Notable Alumni of Islamic Azad University, Shirvan [Sorted List]

1. Amirhossein Kermanshahi

1984-. (aged 42)

model actor

Amirhossein Kermanshahi is an Iranian actor and photo model. he played in the black intelligence series made by Masoud Abparvar for first time in 2009.

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2. Parviz Kazemi

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Parviz Kazemi is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Welfare and Social Security in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad proposed him to parliament in August 2005 but has resigned after one year.

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3. Saeid Shirini

1963-. (aged 63)

businessperson

Saeid Shirini or Saad Shirini is an Iranian businessman and the former team manager of Persepolis. After Mohammad Rouyanian becomes chairman of the Persepolis, Saad Shirini was appointed as one of his deputies. After the resignation of Mohammad Zadmehr as team manager of the club, he was appointed as his caretaker successor. Before the start of the new season, his...

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4. Farvartish Rezvaniyeh

1984-. (aged 42)

writer video journalist journalist humorist

Farvartish Rezvaniyeh is an Iranian satirist and video journalist.

5. Mehdi Bagheri

1980-. (aged 46)

composer

Mehdi Bagheri, (born 16 November 1980), is an Iranian kamancheh player and composer.

6. Komeil Bahmanpour

1978-. (aged 48)

businessperson

Komeil Bahmanpour is an Iranian entrepreneur, software architect and author. He is a co-founder and the president of Chortkeh.

7. Mohammad Jamshidi

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi, known more simple as Mohammad Jamshidi, is an Iranian professional basketball player who is playing for the Mahram Tehran in the Iranian Super League. A 6'6" swingman, he is also a member of the Iranian men's national basketball team.

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8. Maryam Faghihimani

1977-. (aged 49)

writer

Maryam Faghihimani is an Iranian researcher and activist, living in Norway and is the founder and President of the Centre for Cultural Diplomacy & Development (CCDD). She believes economic cooperation is the best way to promote peace in the "seemingly insuperable" Arab-Israeli conflict. The daughter of Sayed Kamal Faghih Imani, a leading Iranian ayatollah who holds a strong anti-Israeli perspective,...

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9. Mohsen Kouhkan

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Mohsen Kouhkan Rizi is an Iranian economist and principlist politician who represented Lenjan district in the Parliament of Iran from 2016 to 2020. He previously held the position from 1992 to 1996 and 2004 until 2008.

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10. Mitra Farahani

1975-. (aged 51)

film director screenwriter

Mitra Farahani is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris.

11. Sadegh Karamyar

1959-. (aged 67)

writer novelist film director screenwriter

Sadegh Karamyar is an Iranian writer, journalist, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for his novels, particularly Namira (Immortal) and Ghanimat (The Spoils). He is the screenwriter and director of such TV series as Yek Rooz Ghabl (The Day Before)

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12. Hosseinali Amiri

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Hossein-Ali Amiri is an Iranian jurist and conservative politician who currently serves as the governor general of Fars province since 2024.

13. Ahmad Amirabadi

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani is an Iranian principlist politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.

14. Mohammad-Hassan Nami

1953-. (aged 73)

geographer

Mohammad-Hassan Nami is an Iranian military officer who formerly served as the Head of Crisis Management Organization of the Iran country from 2022 to 2024.

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15. Sareh Javanmardi

1984-. (aged 42)

sport shooter

Sareh Javanmardi is an Iranian Paralympic shooter from Shiraz, Iran. Also known as Sareh Javanmardidodmani or Sareh Javanmardi Dodmani, she is the first ever female gold medalist from Iran to win in the shooting category of the Paralympics Games.

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16. Asadollah Abbasi

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Asadollah Abbasi is an Iranian conservative politician who formerly served as the Governor general of Gilan province from 2021 to 2024.

17. Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour

1976-. (aged 50)

caricaturist cartoonist film director

Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour is an Iranian cartoonist, comic artist, and art director. He holds a bachelor of painting from the Azad University of Tehran (1378).

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18. Ali Fathollahzadehkhoei

1959-. (aged 67)

journalist businessperson

Ali Fathollahzadeh Khoei is an Iranian businessman and football administrator, who was formerly the chairman of the Esteghlal F.C. He is also the formerly managing-director of Esteghlal Javan Newspaper.

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19. Minoo Khaleghi

1985-. (aged 41)

jurist lawyer politician

Minoo Khaleghi is an Iranian jurist and reformist activist. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, Khaleghi won a seat, however she was disqualified by the Guardian Council after the election.

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20. Sajad Ganjzadeh

1992-. (aged 34)

karateka

Sajjad Ganjzadeh is an Iranian karateka. Competing in the above 84 kg kumite division he won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2014 and 2016 world championships, 2013 and 2017 Asian championships, and 2018 Asian Games. He has also won multiple awards in competitions within the Karate1 Premier League.

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21. Shamseddin Hosseini

1967-. (aged 59)

politician economist

Shamseddin Hosseini is an Iranian politician, who served as the minister of economic affairs and finance from 2008 to 2013.

22. Morteza Talaie

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Morteza Talaie is an Iranian retired commander of the Police forces. He was appointed as Tehran's Police forces commander in 2000 and was commander until he retired in 2005.

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23. Ahmad Donyamali

1960-. (aged 66)

military personnel

Ahmad Donyamali is an Iranian politician, who currently is the Minister of Sport and Youth since August 2024. He was represented Bandar-e Anzali constituency in the Parliament of Iran from 2020 to 2024.

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24. Afshin Zinoori

1976-. (aged 50)

voice actor

Afshin Zinouri is an Iranian voice actor who is known for Persian voice-dubbing foreign films and TV programs. He was born in Tehran. He is known for dubbing over Elijah Wood's role as Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and has also dubbed over some of Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon's voice roles in films they...

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25. Shayesteh Irani

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Shayesteh Irani is an Iranian film, television and stage actress.

26. Kamran Najafzadeh

1978-. (aged 48)

writer correspondent reporter journalist

Kamran Najafzadeh is an Iranian journalist, reporter and television presenter who works for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. He is known for founding IRIB 20:30 show.

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27. Reza Salehi Amiri

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Reza Salehi Amiri is an Iranian politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts since 2024.

28. Shirin Bina

1964-. (aged 62)

actor

Shirin Bina is an Iranian theater, cinema and TV actress born on August 20, 1964 Marand, Iran.

29. Afshin Peyrovani

1970-. (aged 56)

association football player association football coach

Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyrovani is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and Amir Hossein Peyrovani.

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30. Ameneh Bahrami

1978-. (aged 48)

writer

Ameneh Bahrami is an Iranian woman blinded in an acid attack. She became the focus of international controversy after demanding that her attacker, Majid Movahedi, be punished by being similarly blinded. The punishment is permitted under the Qisas principle of sharia.

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31. Hossein Allahkaram

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Hossein Allahkaram is an Iranian conservative activist, pundit and former military officer.

32. Saeid Daghighi

1986-. (aged 40)

association football player association football coach

Saeid Daghighi is a former Iranian football player and current manager of Paykan. As a player, he was banned for six months for doping in 2008.

33. Kayhan Maleki

1968-. (aged 58)

actor

Kayhan Maleki is an Iranian actor.

34. Ehsan Khajeh Amiri

1984-. (aged 42)

composer singer

Ehsan Khajeh-Amiri is an Iranian pop music singer. He is the son of Persian traditional music singer Iraj. He sang Iran national football team's official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He has a son named Arshan, born in March 2013.

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35. Zahra Rahnavard

1945-. (aged 81)

essayist university teacher politician journalist sculptor

Zahra Rahnavard is an Iranian academic, artist and politician. Rahnavard is a university professor, artist, and intellectual who was under house arrest from February 2011 to May 2018. In 2009, Foreign Policy magazine named her one of the world's most distinguished thinkers. She is the wife of former Iran Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi. In part of her work, she has...

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36. Navid Pourfaraj

1988-. (aged 38)

actor

Navid Pourfaraj is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Amir in Sheeple (2018) for which he earned a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award nominations. He won the Best Actor Award at the 8th Duhok International Film Festival for his performance in...

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37. Faghiheh Soltani

1974-. (aged 52)

actor

Faghiheh Soltani is an Iranian actress.

38. Masoud Dehnamaki

1969-. (aged 57)

television director film director journalist screenwriter politician

Masoud Dehnamaki is an Iranian conservative activist, filmmaker, and former journalist.

39. Hadi Saei

1976-. (aged 50)

taekwondo athlete

Hadi Saei is an Iranian councilor and former taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history and the most titled champion in the sport by winning 9 world class titles (two olympic titles in 2004 and 2008, two world championships titles, four world cup titles and one world olympic qualification tournament). Earlier in his career and...

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40. Shahram Haghighatdoost

1973-. (aged 53)

actor film actor

Shahram Haghighat Doost is an Iranian actor. His breakout role was as Naser in the television series Red Line (1997–1998). Haghighat Doost earned a Crystal Simorgh nomination for his performance in The Heart of Raqqah (2024) at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival and received a Hafez Award nomination for his role in Kianoush's Garden (2024).

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41. Nasim Adabi

1976-. (aged 50)

actor

Nasim Adabi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Shahrzad (2015–2018) and Golshifteh (2018). She has received various accolades, including a Fajr International Theater Festival Award, in addition to nomination for a Hafez Award.

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42. Behnam Tashakkor

1977-. (aged 49)

actor

Behnam Tashakkor is an Iranian actor.

43. Kamand Amirsoleimani

1973-. (aged 53)

actor

Kamand Amirsoleimani is an Iranian actress from Tehran.

44. Behnaz Jafari

1975-. (aged 51)

actor

Behnaz Asayesh is an Iranian actress.

45. Ateneh Faghih Nasiri

1968-. (aged 58)

actor film actor

Ateneh Faghih Nasiri is an Iranian actress. She is best known for playing the title role in the TV series Khaleh Sara (Aunt Sara) and her portrayal of Leili in the popular TV show Khaneye Sabz (The Green House).

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46. Hossein Ronaghi

1985-. (aged 41)

blogger

Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki 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.

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47. Saeed Mortazavi

1967-. (aged 59)

judge

Saeed Mortazavi is an Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor. He was the prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, and Prosecutor General of Tehran, a position he held from 2003 to 2009. He has been called as "butcher of the press" and a "torturer of Tehran" by some observers. Mortazavi has been accused of the torture and death...

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48. Kambiz Dirbaz

1975-. (aged 51)

actor television actor

Kambiz Dirbaz is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his roles in Duel (2006), The Outcast (2007), In the Eye of the Wind (2009–2010), and Michael (2015). He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh.

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49. Parvaz Homay

1980-. (aged 46)

composer singer

Parvaz Homay is an Iranian composer, lyricist, vocalist, and performer specializing in Persian classical-style music. Also known by his birth name Saeid Jafarzadeh Ahmadsargurabi (سعید جعفرزاده احمدسرگورابی), he is the founder and leader of the Mastan Ensemble.

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50. Rima Raminfar

1970-. (aged 56)

actor screenwriter writer

Rima Raminfar is an Iranian actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her role as Homa Saadat in Capital (2011–2021). She has received various accolades, including a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award, in addition to nominations for a Crystal Simorgh and an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.

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51. Zar Amir-Ebrahimi

1981-. (aged 45)

actor photographer film director

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (زر امیرابراهیمی, pronunciation), is an Iranian and French actress, producer and director. She rose to international prominence for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime thriller Holy Spider (2022), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Robert Award for Best Actress.

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52. Sahar Jafari Jozani

1978-. (aged 48)

film actor actor writer

Sahar Jafari Jozani is an Iranian-American TV and cinema actress and writer. She is the daughter of Iranian director, Masoud Jafari Jozani.

53. Mehran Ahmadi

1973-. (aged 53)

film actor actor film director

Mehran Ahmadi is an Iranian actor, director and assistant director. At the 31st Fajr Film Festival in 1391, he was nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Rooze Roshan.

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54. Shila Khodadad

1980-. (aged 46)

model actor

Shila Khodadad is an Iranian actress. She has played in some films such as Marriage, Iranian Style, Saint Petersburg and in a famous Iranian TV series, Traveler from India.

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55. Hengameh Qaziani

1970-. (aged 56)

actor

Hengameh Ghaziani is an Iranian former actress. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.

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56. Mahtab Keramati

1970-. (aged 56)

film actor

Mahtab Keramati is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.

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57. Behnoosh Bakhtiari

1975-. (aged 51)

actor film actor

Behnoosh Bakhtiari is an Iranian actress.

58. Babak Hamidian

1981-. (aged 45)

actor

Babak Hamidian is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

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59. Mohammad-Reza Foroutan

1968-. (aged 58)

singer television actor voice actor actor radio personality

Mohammad Reza Foroutan is an Iranian actor and singer.

60. Yekta Naser

1978-. (aged 48)

actor

Yekta Naser is an Iranian actress and model born on November 3, 1978 in Tehran, Iran.

61. Hamed Behdad

1973-. (aged 53)

singer actor television actor

Hamed Behdad is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. He has won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in Castle of Dreams (2019).

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62. Merila Zarei

1974-. (aged 52)

actor

Merila Zarei is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Silver Bear, three Crystal Simorghs, four Hafez Awards, four Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

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63. Bahram Radan

1979-. (aged 47)

singer actor model

Bahram Radan is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award.

64. Amir Jafari

1974-. (aged 52)

actor

Amir Jafari is an Iranian actor.

65. Amir Aliakbari

1987-. (aged 39)

mixed martial arts fighter amateur wrestler

Amir Aliakbari is an Iranian wrestler and mixed martial artist who he competes in the Heavyweight division. He has also competed for ONE Championship, Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) and Rizin Fighting Federation.

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66. Shaghayegh Farahani

1972-. (aged 54)

actor

Shaghayegh Farahani is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani, and sister of actress Golshifteh Farahani.

67. Golshifteh Farahani

1983-. (aged 43)

actor singer film actor

Rahavard Farahani, known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی), is an Iranian and French actress. She is known for her performances in M for Mother (2006), Body of Lies (2008), About Elly (2009), The Patience Stone (2012), Paterson (2016), Girls of the Sun (2018), Extraction (2020) and its sequel Extraction 2 (2023), and Invasion (2021–present). For her performance in The...

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68. Mohammad-Reza Golzar

1977-. (aged 49)

screenwriter model singer actor

Mohammad Reza Golzar is an Iranian actor, television host, and singer. In 2006, he was the highest-paid actor in Iran and has since been one of the most expensive actors in the country.

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69. Sahar Dolatshahi

1979-. (aged 47)

performing artist actor film actor

Sahar Dolatshahi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Ice Age (2015), Istanbul Junction (2018), The Frog (2020–2021), I Want to Live (2021), and Viper of Tehran (2024). She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

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70. Payman Maadi

1970-. (aged 56)

costume designer film director actor screenwriter

Payman Maadi also known as Peyman Moadi, is an Iranian-American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in the films A Separation (2011) and About Elly (2009) by Iranian Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi and Last Knights (2015) and the independent drama film Camp X-Ray (2014). For his role in A Separation, he won the Silver Bear...

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71. Parinaz Izadyar

1985-. (aged 41)

actor

Parinaz Izadyar is an Iranian actress. She was born in Babol. She is mostly known for her willingness to play dramatic roles, making her one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. Izadyar has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

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72. Saed Soheili

1988-. (aged 38)

film actor actor television actor

Saed Soheili is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his roles in Guidance Patrol (2012), A Few Cubic Meters of Love (2014), Crazy Rook (2014), Bridge of Sleep (2016), Lottery (2018), and Day Zero (2020).

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73. Alireza Monadi Sefidan

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Alireza Monadi Sefidan is an Iranian politician.

74. Marzieh Afkham

1965-. (aged 61)

diplomat politician

Marzieh Afkham is an Iranian diplomat who serves as the Iranian ambassador to Slovenia since 2025. She also served as the ambassador to Malaysia for four years. She is considered "one of Iran's most high-profile female public figures".

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75. Eshaq Jahangiri

1957-. (aged 69)

engineer politician

Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth first vice president from 2013 until 2021 in Hassan Rouhani's government. Jahangiri was the minister of industries and mines from 1997 to 2005 under President Mohammad Khatami. Before that, he was the governor of Isfahan Province. He was also a member of Parliament for two terms.

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76. Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani

1969-. (aged 57)

entrepreneur politician

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani is an Iranian businessman and the fourth child of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president of Iran. He is known as an Iranian "Aghazadeh".

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77. Hamidreza Fouladgar

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Hamidreza Fouladgar is an Iranian principlist politician and former member of the Parliament of Iran representing Esfahan electoral district.

78. Samira Alikhanzadeh

1967-. (aged 59)

artist

Samira Alikhanzadeh is an Iranian visual artist and painter. She lives and works in Tehran.

79. Nurieh Mozaffari

1960-. (aged 66)

painter lecturer

Nurieh Mozaffari is an Iranian–born contemporary painter.

80. Shabnam Gholikhani

1977-. (aged 49)

writer film director actor screenwriter

Shabnam Qolikhani is an Iranian TV, and cinema actress.

81. Hanieh Tavassoli

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Hanieh Tavassoli is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh and an Iran Cinema Celebration Award, in addition to nominations for five Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

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82. Arya Aziminejad

1973-. (aged 53)

composer

Arya Aziminejad is an Iranian music composer.

83. Sima Tirandaz

1970-. (aged 56)

actor film actor

Sima Tirandaz is an Iranian actress.

84. Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani

1962-. (aged 64)

activist

Faezeh Hashemi Bahramani, better known as Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani is an Iranian women's rights activist, politician and former journalist who served as a member of Iranian parliament from 1996 to 2000. She is also president of Executives of Construction Party women's league and the former editor-in-chief of Zan newspaper.

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85. Hossein Alizadeh

1951-. (aged 75)

composer musicologist teacher musician

Hossein Alizadeh is an Iranian musician, composer, radif preserver, researcher, educator, and a prominent performer of the tar, shurangiz and setar. Alizadeh has collaborated with numerous vocalists and instrumentalists, including Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan. He has also performed with various orchestras and ensembles, both in Iran and internationally, contributing significantly to contemporary interpretations of Persian...

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