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Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's.
  • Iranian women in traditional Chador buy flowers at the entrance af Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • An Iranian woman in Chador reads prayers from the Kuran at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • An Iranian family prays near the grave of a loved one Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • Iranian flags and a picture of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini near the graves of martyrs from the Iran-Iraq war in the early eighties at Behesht-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • An old Iranian woman in traditional Chador prayes near the grave of one of her sons. Both af her sons died in the Iran-Iraq war in the early eighties at Behesht-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • An Iranian family in traditional Islamic clothing prays near the grave of a loved one Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A young Iranian woman in traditional Chador prayes near the grave of a loved one, a martyr from the Iran-Iraq war in the early eighties..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A picture on a grave at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A picture on a martyr, a soldier who died during the Iran-Iraq war at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A man prayes near a grave of a martyr, a soldier who died during the Iran-Iraq war at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A woman prays near a grave of a martyr, a soldier who died during the Iran-Iraq war at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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  • A picture on a grave at Behest-e Zahra..Behesht-e Zahra (Paradise of Zahra) is the name of the largest cemetery of Iran. It is located near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran. Many of the martyred soldiers of the Iran-Iraq War are buried there. Traditionally, every Thursday family members visit the graves of their loved one's..April 05 2007.Credit: © Guido Van Damme/ 2007 By photographer Guido Van Damme
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