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Behrouz Vossoughi popular Iranian actor from West Azarbaijan
Behrouz Vossoughi (Persian: بهروز وثوقی, born as Khalil Vossoughi 10 March 1938 in Khoy, West Azarbaijan, Iran) is an Iranian actor. He started acting in films with Samuel Khachikian‘s Toofan dar shahr-e ma. He became a major star as the … Continue reading
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Faegheh Atashin aka Googoosh awarded and very popular Iranian singer and actress
Faegheh Atashin born on 5 May 1950 in Tehran / Iran also known by her stage name Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actress. She is known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but also starred in a variety … Continue reading
Morteza Hannaneh awarded Iranian composer
Morteza Hannaneh (Persian: مرتضی حنانه) (March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was a well-known Persian (Iranian) composer. Hannaneh studied composition in Italy and established Farabi Orchestra in Radio Tehran in 1963s. He won the first prize of “Tribune international … Continue reading
André Hossein, born Aminoullah Husseinov Iranian composer of Neo-Romantic music and tar soloist
André Hossein, born Aminoullah Husseinov was an Iranian composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist residing in France. While in Germany he attended a music academy in Stuttgart and the Berlin Conservatory from 1934 to 1937. Works : In … Continue reading
Heshmat Sanjari conductor of Tehran Conservatory Students Orchestra
conducting Tehran Symphony Orchestra with Yehudi Menuhin 1967 Heshmat Sanjari (1918 – January 4, 1995) (Persian: حشمت سنجري) was a well-known Persian (Iranian) conductor and composer.studied violin at the Tehran Conservatory of Music under Serge Khotsief and Conducting at the … Continue reading
Ali (Alexander) Rahbari Iranian composer and conductor
Ali (Alexander) Rahbari (Persian: علی رهبری) is an Iranian (Persian) composer and conductor, who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Born in Tehran in 1948, Rahbari studied violin and composition at the Persian National … Continue reading
Mehdi Saeedi, young Iranian artist and winnner of multiple international awards
Mehdi Saeedi, (Persian: مهدی سعیدی was born in Tehran), Iran in 1998 . He has participated in numerous domestic and international exhibitions, biennials and triennials around the world and has won several important prizes both locally and internationally among which … Continue reading
Shirin Guild – British Iranian fashion designer
Shirin Guild (born 1946) is a contemporary British Iranian fashion designer. Her label was established in London, in 1991. Shirin Guild was born in 1946 and grew up in Iran. Prior to the 1978 revolution she moved to Los Angeles … Continue reading
Jafar Panahi – world famous and awarded Iranian director
Jafar Panahi (Persian: جعفر پناهی; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut, The White Balloon (1995). … Continue reading
Massoud Rostami, Hossein Mosallaei, and Davood Ansari – Iranian researchers at Northeastern University of Boston
*Three Iranian researchers offer mathematical model to simulate function of a bacterium Massoud Rostami, Hossein Mosallaei, and Davood Ansari are three Iranian researchers of Northeastern University of Boston, the United States, who have come up with a new way which … Continue reading
Parviz Tanavoli most “expensive” living Iranian sculptor and painter
Parviz Tanavoli (born 23 March 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1989. Tanavoli’s work has been auctioned around the world leading to overall sales of over $6.7 … Continue reading
Omid R. Kordestani was named one of Time’s “100 People who shape our world”
Omid R. Kordestani (Persian: امید کردستانی) is an Iranian-American businessman who works as senior advisor to the Office of the CEO and Founders at Google He graduated with an electrical engineering degree from San Jose State University.he entered Stanford … Continue reading
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Houmayoun Mahmoudi British/Iranian cartoonist, graphic artist and designer – winner of several international awards
Houmayoun Mahmoudi / Homayoun Mahmoudi (Persian: همایون محمودی ) born 1966 in Tehran, is a British/Iranian cartoonist, graphic artist and designer. He studied graphic design and art at the University of Tehran and graduated in animation from the Tarbiat Modares … Continue reading
Ali Mostaffa – Actor, Director and winner of multiple international awards
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Mosaffa was born in December 1, 1966 in Tehran, Iran He is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran where he showed an interest in acting. Mosaffa’s experience with directing began with…
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Ali Khademhosseini associate professor at Harvard awarded with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack Obama
Ali Khademhosseini (born October 30, 1975, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian American-Canadian academic and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. He has carried out research … Continue reading
Javad Alizadeh Iranian professional cartoonist best known for his caricatures of politicians with international awards
Javad Alizadeh was born on 9 January 1953 in Ardebil, northwestern Iran, and graduated BA in English translation.[4] Influence by his university degree, he considers writing and drawing cartoons as a tool that can translate sufferings, hardships and the mysteries … Continue reading
Abbas Edalat – professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College of London and founder of CASMII
Abbas Edalat (Persian: عباس عدالت) is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College of London and a political activist. He is also the founder of CASMII, a campaign against sanctions and military intervention in Iran. Edalat has … Continue reading
Dr. Siavash Mahdavi inventor and entrepreneur – His inventions are used in multiple fields : Orthopaedics, Aerospace, Formula one, …
Siavash Mahdavi was born in Tehran, Iran on 18 February 1980. is an inventor and entrepreneur living and based in London. His work in the fields of Engineering and Design have revolutionized many products and design paradigms. His work in … Continue reading
Navid Khonsari Iranian–Canadian video game, film and graphic novel writer, director and producer
Navid Khonsari (Persian: نوید خونساری) Born 1970 is an Iranian–Canadian video game, film and graphic novel writer, director and producer. He left for Canada after the 1979 Revolution with his family. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and … Continue reading
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Salar Kamangar – Senior executive at Google and former CEO of YouTube
Salar Kamangar (Persian: سالار کمانگر; born 1977 in Tehran) is a senior executive at Google and former CEO of Google’s YouTube brand. He was the 9th employee to join Google. He joined after graduating from Stanford in 1998. Kamangar created … Continue reading
She was born in Vienna, but she’s Iran’s first female conductor
She was born to Iranian parents and visited Iran frequently. “In my heart I feel quite Iranian,” she says. … Being brought up in an Iranian family meant that she was familiar with the language and culture, but that didn’t make … Continue reading
Christian Composer and Coductor Loris Tjeknavorian – one of the most celebrated cultural figures in Iran
Loris Tjeknavorian (also spelled Cheknavarian, Armenian: Լորիս Ճգնավորյան; Persian: لوریس چکناواریان, born 13 October 1937) is an Iranian Armenian composer and conductor. He is one of the most celebrated cultural figures in Armenia and Iran. … As a composer Tjeknavorian … Continue reading
Jazeh Tabatabai – Iranian avant-garde painter and sculptor who received over 10 major international awards for his work.
Jazeh Tabatabai (Persian: ژازه تباتبايي) (1931 – February 9, 2008) was an Iranian avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor. Tabatabai received over 10 major international awards for his paintings and sculptures. His works can be found in major collections and … Continue reading
Dr. Majid Sarvi designed a model for emergency evacuation of humans from large buildings and stadiums under emergency circumstances
*Iranian researcher presents a model to facilitate human traffic Inspired by nature and the natural life pattern of ants, Dr. Majid Sarvi, an associate professor at Australia’s Monash University, has produced a model for emergency evacuation of humans from large … Continue reading
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Farzad Safaei – Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Director of Centre for Emerging Networks and Applications at the University of Wollongong. Australia
*Generating electricity using power windows An Iranian researcher at University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, has come up with a new idea for the generation of electricity from solar power. According to the concept of “power windows,” Professor … Continue reading
Roozbeh Jafari – associate Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas and winner of the 2012 National Science Foundation CAREER award
Roozbeh Jafari, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, is currently doing a research on how to enable people to use their mind and thoughts in order to get an application running, choose a … Continue reading
Bahram Alivandi – Iranian-born Modern artist and winner of International Graphic Art in 1997 in Stockholm.
Bahram Alivandi (1928-21 May 2012) was an Iranian-born Modern artist living in Vienna, Austria.[1] He is known primarily for his paintings, which typically depict stories from Persian mythology and literature, and express oriental mysticis. He draws influence from Persian culture, … Continue reading
Farshid Mesghali highly awarded Iranian animator, graphic designer, illustrator, and writer.
Farshid Mesghali an Iranian animator, graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1974 for his “lasting contribution” as an children’s illustrator. Mesghali was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1943. Studying painting at Tehran … Continue reading
Mahmoud Farshchian – master of persian painting and minatures, awarded as outstanding intelectual of 21st century in cambridge and winner of the golden palm of europe
Mahmoud Farshchian (Persian,born January 24, 1930) is a master of Persian painting and miniatures. He was born in the city of Isfahan in Iran, a place famed for its art and artists, and it was here where he started … Continue reading
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian – Iranian artist
Monir Farmanfarmaian, born 1924 in Qazvin, Iran, is a contemporary Iranian artist who lives in Tehran and a collector of traditional folk art. Her artistic practice weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques of her Iranian heritage with the … Continue reading
Remarkable people with Iranian roots 