Tehran War Cemetery | |
Established: | 1962 |
Country: | Iran |
Location: | Gholhak, Tehran |
Coordinates: | 35.7765°N 51.4387°W |
Type: | Military Cemetery |
Owner: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Size: | 20,000 m |
Graves: | 551 |
Findagraveid: | 2284581 |
Tehran War Cemetery (Persian: گورستان کمیسیون جنگهای مشترکالمنافع) is a war cemetery located in Gholhak Garden in the Iranian capital city of Tehran and located within the British Embassy residential compound[1] [2] and is where over 500 British and Commonwealth soldiers who perished in the First and Second World Wars are buried.[1] The site includes the Tehran Memorial, dedicated to those who have no known grave or whose grave is unmaintained.[2] [3] The cemetery is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The cemetery also has markers for those who died in Persia and Russia without graves.