Qom: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Qom or Qum (قم in Persian) is a city in Iran. It is the center of the Qom province, with a population of 780,000.

The city is one of the holy cities for Shi'ite Muslims, as it is the site of the tomb of Fatima, sister of Imam Reza.

Qom was the home for many years of the Ayatollah Khomeini who led Iran from Qom for a while after the 1979 revolution.