This is a list of religious centers in Tehran, Iran.
Shrines and imamzadehs
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine, Imamzadeh Hamzeh (fa) and Reza Shah's Mausoleum (demolished) – Rey Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine – Rey Imamzadeh Abdollah shrine and cemetery – Rey Imamzadeh Yahya (fa) – Owdelajan Imamzadeh Seyed Nasreddin (fa) – Khayyam St. Imamzadeh Seyed Esmail (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar Imamzadeh Zeid (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar Imamzadeh Seyed Vali (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar Imamzadeh Seyed Eshaq (fa) – Naser Khosrow St. Imamzadeh Qassem (fa) – Tajrish Imamzadeh Saleh – Tajrish Imamzadeh Esmail – Zargandeh (fa) Imamzadeh Esmail (fa) – Chizar (fa) Imamzadeh Ali-Akbar (fa) – Chizar Imamzadeh Hassan (fa) – Qazvin Rd. Imamzadeh Masoum (fa) – Qazvin Rd. Imamzadeh Qazi al-Saber (fa) – Vanak Imamzadeh Mohammad-Vali (fa) – Darakeh Imamzadeh Saleh (fa) – Farahzad Imamzadeh Panj-Tan (fa) – Lavizan Imamzadeh Esmail (fa) – Lavasan Imamzadeh Hadi – Rey Imamzadeh Abolhassan (fa) – Rey Imamzadeh Bibi Zobeideh (fa) – Rey Imamzadeh Zeid (fa) – Vasafnard Imamzadeh Davood – Imamzadeh Davood
Mosques and madrasehs
Old Jame Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1662 (1072 AH) Mohammadieh Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 18th century Haj Rajab-Ali Mosque (fa) – Buzarjomehri St. – 1800 (1215 AH) Shah Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1810–1825 (1225–1240 AH) Khan-e Marvi Madraseh (fa) – Marvi St. – 1816 (1231 AH) Haj Seyed Azizollah Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century Malek Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century Aqa Mahmoud Mosque (fa) – 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 (fa) – Emamzadeh Yahya – Mid-19th century Sheikh Abdolhussein Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Pachenar – 1854 (1270 AH) Old Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – 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 (fa) – Khayyam Ave. – 1867 (1284 AH) Haj Qanbar-Ali Khan Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Cyrus Ave. – 1871 (1288 AH) Khazen ol-Molk Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1876 (1293 AH) Pamenar/Agha Bahram Mosque (fa) – Pamenar St. (fa) – 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 (fa) – 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 (fa) – Naser Khosrow St. – 19th century Mirza Mousa Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century Philsuf od-Dowleh Madraseh (fa) – 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 (fa) – Iran St. – 1899 (1317 AH) Moshir os-Saltaneh Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Mowlavi Ave. – 1900 (1318 AH) Hemmatabad Mosque – Sepah Ave. – 1906 (1324 AH) Qandi Mosque (fa) – 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 (fa) – Shahbaz Ave. – Early 20th century Firouzabadi Mosque (fa) – Rey – Early 20th century Lorzadeh Mosque – 1940s Fakhr-od-dowleh Mosque – Fakhrabad – 1945 Sajjad Mosque (fa) – Fakhr-e Razi St. – 1947 Arg Mosque (ru) – Arg Square – 1949 Qoba Mosque – Old Shemiran Rd. – 20th century Abouzar Mosque (fa) – Fallah – 20th century Mojtahedi Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1956 Tehran University Mosque (fa) – Tehran University – 1966 Al-Javad Mosque – 20th century Khomeini Madraseh (fa) – Ozgol – 2003 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran
Hosseiniehs and tekyeh
Takyeh Dowlat – Golestan Palace (demolished) Tajrish Tekyeh (fa) – Tajrish Aqa Seyed Hashem (fa) – Naderi Ave. Dezashib Hosseineh (fa) – Dezashib (fa) Niavaran Tekyeh (fa) – Niavaran Nafarabad Tekyeh (fa) – 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 (fa) – Karaj Rd. Great Adorian – Vanak – Under Construction Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh-ye Gabrha) (fa) – Located on Moshirieh Rd. (fa) behind 7th unit of Tehran Cement Plant. It is circular in shape. Qasr-e-Firuzeh (fa) Zoroastrian Cemetery – 1935
Baha'i house of worship
Hazirat ol-Qods (changed to a cultural center) (fa) – Hafez Ave. Proposed House of Worship
Churches
Eastern Christian churches Armenian Apostolic St. Sarkis Cathedral (Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար) and Prelacy – KarimKhan Blvd. (fa) – 1970 Saint George Church (Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Shahpur Ave. (fa) – 1795 Sts. Thaddeus-Bartholomew Church (Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս եկեղեցի) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1768 Saint Minas Church (Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի) (hy) – Vanak – 1854 Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) – Qavam St. (fa) – 1945 Holy Translators Church (Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց եկեղեցի) (hy) – Vahidieh – 1868 Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Majidieh (fa) – 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) (hy) – Nor Burastan Armenian Cemetery – 1974 Holy Cross Chapel (Սուրբ Խաչ մատուռ) – Ararat Stadium – 1987
Assyrian Church of the East Saint George Church (Mar Gevargiz) – Bagh-e-Shah (fa) – 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 Աստվածածին 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 (fa) – 1920 Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Consolata – France St. (fa) – 1937 St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church (Lazarists) – Manouchehri St. – 1945 Saint Abraham's Church (Dominican) – Jamalzadeh St. (fa) – 1966
Protestant churches
Evangelical Church St. Peter Evangelical Church (American) (fa) – Qavam St. (fa) – 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 (fa) – Amirabad – 1967 Christuskirche (Christ Church) German Evangelical Church – Yakhchal St. – 1963
Anglican St. Paul Anglican Church (fa) – Hafez St. (fa) – 1967
Assemblies of God Assemblies of God Church – Takht-e-Jamshid Ave. (fa) – 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. (fa) – 1965 AzizKhan Synagogue – Hafez Ave. (fa) – 1920s Bagh-e Saba Synagogue (fa) – Bagh-e Saba (fa) – 1951 Daniel (Polish) Synagogue – Qavam St. (fa) – 1960 Darvazeh Dowlat Synagogue – Darvazeh Dowlat (fa) Ettefagh Synagogue (Iraqi) – Shahreza Ave. – 1947 Ettehad Synagogue – Jaleh St. (fa) 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 (fa) – Zaferanieh – 1970 Pol-e-Choobi Synagogue – Pol-e Choobi (fa) Rafi'-Nia 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 (fa) – Pamenar Sar-e Qabr-e Aqa Mausoleum (fa) – Mowlavi St. Sheikh Abdollah Tarashti Mausoleum (fa) – Tarasht Sheikh Hadi Najmabadi Mausoleum (fa) – Naderi Ave. Dozens of Saqa Khanehs (fa): traditional places of prayer. Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini Safi-Ali Shahi khanqah (fa) – 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 (fa) – Rey
See also List of Armenian churches in Iran List of synagogues in Iran List of cemeteries in Iran Religion in Iran
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