List of Iranian intellectuals
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- Mehdi Akhavan-SalesMehdi Akhavan-SalesMehdi Akhavān-Sāles , or Akhavān-Sāless , pen name M. Omid was a prominent Iranian poet. He is one of the pioneers of Free Verse in Persian language.-Life:Akhavan Sales was born in 1928 in Mashhad, Iran. He gave up an interest in music to appease his father...
- Jalal Al-e-AhmadJalal Al-e-AhmadJalal Al-e-Ahmad was a prominent Iranian writer, thinker, and social and political critic.-Personal life:...
- Bozorg AlaviBozorg AlaviBozorg Alavi was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual...
- Amir Hossein AryanpourAmir Hossein AryanpourAmir-Hossein Aryanpour was an Iranian dictionarist, writer, translator, philosopher, sociologist, and literary figure....
- Manouchehr AtashiManouchehr AtashiManouchehr Atashi was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist.He was born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province His poetry is the poetry of the revolting warrior of the humiliated southern tribesman. He takes his work seriously and although attached to his native birthplace his poems are...
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- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
- Mohammad Reza BateniMohammad Reza BateniMohammad Reza Bateni is a prominent Iranian linguist and scholar. He was born in 1934 in Isfahan, Iran. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Daneshsara-ye Aali in Tehran. He graduated in linguistics from the University of Leeds and the University College at...
- Mehdi BazarganMehdi BazarganMehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...
- Simin BehbahaniSimin BehbahaniSimin Beh'bahāni 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 and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran...
- Masoud Behnoud
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- Sadeq ChubakSadeq ChubakSādeq Chubak , sometimes Sādegh Choubak, , was an author of short fiction, drama, novels and one of the leading 20th-century writers of Iran...
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- Hamid DabashiHamid DabashiHamid Dabashi born 1951 in Ahvaz is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City.He is the author of over twenty books...
- Ali Akbar DavarAli Akbar DavarAli-Akbar Dāvar was the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran.Born in 1888, he began his career in the judiciary in Iran, after having completed his studies at the élite school of Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran. He then went on to obtain his law degree in Switzerland...
- Mahmoud DowlatabadiMahmoud DowlatabadiMahmoud Dowlatabadi is an Iranian writer and actor. He is known as a realist writer of stories of rural life, in which he largely draws on his own experiences.-Biography:...
- Aramesh DoustdarAramesh DoustdarAramesh Dustdar is an Iranian philosopher, writer, scholar and a former philosophy lecturer at Tehran University.Dustdar received a PhD degree in philosophy from University of Bonn. He is known in Iran as a secular Heideggerian philosopher .- External links : **...
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- Shirin EbadiShirin EbadiShirin Ebadi 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 Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...
- Hossein Elahi GhomsheiHossein Elahi GhomsheiHossein Mohyeddin Elahi Ghomshei better known as Elahi Ghomshei, is an Iranian scholar, author and lecturer on literature, art and mysticism.-Life and Education:...
- Mirzadeh EshghiMirzadeh EshghiMirzadeh Eshghi or Eshqi , born Sayed Mohammad Reza Kordestani , was a political writer and poet of Iran.He was born in Hamadan, the son of Hajj Sayed Abolghasam Kordestani; he learned French in the Ecole d'Alliance, and moved to Istanbul for a while...
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- Forough FarrokhzadForough FarrokhzadForugh Farrokhzād was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably one of Iran's most influential female poets of the twentieth century...
- Mehdi ForoughMehdi ForoughMehdi Forough was an Iranian scholar, author, dramatist, writer on dramatic arts and culture, translator, and founder of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Tehran. A native of Esfahan, Mehdi Forough attended Danesh Sara-ye Aali in Tehran and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts,...
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- Akbar GanjiAkbar GanjiAkbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist and writer. 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...
- Ebrahim GolestanEbrahim GolestanEbrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century...
- Houshang GolshiriHoushang GolshiriHoushang Golshiri was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor. He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the twentieth century.-Early life:...
- Marcos GrigorianMarcos GrigorianMarcos Grigorian was a notable Iranian-Armenian artist and a pioneer of Iranian modern art.-Biography:...
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- Saeed HajjarianSaeed HajjarianSaeed Hajjarian is an Iranian intellectual, prominent journalist, pro-democracy activist and university lecturer. He has been an intelligence official, a member of Tehran's city council, and advisor to president Mohammad Khatami...
- Sadegh HedayatSadegh HedayatSadegh Hedayat was Iran's foremost modern writer of prose fiction and short stories.-Life:...
- Davoud Hermidas-BavandDavoud Hermidas-BavandDavoud Hermidas-Bavand is a renowned Iranian political scientist.Bavand obtained with honors a bachelor’s degree in law and political sciences from Tehran University in 1957. He left Iran in 1958 and he was conferred a doctorate in international relations by American University, Washington, D.C.,...
- Mahmoud HessabyMahmoud HessabySayyed Mahmoud Hessaby was a prominent Iranian scientist, researcher and distinguished professor of University of Tehran...
- Amir Abbas Hoveyda
- Fereydoun HoveydaFereydoun HoveydaFereydoon Hoveyda was an influential Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker. He was the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations from 1971 until 1979...
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- Ramin JahanbeglooRamin JahanbeglooRamin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian philosopher and academic who is currently based in Canada. He teaches at the University of Toronto as a professor of political science.-Biography:...
- Ahmad JalaliAhmad JalaliAhmad Jalali is an Iranian scholar and philosopher.He authored a dozen articles in social, cultural, historical, philosophical, political and international fields...
- Bijan JalaliBijan JalaliBijan Jalali is a renowned modern Persian poet.- References :* *...
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- Ahmad KasraviAhmad KasraviAhmad Kasravi , was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.Born in Hokmabad , Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azeri Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Iranian Constitutional Revolution...
- Abbas KiarostamiAbbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
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- Jalal MatiniJalal MatiniJalal Matini is a scholar of Persian literature, particularly the epic Shahnameh by Ferdowsi, and Iranian studies. He is also known for producing the critical edition of the Kush Nama....
- Darius Mehrjoui
- Shahrokh MeskoobShahrokh MeskoobShahrokh Meskoob , was an outstanding Iranian writer, translator, scholar and University professor. He had been living in Paris, France for twenty years.-Works:...
- Abbas MilaniAbbas MilaniAbbas Malekzadeh Milani is an Iranian-American historian and author. Milani is a visiting professor of Political Science and the director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University. He is also a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University's...
- Ata'ollah MohajeraniAta'ollah MohajeraniAta'ollah Mohajerani , , is an Iranian historian, politician, journalist, and author. Ata`ollah Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under reformist President Mohammad Khatami until 2000 when he was resigned from office for alleged permissiveness."-Overview:Dr...
- Mohammad Mosaddeq
- Hamid MosadeghHamid MosadeghHamid Mosadegh , was a contemporary Iranian poet, author and lawyer.Mohammad Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq , also Mossadegh, Mossadeq, Mosadeck, or Musaddiq , was the democratically elected[1][2][3] Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 when he was overthrown in a coup d'état...
- Fereydoon MoshiriFereydoon MoshiriFereydoon Moshiri was one of the prominent contemporary Persian poets who versified in both modern and classic styles of the Persian poem. He is best known as conciliator of classical Persian poetry at one side with the New Poetry initiated by Nima Yushij at the other side...
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- Khosro NaghedKhosro NaghedKhosro Naghed is a Persian scholar, Iranist and linguist.He wrote numerous books and articles on Iranian culture, Persian history, Persian language and literature and philosophy. His articles have appeared in international as well as Iranian journals inside Iran and has influence on Iranian...
- Ehsan NaraghiEhsan NaraghiEhsān Narāghi, PhD is an Iranian sociologist and writer.-Biography:During his high school he went to Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran. Then he studied sociology in the University of Geneva and received his Ph.D at Sorbonne University in Paris....
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- Gholamreza RouhaniGholamreza RouhaniSayyed Gholamreza Rouhani alias Ajjeneh was a humorous poet...
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- Karim SanjabiKarim SanjabiKarim Sanjabi was an Iranian liberal political leader of the 20th century. He was born in Kermanshah, Iran.-Early life:...
- Pari SaberiPari SaberiPari Saberi is an Iranian drama and theatre director and winner of the French Literature and Art Cavalier Badge by French President Jacques Chirac....
- Ezzatollah SahabiEzzatollah SahabiEzzatollah Sahabi was an Iranian scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former parliament member. He was famous for his political-economical social analysis, and also for the many years of imprisonment in both the pre-revolution and post-revolution eras...
- Mohammad Reza Shafiei-KadkaniMohammad Reza Shafiei-KadkaniMohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani is a Persian writer, poet, literary critic, editor, and translator.Born in Nishapur, Razavi Khorasan, Shafiei-Kadkani graduated from Tehran University with a doctorate degree in Persian literature...
- Faraj SarkohiFaraj SarkohiFaraj Sarkohi , is an Iranian literature critic Literary criticism and journalist. He was cofounder and Editor in chief of the Iranian magazine Adineh....
- Ahmad Shamlou
- Ali ShariatiAli ShariatiAli Shariati was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist, who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century and has been called the 'ideologue of the Iranian Revolution'.-Biography:Ali....
- Dariush ShayeganDariush ShayeganDariush Shayegan is one of Iran's prominent thinkers, cultural theorists and comparative philosophers.Shayegan studied at Sorbonne University in Paris...
- Daryush ShokofDaryush ShokofDaryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...
- Sohrab SepehriSohrab SepehriSohrab Sepehri was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter.He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province....
- Khosrow SinaiKhosrow SinaiKhosrow Sinai is an Iranian film director. His works are usually based on social documentations. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the Islamic revolution in Iran...
- Abdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim Soroush , born Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh , is an Iranian thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar and a former professor at the University of Tehran. He is arguably the most influential figure in religious intellectual movement in Iran. Professor Soroush is currently a visiting scholar at the...
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- Javad TabatabaeiJavad TabatabaeiDr. Javad Tabatabai is a political philosopher, historian and university professor.Tabatabai studied law at Tehran University. He then shifted to philosophy and did his doctorate works at Sorbonne University. Tabatabai was a professor of philosophy at University of Strasbourg as well as Tehran...
- Hassan TaghizadehHassan TaghizadehSayyed Hasan Taqizādeh was an influential politician and diplomat during the Qajar dynasty under the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah, as well as the Pahlavi dynasty under the reign of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah...
- Abdolhossein Teymourtash
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- Parviz VarjavandParviz VarjavandParviz Varjavand was a notable Iranian archaeologist, researcher, university professor and politician who was a prominent member of Iran National Front . -Early and political carrer:...
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- Nima Yushij
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- Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
- Hossein ZenderoudiHossein ZenderoudiCharles Hossein Zenderoudi is a renowned Iranian painter and sculptor, known especially as a pioneer of Iranian modern art. His work Tchaar Bagh was sold at Christi's International auction in Dubai for $1.6 million.- Museums :...
- Ahmad ZirakzadehAhmad ZirakzadehAhmad Zirakzadeh was one of the founders of National Front of Iran, an Iranian party which was considered the backbone of Mohammed Mosaddeq's government.- Early life :He was born in 1907 to a Yazdi father and mother in a religious family in Tehran...