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Dr. Shams-Kolahi – exceptional scientist known for his research in photovoltaic related technologies.
Wahid Shams-Kolahi (Persian: وحید شمس کلاهی) is a scientist and an electrical engineer who is known for his research in photovoltaic related technologies. Dr. Shams-Kolahi was born in Arak, Iran in 1965. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering … Continue reading
Majid Hassanizadeh professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University awarded with the von Humboldt price
Majid Hassanizadeh is a professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University, where he heads the Hydrogeology group at the Faculty of Geosciences.[1] He also is a senior advisor with the Soil and Groundwater Department of Deltares. Scientific Honors He was elected … Continue reading
Iranians participating in Earth Hour 2014 throughout Iran
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from … Continue reading
2014 Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival Winners Announced
About KAJART (1st place) Kajart is an animation production studio, based in Toronto, Canada, formed by four friends (Hajar Moradi, Kajeh Mehrizi, Taravat Khalili, Vahid Fazel), who discovered they share a similar taste of art. Kajart ended up creating some … Continue reading
Professor Hamid Jafarkhani, holder of the NSFs CAREER award
Hamid Jafarkhani (Persian: حمید جعفرخانی), born in 1966 in Tehran, is a Chancellor’s Professor in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Irvine‘s Henry Samueli School of Engineering. His research focuses on communications theory, particularly coding and … Continue reading
Firouz Michael Naderi awarded with NASA’s highest award – the Distinguished Service Medal
Firouz Michael Naderi (born in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian-American scientist and currently the Director for Solar System Exploration at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In this role Naderi oversees JPL’s robotic solar system missions in planning (such as a … Continue reading
Ramin Djawadi – Iranian-German composer of the title music of “Game of Thrones” and Grammy nominee
Ramin Djawadi (Persian: رامین جوادی; born July 19, 1974) is an Iranian-German composer of orchestral music for film and television. Djawadi may be best known for his Grammy-nominated, guitar-driven score for Iron Man and Pacific Rim and for the TV … Continue reading
Homayoon Kazerooni – highly awarded Iranian-American roboticist and professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
Homayoon Kazerooni (born in Kazerun, Iran) is an Iranian-American roboticist and professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley Dr. Kazerooni is the director of the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory and also the Co-founder and Chief … Continue reading
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Babak Hassibi Iranian-American Professor at Caltech, holder of multiple awards
Babak Hassibi (born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American electrical engineer who is the Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Electrical Engineering and head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He received the B.S. … Continue reading
Professor Reza Iravani
Reza Iravani (in Persian: رضا ایروانی) is a professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto.After obtaining his B.Sc degree in 1976 in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology … Continue reading
Female Pianist Dena Taherianfar awarded with the Bita Prize
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Stanford, California – In a ceremony held at Stanford University last Wednesday evening, March 12, 2014, global philanthropist and humanitarian Bita Daryabari awarded the First Annual Bita Prize for Young Persian Artists to acclaimed seventeen-year-old concert pianist Dena Taherianfar. About Dena Taherianfar Dena…
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Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان – ‘Ali Javān, Azerbaijani: ) Iranian American physicist and inventor at MIT ranked no. 12 in “Top 100 Living Geniuses”
Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان – ‘Ali Javān, Azerbaijani: ) is an Iranian American physicist and inventor at MIT. His main contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, … Continue reading
Professor Caro Lucas – renowned Armenian-Iranian scientist
Caro Lucas (Persian: کارو لوکس; Armenian: Կարո Լուկաս; September 4, 1949 – July 8, 2010) was a renowned Armenian-Iranian scientist. His many areas of contribution to Iranian scientific society include biological computing, computational intelligence, uncertain systems, intelligent control, fuzzy systems, … Continue reading
Nima Behnoud, the designer of the Nimany brand
Perhaps only a few people imagined that imprinting Persian alphabet letters or verses from Persian poets on articles of clothing would generate interest among young people. The various designs that Iranian born Nima Behnoud, the designer of the Nimany brand, … Continue reading
Haleh Afshar female Iranian professor at the University of York, England
Haleh Afshar, born 21 May 1944 in Tehran, Iran, is now a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is also a prominent Muslim feminist completing a PhD degree from the New Hall, Cambridge. She … Continue reading
Mohammed Ghanbari emeritus professor at the University of Essex
Mohammed Ghanbari (Persian: محمد قنبری) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering focused in the areas of Video Networking at the University of Essex.[1] He graduated from Aryamehr University of Technology in Tehran, Iran with a … Continue reading
Professor Kamran Eshraghian – inventor and recipent of multiple awards
Kamran Eshraghian (born 1945 in Tehran/Iran) is an electronic engineer notable for being a key early pioneer of VLSI in Australia. He is one of the fathers of CMOS VLSI design and his books have been influential on a par … Continue reading
Arash Ferdowsi – Dropbox co-founder
Pars Equality Center (PEC) and more than 800 guests celebrated its 4th Annual Nowruz Gala in honor of the Persian New Year at San Francisco’s Marriott Waterfront Burlingame Hotel. … A special highlight at this year’s gala was Uber investor and PEC advisory board member Shervin Pishevar (Sherpa Ventures) awarding … Continue reading
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Vartan Gregorian – former president of the Brown University and philanthropist
Vartan Gregorian (Armenian: Persian: وارتان گرگوریان, born April 8, 1934) is an Irani-born Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York After receiving his dual PhD in history and humanities from Stanford University in 1964, Gregorian … Continue reading
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Kamran Elahian – Philathropist and holder of the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
Kamran Elahian (born 1954) is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Global Catalyst Partners, an international, multistage, technology-oriented venture capital firm. GCP has invested in leading-edge technology companies in the U.S., China, Japan and Israel. Kamran serves on the boards of … Continue reading
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Iran Heritage Foundation’s Norouz Gala 2014 in London
Iran Heritage Foundation Invites you to celebrate The Persian New Year NOROUZ with its legendary hospitality on Saturday 22nd March 2014 at The Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN Featuring Rising Star Rana Mansour Biography: Rana Mansour has performed … Continue reading
Friday March 14th: Nowruz at the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles: “Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds”
From 3-6 pm the streets of Skid Row will be transformed into festive medley of traditional Iranian music, dance and a glittering haft sin commemorating the festival of spring. … Everyone’s efforts helped raise over $125,000 to aid the Midnight … Continue reading
Iranian composer Behzad Ranjbaran in Santa Rosa Symphony’s March 22, 23 and 24 concerts
Santa Rosa Symphony Music Director Bruno Ferrandis leads the orchestra in a world premiere by award-winning contemporary composer Behzad Ranjbaran on March 22, 23, and 24, 2014, in Weill Hall at Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center. Born in 1955 … Continue reading
Sormeh – Successful Austrian trio with two Iranian women in the European World Music Charts.
It certainly does not happen every day that Austrian bands hit the international charts. … This month the trio Sormeh have claimed the No.12 spot on the European World Music Charts. … Sormeh is a talented group of three musicians … Continue reading
In Memoriam of Dr. Akbar Ghahary: well known inventor and philanthropist
Dr. Ghahary received his master’s in mechanical design and engineering from Aria Mehr University in Iran and his Ph.D., in 1983, in thermoset plastics composition and design in affiliation with Lowell University of Massachusetts. He is well-known for his expertise … Continue reading
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Farzaneh Rezasoltani female cross-country skier
Originally posted on The other Iran:
Farzaneh Rezasoltani (born September 13, 1985[1][2]) is a cross-country skier competing for Iran.
Alenush Terian “Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy”
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“Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy”She was born in 1920 to an Armenian family in Tehran, Iran. After graduating in 1947 from the Science Department of the University of Tehran, she began her career in the physics laboratory…
Forough Abbasi female alpine skier
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Forough Abbasi (born September 15, 1993 in Shiraz, Iran[1]) is an alpine skier from Iran.
“I support a peaceful solution with Iran, I do not want another war.”
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Manuchehr Mohammadi honored by UNESCO for “outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film,”
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Iranian film The Painting Pool’s producer Manuchehr Mohammadi has been honored by UNESCO during a ceremony held in the capital city of Tehran. The Painting Pool won the UNESCO Award for “outstanding contribution to…
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Remarkable people with Iranian roots 