Commemoration ceremony at the cemetry in Doulab
03.11.2026
Members of diplomatic corps in Tehran commemorated Polish soldiers and civilians at the cemetery in Doulab as well as members of other European communities.
Event, organized by the Embassy of Poland in Tehran, was a of All Saint's Day celebration. The event started with the catholic prayer for the souls of the deceased held by H. Em. Cardinal Dominique Mathieu. After that participants visited several sectors of the Doulab cemetry where the graves of the members of European communities in Tehran are located.
The final point of the celebrations was the speech of the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Poland in Iran Marcin Wilczek in which he presented the history of Polish soldiers and civilains evacuated in 1942 from Soviet Union to Iran.
On All Saints’ day we remember those who stayed forever at the cemeteries in Tehran, Bandar Anzali, Meshed, Isfahan and Ahvaz.
Between March-September 1942 about 114 thousand Poles were evacuated from the Soviet Union to Iran. Beside soldiers of the Polish Army of general Anders, there were 25 thousand civilians including more than 13 thousand children. Due to hunger and epidemic diseases they suffered in Russia, many of them died in Iran. There are two Polish cemeteries, six Polish sections and several single Polish graves at different cemeteries in Iran - all together 2806 graves, including 650 military graves.
