- Pishva is also one of the islands in the Urmia Lake in Iran.
Pishva is a city in the Tehran Province of Iran. It is situated in the south-east of this province and has c. 27.000 inhabitants. The older names of the city were Samenat and later Emamzadeh-Ja'far. People of Pishva are Persian-speaking Shi'tes and are predominantly descendents of the original residents of the Tehran and Ray area. The Persian word Pishva means Imam and leader and refers to the mausoleum of Imam Ja'far, a descendent of Imam Musa al-Kazim, who is said to be buried there.