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Pardis C. Sabeti – associate Professor at Harvard University
Pardis C. Sabeti (Persian: پردیس ثابتی) (born December 25, 1975)in Tehran, Iran she is an Iranian-American computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist, who developed a bioinformatic statistical method which identifies sections of the genome that have been subject to natural … Continue reading
Simin Behbahani – nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in literature
Simin Beh’bahāni (Persian: سیمین بهبهانی) (born 20 June 1927 in Tehran, Iran) is one of the most prominent figures of the modern Persian literature and one of the most outstanding amongst the contemporary Persian poets. She is Iran’s national poet … Continue reading
Dr. Mina J. Bissell – highly awarded biologist
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D., is an Iranian American biologist and a world-recognized leader in the area of the role of extracellular matrix (ECM) and microenvironment in regulation of tissue-specific function, with special emphasis on breast cancer. She was born in … Continue reading
Iranian-German photojournalist Kaveh Rostamkhani
Iranian-German photojournalist Kaveh Rostamkhani has won the gold medal of China’s photojournalism competitions for his project “The youth in Iran seeking identity.” About: Kaveh Rostamkhani is an independent Iranian-German photojournalist. He got into photography in 2005 and taught himself autodidactically … Continue reading
Lilygol Sedaghat active in child care programs around the world
Lilygol Sedaghat, a political economy major at the University of California, Berkeley, is a recipient of a 2013 The HAND Foundation scholarship from the Iranian-American Scholarship Fund (IASF). Sedaghat is an exemplary recipient who has volunteered countless hours in Costa … Continue reading
Afra Pourdad – Canadian Iranian photographer, shoots fashion photos in the streets of Tehran with Model Shabnam Molavi
Excerpt of an Interview with Afra Pordad: What do you hope you have changed in your public’s image of Iran? Would you say that, in your own way, you are pushing for change for Iran, and of our perception … Continue reading
Marjan Kalhor is a female Iranian Alpine skier
Originally posted on The other Iran:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjan_Kalhor “Marjan Kalhor (Persian: مرجان كلهر ; born 21 July 1988 in Tehran[1]) is an Iranian Alpine skier who became the first Iranian woman to participate in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Vancouver…
High-flyer: Iranian stunt woman Mahsa Ahmadi – with others awarded for stunts in the James Bond movie “Skyfall”
She fights, she drives cars at breakneck speed, she jumps out of planes and helicopters … these are just a few of the talents of Mahsa Ahmadi, the best stunt woman in Iran. She had already done a number of … Continue reading
Eight Iranian-Americans among recipients of the 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Sherry Bahrambeygui Dr. Kamiar Alae Iran Davar Ardalan Darioush Nasser Pejman Nozad Aria Mehrabi Ali Mojdehi Shaygan Kheradpir Iranian Americans being awarded the 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Dr. Kamiar Alaei – Director of Global Institute for Health and … Continue reading
Female Iranian motor sports stars
Originally posted on The other Iran:
“At 28, Laleh Seddigh is known for her stunning looks and legendary driving skills…A PhD student from Tehran, she has been nicknamed “a little Schumacher” after the German Formula One champion. She has now…
First Baluchi Sunni woman elected mayor in Iran
Originally posted on The other Iran:
It is a significant step which local experts believe that can inspire Baluchi women to work for more rights and break boundaries that have been created by both the state and society. … Samiyeh Balochzehi, 26, who…
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
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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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
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.
Marjane Satrapi: Iranian-born French cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children’s book author
Satrapi was born in Rasht and grew up in Tehran in a middle-class Iranian family.[3] Her well-to-do parents were highly educated members of an urbanized stratum of Iranian society. … Apart from her native language Persian, she speaks French, English, … Continue reading
Parastou Forouhar – Exhibition in London “Kiss me”
82 Great Portland Street, London W1 This is the third solo show in London for Parastou Forouhar, whose latest body of work, the Kiss Meseries of textile banners, is an exciting new chapter in her art. … In Forouhar’s series, … Continue reading
Rita, Iranian-born Israeli pop singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_%28Israeli_singer%29 “Rita Yahan-Farouz (English: Jahanforuz; Hebrew: ריטה יהאן-פרוז; ,Known Simply as Rita, b. March 24, 1962) is an Iranian-born Israeli pop singer and actress, notable for being one of Israel’s most famous female singers…In 2011, she also became popular in … Continue reading
Freema Agyeman, English actress of Iranian descent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freema_Agyeman “Freema Agyeman (/ˈfriːmə ˈɑːɡjəmən/; born Frema Agyeman on 20 March 1979) is an English television and film actress who is best known for playing Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and its spin-off series … Continue reading
Samira Makhmalbaf one of the world most famous female directors, and winner of multiple international movie awards
Originally posted on The other Iran:
Samira Makhmalbaf (Persian: سمیرا مخملباف, Samiraa Makhmalbaaf) (born February 15, 1980,[1] Tehran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira…
Bahar Soomekh, Hollywood actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahar_Soomekh “Bahar Soomekh (Persian: بهار سومخ, born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-born American actress and environmental activist. She is best known for her roles in the films Crash and Saw III.”
Iranian Artist Shirin Neshat receives a Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum
Noted for her work in the fields of gender, power and displacement, Shirin Neshat said: “My art has stemmed from a desire to bridge deeply personal issues together with critical social, political, historical issues that concern the world that I … Continue reading
Hana Makhmalbaf – Iran’s world famous female filmmaker
Originally posted on The other Iran:
Hana Makhmalbaf Hana Makhmalbaf (Persian: حنا مخملباف ) (born September 3, 1988 (age 25) in Tehran) is an Iranian filmmaker. She is the younger sister of filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf and daughter of filmmakers Mohsen…
Nasrin Sotoudeh – Sakharov prize winner and human rights lawyer
Nasrin Sotoudeh (also spelled Sotoodeh, Persian: نسرین ستوده) is a human rights lawyer in Iran. She has represented imprisoned Iranian opposition activists and politicians following the disputed June 2009 Iranian presidential elections as well as prisoners sentenced to death for … Continue reading
Shirin Ebadi – the first iranian woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize
Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the … Continue reading
Professor Parvaneh Vosough ‘Iran’s Mother Theresa’
Originally posted on The other Iran:
Professor Parvaneh Vosough was born in 1935 in Tafresh, central Iran. She received her MD in general medicine in 1963 in Tehran University of Medical Science. She completed her specialty and sub-specialty in Cambridge,…
Three Iranian-Americans among the 30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech
Three Iranian-American women (Soraya Darabi, Parisa Tabriz and Roxanne Varza), made it to the list of the most important women 30 years old or under in tech compiled by the Business Insider. Soraya Darabi founded Foodspotting, a geo-local guide for … Continue reading
Anousheh Ansari – first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station
Anousheh Ansari (Persian: انوشه انصاری; née Raissyan;[4] born September 12, 1966, in Mashhad, Iran) is an engineer and the Iranian-American co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize. On … Continue reading
Remarkable people with Iranian roots 