Najafabad is a city in and the capital of Najafabad County

Najafabad County

Najafabad County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Najafabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 279,014, in 73,711 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Mehrdasht District...

, Isfahan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 206,114, in 54,529 families. It is located west of Isfahan

Isfahan (city)

Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...

 and is increasingly becoming a part of Isfahan Metropolitan area.

Najafabad is the birthplace of Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri

Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri

Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri Najafabadi was a prominent Iranian scholar, Islamic theologian, Shiite Islamic democracy advocate, writer and human rights activist. He was one of the leaders of the Iranian Revolution in 1979...

, Mostafa Moeen

Mostafa Moeen

Mostafa Moeen, M.D. , is an Iranian politician and professor of Pediatrics, and an advisor to the former President Mohammad Khatami. He was a presidential candidate for the 2005 Iranian presidential election...

 and Moein

Moein

Nasrollah Moein known as Moein is an Iranian singer known for his love songs. Born in 1951 in Najaf Abad in Esfahan, he has played lots of concerts across the world...

. It is also the hometown of Iranian-American poet Dr. Mahnaz Badihian

Mahnaz Badihian

Mahnaz Badihian is an American-Iranian poet. She is most noted for her use of poetry to bridge the gap between western and eastern cultures. She worked as a dentist for many years in Iowa City and often attended the Iowa Writers Workshop...

The city serves as a trade center for agricultural products in the region, and is noted for its pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate , Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall.Native to the area of modern day Iran, the pomegranate has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as...

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One of the attractions of Najafabad is "Arg-e Sheykh Bahaie" that has recently been repaired.

The people of Najafabad mourned for the death of Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri on Sunday December 20 2009 and all shops were closed for the honor of his death.