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Qom
City in Qom province, Iran

Qom

Qom is the capital of Qom province, Iran.

Plan a trip to Qom→From Tehran

It is also the capital of Qom County and its Central District. It is the seventh largest metropolis and the seventh largest city in Iran. The city is 140 km (87 mi) to the south of Tehran, on the banks of the Qom River. Qom is a holy city in Shia Islam, as it is the site of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was the granddaughter of Ja'far al-Sadiq, the daughter of Musa al-Kazim, the sister of Ali al-Rida, and the aunt of Muhammad al-Jawad, the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth of the Twelve Imams. The city is the world's largest center for Shia Islamic scholarship and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around 20 million pilgrims visiting every year. Qom's economy is heavily dependent on pilgrimage, and the city is the most conservative in Iran.

Get in

Getting to Qom

The nearest and most easily accessible international airport is Tehran's

  1. 01
    Imam Khomeini International Airport
  2. 02
    Mehrabad International Airport
  3. 03
    Qom International Airport
  4. 04
    Qom
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Jamkarân Mosque
  2. 02
    Shrine of Fatima-al-Massumeh

    The Holy Shrine is the burial place of "Fatema È Massumeh".

  3. 03
    Feyze

    A place where devout Muslims gather to meet and hear speeches from the religious leaders.

  4. 04
    Religion University
  5. 05
    Jameh Mosque of Qom

    Qom Handicraft Museum (Handicrafts And Traditional Arts Museum Of Qom), 19 Dey(Baajak) street, Alley #11, Number 15,.

  6. 06
    Dokhtar Castle

    Ruins of a Sasanian era castle.

Eat

Where to eat

There are lots of places to eat in Qom which range from old-style Persian restaurants to international restaurants. Persian restaurants offer a more authentic cultural atmosphere than international restaurants. Most of the restaurants with good quality of food and environmental conditions are in Mohamad Amin Blv. which is recognizable by its tall compact trees.

How locals move

Getting around Qom the local way

  • Get inHiring a private chauffeur with a car or minibus is also possible and could be a less stressful alternative.

From Wikivoyage: Qom, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Amir Pashaei (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.