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List Of Iranians
This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. Died in a famous helicopter crash. * Hassan Rouhani, former president of Iran (2013–2021) * Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran (2005–2013) * Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former politician * Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force * Ali Larijani, former Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, former Mayor of Tehran, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly * Ali Dizaei, senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police * Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist in the world, telecommunication entrepreneur and namesake of the Ansari X Prize * Bahar Soomekh, Iranian-American actor * Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company * Reza Pahlavi, son of the depos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a Ethnicities in Iran, multi-ethnic population of over 92 million in an area of , Iran ranks 17th globally in both List of countries and dependencies by area, geographic size and List of countries and dependencies by population, population. It is the List of Asian countries by area, sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's List of mountains in Iran, most mountainous countries. Officially an Islamic republic, Iran is divided into Regions of Iran, five regions with Provinces of Iran, 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's Capital city, capital, List of cities in Iran by province, largest city and financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namesake
A namesake is a person, place, or thing bearing the name of another. Most commonly, it refers to an individual who is purposely named after another (e.g. John F. Kennedy Jr would be the namesake of John F. Kennedy). In common parlance, it may mean vice-versa (i.e. referring to the entity for which the second entity is named); in such a case, however, the proper term would be "eponym." History The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake", which originates in English Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew idiom meaning "to protect one's reputation" or possibly "vouched for by one's reputation." Examples are in Psalm 23:3, "He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake" (King James Bible, 1604), or in the metrical version "e'en for His own name's sake" (Rous 1641, Scottish Psalter 1650, see The Lord's My Shepherd). Proper usage When ''namesake'' refers to something or someone who is named after someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadollah Kaboli Khansari
Yadollah Kaboli Khansari (born 1949) is a calligrapher from Khansar, Iran. He is a member of the board of The Trustees of the Society of Iranian Calligraphists and also holds a First Degree art Certificate. Published books *1982 Broken Script and How to read it *1986 Sense Qalam, A Guidebook on the Broken Script *1989 Mehrab Khial, a collection of choice works *1990 Kelk Sheidaei Crosswise style in Broken Script. *1990 Bagh Nazar collection of choice works Broken Script. *1992 Quatrains of Baba Taher *1994 Naghsh Shough, collection of choice works *1995 Monhanie Eshg (collection of choice works) *1997 Dowlat-e-Ghoran (collection National Exhibition) International exhibitions *1975 British Exhibition (London) *1984 Pakistan exhibition (Islamabad-Karachi- Lahour) *1988 International commemoration of Hales Shirazi, France, Paris. *1991-2 Iranology Exhibition at Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyyed Jafar Kashfi
Seyed Jafar Kashfi is an Iranian calligrapher and cultural worker, who lives in Qom in Iran. He was resident in Sweden for many years, where he worked as an imam, religious leader, and taught Islamic calligraphy. He was also instrumental in the publishing of translations of classical Persian poetry into Swedish. Jafar Kashfi is also an expert on the conservation of ancient and medieval monuments in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... In 2014, Ahlulbayt TV made a short documentary on Islamic Calligraphy featuring Seyed. He discussed its various forms and styles, the tools used, and provided demonstrations of its practise. References External links Example of Seyed Jafar Kashfi's calligraphy Iranian calligraphers Swedish imams Swedish translators Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Emad Hassani
Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani (), 1554 – August 15, 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher. He was born in Qazvin, Iran. It is believed that the Nastaʿlīq style reached its highest elegance in Mir Emad's works. These are considered amongst the finest specimens of Nastaʿlīq calligraphy and are kept in several museums in the world. Early life and education Mir Emad was born in Qazvin, where he had his early education. Mir Emad's family had librarian and accountant positions in Safavid court. He was trained in calligraphy at first by Isa Rangkar and then Malek Deylami. Mir Emad later on moved to Tabriz to study with Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi. Afterward, he traveled to Ottoman Turkey, Baghdad, Halab and Hijaz. He returned to Semnan and worked as a scribe in Shah Abbas's library and later on his court in the capital of Isfahan. Rivalry with Ali Reza Abbasi In Shah Abbas's court, Mir Emad was not the only calligrapher. Ali Reza A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abolhassan Etessami
Abolhassan E'tesami (1903–1978), was an Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist. Biography His father Mīrzā Ebrāhīm Khan Mostawfī Eʿteṣām-al-Molk (or Ebrahim E'tesami) was from Ashtian and the head of finance of the Iranian province of Azerbaijan. His brother Yussef E'tesami was the founder of the ''Bahar'' journal, and the father of the poet Parvin E'tesami. Abolhassan E'tesami was educated in Tehran at the Aghdasieh School, the American School, and the Kamal-ol-molk School of Fine Arts. Then he spent some years in Isfahan to learn architecture and decoration techniques, and later went to work at Tehran University. E'tesami produced a series of architecture projects, detailed maquettes of which were made by himself. On the Iranian Ministry of Fine Arts' request, the maquettes were sent to Brussels' 1958 Universal Exhibition, where Abolhassan E'tesami was awarded the gold medal in the individual presentation category. The maquettes were later bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gholam Hossein Amirkhani
Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is an Iranian calligrapher in Nastaliq style, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran. He is the chief of Iran calligraphers council, which established in 1950. He became a member of the Iran Calligraphers Association in 1965 and was named as the master of Iranian calligraphy in 1979. In 2014, he held his first solo exhibition in 15 years, showing his latest works in Tehran's Sareban Gallery. In 2017 he was awarded Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was .... References Iranian calligraphers Living people 1939 births People from Alborz province Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Visual Arts Recipients of the Legion of Honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Ronaghi
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (; born July 4, 1985) better known as Hossein Ronaghi () is an Iranian human rights activist and blogger. He spent a total of 6 years in prison since 2009 for his activities. In 2022, after his re-arrest he became one of the well-known faces of Mahsa Amini protests. Early life Hossein Ronaghi was born on 4 July 1985 in Malekan, East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan. He was a computer software engineering student at Arak, Iran, Arak Islamic Azad University, Azad University. Biography He was first imprisoned on 13 December 2009, for his activities in the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests. Before the 2009 presidential election of Iran, Ronaghi was blogging under the pseudonym of Babak Khorramdin. He was in charge of the anti-censorship committee ''Iran Proxy''. The committee would create a list of websites to pass filtering and send it to people via email. Ronaghi was re-arrested on 23 February 2022 after criticising the Cyberspace service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar Ganji
Akbar Ganji ( , born 31 January 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident", and a "wildly popular pro-democracy journalist" who has crossed press censorship "red lines" regularly. A supporter of the Islamic revolution as a youth, he became disenchanted in the mid-1990s and served time in Tehran's Evin Prison from 2001 to 2006, after publishing a series of stories on the murder of dissident authors known as the Chain Murders of Iran. While in prison, he issued a manifesto which established him as the first "prominent dissident, believing Muslim and former revolutionary" to call for a replacement of Iran's theocratic system with "a democracy". He has been described as "Iran's best-known political prisoner". Having been named honorary citizen of many European cities and awarded distinctions for his writing and civil, Ganji has won several international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." ''The Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary History'' describes it as "the most prestigious prize in the world." In accordance with Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. The prize award ceremony is held in Oslo City Hall si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi (; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive the award. She has lived in exile in London since 2009. Life and early career as a judge Ebadi was born in Hamadan into an educated Persian family. Her father, Mohammad Ali Ebadi, was the city's chief notary public and a professor of commercial law. Her mother, Minu Yamini, was a homemaker of Jewish descent. When she was an infant, her family moved to Tehran. Before earning a law degree from the University of Tehran Ebadi attended Anoshiravn Dadgar and Reza Shah Kabir schools. She was admitted to the law department of the University of Tehran in 1965 and 1969; upon graduation, she passed the qualification e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince Of Iran
Reza Pahlavi (; born 31 October 1960) is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran of the roughly 53-year old Pahlavi dynasty, and his third wife Farah Diba. He was officially named Pahlavi dynasty, Crown Prince of Pahlavi Iran, Iran in 1967 at the time of his father's coronation. Pahlavi is the founder and leader of the National Council of Iran, an exiled opposition group, participates in the Iranian democracy movement, and is a prominent critic of Iran's Government of Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic government. Early life and education Reza Pahlavi was born in Tehran as the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran and Farah Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Farahnaz Pahlavi, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), brother Ali Reza Pahlavi (born 1966), Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), and sister Leila Pahlavi, Princess Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), as well as a half-sister, Shahnaz Pahlavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
