Imam Zadeh Jafar


This magnificent modern shrine is best experienced at night when the lighting is inspirational, both from the courtyard outside and from within the elaborately mirrored inner sanctum that houses the tomb. Women must wear chador (available at the entrance gate) and enter through the specified door.


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