Cyrus The Great

Cyrus The Great

male
Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. As...
Amir Taheri

Amir Taheri

male
Amir Taheri is an Iranian-born journalist and author based in Europe. His writings focus on the Middle East affairs and topics related to Islamist...
Reza Shah

Reza Shah

male, deceased (1944)
Reza Shah, also "Reza Pahlavi", (March 16, 1878 – July 26, 1944), was Shah of Iran from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the An...
Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi

female, 40 years old
Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی is a contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator and children's book author.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani

male, 79 years old
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني, Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی;. Born approximately August...
Haleh Esfandiari

Haleh Esfandiari

female, 69 years old
Haleh Esfandiari is director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where she had earlier been a...
Ali Karimi

Ali Karimi

male, 31 years old
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki (born on November 8, 1978 in Karaj, Iran) is an Iranian football player. He was the Asian Player of the Year in 2004....
Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

male, 69 years old
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami...

Gholam-Hossein Elham

male
Gholam-Hossein Elham, Ph.D, is Iran's official government spokesperson. In addition, he is a member of the Guardian Council and became the Minister...
Akbar Ganji

Akbar Ganji

male, 49 years old
Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist and writer. He was arrested on April 22, 2000 after he took part in a conference held in Berlin on April 7 and...