Imam Khomeini Mosque

Tehran


Still popularly known as the Shah Mosque, this handsome early-18th-century complex is looking all the better for recent interior restoration. One of the city's largest and busiest mosques, it is surrounded by the Grand Bazaar: there are various entrances, but the main one is off Panzdah-e Khordad St, which takes you directly into the large courtyard with large central pool for the faithful to make their before-prayer ablutions.

Transportation

  • metro: Panzdah-e Khordad

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tehran attractions

1. Grand Bazaar

0.13 MILES

The maze of bustling alleys and the bazaris (shopkeepers) that fill them make this a fascinating, if somewhat daunting, place to explore. Despite being…

2. Imamzadeh Zeid

0.13 MILES

Weave your way through the bazaar to find this ornately decorated shrine to a descendant of the prophet.

3. Golestan Palace

0.27 MILES

The glories and excesses of the Qajar rulers are played out across this complex of grand buildings decorated with beautifully painted tiles and set around…

4. Dar ul-Funun

0.53 MILES

Established in 1851, this was Iran's first modern university and parts of it have recently been handsomely restored with the aim of making it into a…

5. Imam Khomeini Sq

0.65 MILES

Ringed by perpetually seething traffic, Imam Khomeini Sq is not a place to linger. Little of the grandeur of the Qajar era remains here, although there is…

6. Tejarat Bank

0.66 MILES

The late 19th-century building housing the first public bank in Iran sits at the east end of Imam Khomeini Sq. At the time of writing the brick building…

7. Park-e Shahr

0.68 MILES

If you’re staying in southern Tehran and need a break from the traffic, head straight for this pleasant, leafy park where you can take a boat trip on the…

8. Portal of Bagh-e Meli

0.74 MILES

The decorative gateway to the National Garden complex of museums and government buildings, dates from 1906 and was renovated in 1922 by the Minister of…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "iran/tehran/attractions/imam-khomeini-mosque/a/poi-sig/414218/361025",
      "destination": "Tehran",
      "continent": "Middle-East",
      "country": "Iran",
      "city": "Tehran",
      "position": "superzone"
    }