeh Synagogue
• Abrishami Synagogue – Kakh St. <small>()</small> – 1965
• AzizKhan Synagogue – Hafez Ave. <small>()</small> – 1920s
• Bagh-e Saba Synagogue <small>()</small> – Bagh-e Saba <small>()</small> – 1951
• Daniel (Polish) Synagogue – Qavam St. <small>()</small> – 1960
• Darvazeh Dowlat Synagogue – Darvazeh Dowlat <small>()</small>
• Ettefagh Synagogue (Iraqi) – Shahreza Ave. – 1947
• Ettehad Synagogue – Jaleh St. <small>()</small>
• Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
• Gorgan Synagogue – Gorgan St.
• Fakhrabad Synagogue – Fakhrabad
• Haim Synagogue – Qavam St. – 1913
• Hakim Asher Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
• Harambam Synagogue
• Khorasaniha Synagogue – Zartosht St. – 1975
• Kohan Synagogue
• Kurosh Synagogue
• Levian Synagogue
• Ma'ariv Synagogue
• Molla Hanina Synagogue – Cyrus Ave. – 19th century
• Nosrat Synagogue
• Pesian Synagogue <small>()</small> – Zaferanieh – 1970
• Pol-e-Choobi Synagogue – Pol-e Choobi <small>()</small>
• RafeeNia Synagogue
• Rah-e Danesh Synagogue – Yusefabad – 1966
• Gisha Synagogue – Gisha
• Tafian (Hakim) Synagogue
• Yusefabad Synagogue (Suket Shalim) – Yusefabad – 1966
• Zargarian Synagogue – Amirabad

Gurdwaras

• Tehran Sikh gurdwara – Baharestan Sq.

Other religious centers

• Ebn-e Babveyh Mausoleum and cemetery and Tughril Bey's Mausoleum – Rey
• Javan-Mard Qassab Mausoleum – mausoleum of a pre-Islamic semi-mythical hero – Rey
• Seyedeh Malek Khatoun Mausoleum – Khavaran Rd.
• Pir-e Ata Mausoleum <small>()</small> – Pamenar
• Sar-e Qabr-e Aqa Mausoleum <small>()</small> – Mowlavi St.
• Sheikh Abdollah Tarashti Mausoleum <small>()</small> – Tarasht
• Sheikh Hadi Najmabadi Mausoleum <small>()</small> – Naderi Ave.
• Dozens of Saqa Khanehs <small>()</small>: traditional places of prayer.
• Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
• Safi-Ali Shahi khanqah <small>()</small> – Baharestan Sq. – 1877–98 (1294–1316 AH)
• Nematollahi (Amir-Soleimani) Hosseinieh and khanqah – Sangelaj – 1863 (1280 AH)
• Zahir-od-Dowleh khanqah and cemetery – Tajrish – 1924, where many Iranian giants of art and culture such as Iraj Mirza, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Forough Farrokhzad, Abolhasan Saba, Ruhollah Khaleghi, and Darvish Khan are buried.
• Tehran War Cemetery – Qolhak, British Embassy Garden, where numerous World War II western Allied soldiers are buried.
• Polish Cemetery (Catholic Cemetery) – Doulab
• Doulab Cemetery with the Russian Unknown Soldier's Tomb (Cenotaph) is located here with a red star over it.
• Naghareh Khaneh Tower <small>()</small> – Rey

See also

• List of Armenian churches in Iran
• List of synagogues in Iran
• List of cemeteries in Iran
• Religion in Iran

References