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Jahrom is a city and capital of Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 114,208, in 25,946 families.
Greater Tehran is the urban agglomeration around Tehran that covers central part of Tehran Province and eastern part of Alborz Province. that covers the contiguous cities of Tehran, Ray, Shemiranat, and other areas.
Jahrom County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Jahrom. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 197,331, in 48,335 families. The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District, Khafr District, Simakan District, and Kordian District. The county has five cities: Jahrom, Bab Anar, Khavaran, Duzeh, and Qotbabad.
Khavaran cemetery is an irregular unmarked cemetery located in southeast Tehran. The graves in the cemetery do not have any marking on them. The Islamic Republic of Iran does not allow the families of the dead to mourn in the cemetery and the identity of those who were buried in the cemetery is unknown to their relatives.
Khavaran initially was a traditional burial ground for religious minorities, "on the grounds that they were apostates and must not contaminate the resting place of Muslims." During the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the government used Khavaran as the site of unmarked mass graves for those killed. The portion of the cemetery in which the political prisoners are buried is colloquially known as lanatabad (لعنتآباد), place of the damned.
Tehran Bus Rapid Transit was officially inaugurated in 2008 in order to facilitate the motor traffic in Tehran. As at 2011 the bus rapid transit (BRT) system had a network of 100 kilometers which transports 1.8 million passengers on a daily basis.
The Mourning Mothers are a group of Iranian women whose spouses or children were killed by government agents in the protests following the disputed Iranian presidential election of 2009. The group also includes relatives of victims of earlier human rights abuses, including mass executions during the 1980s. The principal demand of the Mourning Mothers is government accountability for the deaths, arrests, and disappearances of their children. The mothers meet on Saturdays in Laleh Park in Tehran, and are often chased by the police and arrested.
Khavaran is a city and capital of Khafr District, in Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,137, in 1,303 families.
Khafr District is a district (bakhsh) in Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 42,199, in 10,550 families. The District has two cities: Khavaran and Bab Anar. The District has five rural districts (dehestan): Aliabad Rural District, Gel Berenji Rural District, Khafr Rural District, Rahgan Rural District, and Sefidar Rural District.
Qiamdasht is a village in khavaran Rural District, in the Central District of Rey County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 40,396, in 9,781 families.
Mothers of Khavaran is an organization in Iran devoted to seeking justice for the victims of mass executions carried out by authorities of the Islamic Republic starting around 1981 and peaking during the 1988 summary mass executions of political prisoners in Iranian prisons. The organization comprises mothers and other family members of victims. Despite pressure by state authorities to remain silent, the Mothers of Khavaran have worked for over thirty years to seek justice and accountability for their loved ones.
Khavaran is an under-construction residential borough situated in the city of Tabriz and in the jurisdiction of the District 9 Submunicipality. The borough will be considered the most modern Iranian residential borough.
Effat Moridi مادر معینی was born during the spring of 1929 in a cultured family living in Khorramabad. She was one of the few girls in her area who were well educated. At the age of 14 she married Hojjatollah Moeini Chaghravan, a well-read young man. Together they had ten children, two of whom died at a young age.
Parvaneh Milani was a self-educated Iranian poet, author, translator, Human Rights activist, a member of the Writers Association of Iran and a recipient of Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.
Majid Salek Mohammadi was an Iranian serial killer, who killed 24 people between 1981 and 1985.
