Lavasani
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The Lavasani are one of the oldest and most famous Iranian families who live in Tehran
.Sources as old as the early days of Qajar dynasty
say a lot about them. The name means one who is from city of Lavasan
in Persian
. Although there are many people named Lavasani nowadays, not many of them belong to the mainstream family.
Considering family culture, the members of this family are visionaries, among them: highly educated liberals, intellectuals, policy-makers, educators, designers, artists and reformers with a progressive outlook. The members of the original family include scientists, scholars, philosophers, architects, designers, artists and medical doctors with a broad range of education from the United States
, Europe and Iran
. A western liberal trend of family comes from their old money/wealth, their long lineage going back to the Persian Dynasties of the 13th century as well as the Qajars and their social status in modern Tehran. But still there are some affinities among them like sense of family bond, political tolerance and spirituality.
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
.Sources as old as the early days of Qajar dynasty
Qajar dynasty
The Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
say a lot about them. The name means one who is from city of Lavasan
Lavasan
Lavasan , also Romanized as Galandowak and Galandūak) is a city in and the capital of Lavasanat District, in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,448, in 4,645 families....
in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
. Although there are many people named Lavasani nowadays, not many of them belong to the mainstream family.
Considering family culture, the members of this family are visionaries, among them: highly educated liberals, intellectuals, policy-makers, educators, designers, artists and reformers with a progressive outlook. The members of the original family include scientists, scholars, philosophers, architects, designers, artists and medical doctors with a broad range of education from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Europe and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. A western liberal trend of family comes from their old money/wealth, their long lineage going back to the Persian Dynasties of the 13th century as well as the Qajars and their social status in modern Tehran. But still there are some affinities among them like sense of family bond, political tolerance and spirituality.
Important family members
There are famous individuals among them:- Mohammad Sadeq Hosseini Lavasani
- Dr. Mohammad Baqer Lavasani, M.D., Ph.D. - elected senator during the incipient days of the Islamic Republic, who was killed on June 28, 1981 when a bomb exploded in a meeting of the Islamic Republic Party (Hafte tir bombingHafte tir bombingOn 28 June 1981 , a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Iran Islamic Republic Party in Tehran, while a meeting of party leaders was in progress...
). A lot of then high-ranked Iranian officials were killed in the incident including Ayatollah Dr. Mohammad BeheshtiAyatollah Mohammad BeheshtiAyatollah Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti , was an Iranian scholar, writer, jurist and one of the main architects of the constitution of the Islamic Republic in Iran. He was the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic Party, and the head of Iran's judicial system...
. Following the incident, the FarmaniehFarmaniehFarmanieh is a district located in Shemiran, Tehran, Iran centered around Farmanieh Street. Farmanieh neighborhood extends south all the way to Sadr Expressway, where it becomes Dibaji, and as far north as Niavaran Expressway...
Street, located in the north of Tehran, where the members of the original family have been residing for centuries, was renamed after him. - Dr. Abbas Lavasani (killed during the Iranian Embassy SiegeIranian Embassy SiegeThe Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London. The gunmen took 26 people hostage—mostly embassy staff, but several visitors and a police officer, who had been guarding the embassy, were also...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
).. - Omid Lavasani, son of Mohammad Hossein Lavasani, former Iran's ambassador to Canada and Turkey , who was arrested following contested Iranian presidential election, 2009Iranian presidential election, 2009Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...
. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the initial revolutionary court for the charge of “propagation against the regime,” “congregation and mutiny with intent to disrupt internal security,”. He was a web designer of one of the campaigning websites of the reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi. He was tried for sending mass email invitations for participating in the protests.