Archive · 6 Sep 2025
Iran Converts Mass Grave to Parking Lot, Satellite Images
Iran is building a parking lot on top of Lot 41, a burial site at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
This site contains the remains of those executed following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Satellite images show construction in progress.
The government says the parking lot is needed, but human rights groups and some legal experts are concerned.
They feel the move is an attempt to erase evidence of past crimes and also violates regulations about cemetery land reuse.
Iran is converting a mass grave from the 1979 revolution into a parking lot.
Satellite images show construction at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
Officials confirmed the project, citing a need for parking.
Human rights experts condemn the decision.
The move may violate regulations regarding cemetery land reuse.
- Who
- Iranian officials
- What
- Are converting a mass grave into a parking lot.
- When
- Ongoing
- Where
- Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran
- Why
- To create a parking lot.
Human Rights Advocates
Iranian Government
Treatment of the deceased
Human Rights Advocates
Condemns the decision as immoral and an attempt to erase evidence of past crimes.
Iranian Government
Justifies the project as necessary for parking.
Legality and Regulations
Human Rights Advocates
Argues the decision is illegal and violates regulations.
Iranian Government
Implied approval to proceed.
- Location
- Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran, Iran
- Event
- Conversion of mass grave into a parking lot
- Burial Site
- Lot 41
- Estimated Victims
- 5,000 to 7,000
- Date of Revolution
- 1979
- Cemetery Opened
- 1970