Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh, sister of Imam Reza, 789-816AD, Qom, Iran. The city is one of the holy cities for Shi'ite Muslims, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatima Masoumeh, sister of Imam Reza (789-816AD).
For many years, Qom was the home of Ayatollah Khomeini who led Iran from Qom for a while after the Islamic revolution in 1979 before permanently leaving for Tehran.
The city is home to Iran's largest seminary, competing only with Najaf in Iraq.
Yet the city is also home to a few academic universities as well, such as Qom University of Sheikh Mofid [1] (http://www.mofidu.ac.ir/),
Islamic Azad University of Qom [2] (http://www.qom-iau.ac.ir/), and The
University of Qom [3] (http://www.qom.ac.ir).
Near Qom at 34°39' N and 50°54' E there is a rocket launch site of the army of Iran.
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