Khavaran cemetery

Khavaran cemetery

Khavaran cemetery is a cemetery located in South East of Tehran. It was used mainly as a graveyard for the religious minorities such as Hindus, Christians, and recently Bahá'ís. However it was used as a mass grave site containing thousands of corpses from the 1988 executions of Iranian prisoners by the government of Iran. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2005/09/050902_mf_cemetery.shtml BBCPersian.com report] Retrieved on 28-1-2007.]

Trivia

Islamic Republic supporters call this cemetery "لعنت‌آباد" (lanat-abad, the damned place)Fact|date=April 2007.

References

ee also

* 1988 executions of Iranian prisoners


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