Iranian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Iranian professional basketball player who currently plays for Zob Ahan Esfahan BC in the Iran

Is an Iranian professional basketball player who currently plays for Zob Ahan Esfahan BC in the Iranian Super League. He is a center known for his large size, with a height of 7 feet 4 inches, a weight of 260 pounds, and with an 8-foot wingspan. Outside Iran, he is most famous for attempting to enter the National Basketball Association in the 2004 NBA Draft.

An Iranian psychiatrist and researcher. He is a professor of psychiatry in Mental Health Research Ce

An Iranian psychiatrist and researcher. He is a professor of psychiatry in Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and has been working as the director of Tehran Psychiatric Institute [1] since 1992. He has also been the director of Iranian Mental Health Research Network since its formation in 2006. His major areas of interest are community mental health services, spiritual and religious therapy, and drug abuse prevention programs. He has been one of the founders of the Program of Integration of Mental Health Care in Primary Health Care System in Iran. He is the author of several Persian-language books in for health care providers with different educational levels.

Was a notable scholar of Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam.Shahidi w

Was a notable scholar of Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam.Shahidi was born in Boroujerd. He studied both in University and Seminary and hold a PhD degree from Tehran University and Ijtihad from Seminaries in Qom and Najaf. He is most notable for his works on Dehkhoda encyclopedic dictionary and Mohammad Moin dictionary of Persian language.

Is an Iranian mathematician. He is a professor at the University of Isfahan. His research interests

Is an Iranian mathematician. He is a professor at the University of Isfahan. His research interests include functional analysis and nonlinear functional analysis.

Was an Iranian actor, and the father of Iranian entertainer Leila Forouhar. He was born in Esfahan,

Was an Iranian actor, and the father of Iranian entertainer Leila Forouhar. He was born in Esfahan, Iran in 1916. He started playing in theater at the age of eighteen and in cinema at the age of 50.

Is an Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot New

Is an Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. His photograph, Firing Squad in Iran, was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in Ettela'at, the oldest still running newspaper in Iran. Days later, it appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers around the world.

An Iranian football player. He currently plays for the IPL club Sepahan as a defender.Jalal Akbari w

An Iranian football player. He currently plays for the IPL club Sepahan as a defender.Jalal Akbari was a member of Iran national under-23 football team, participating in the 2006 Asian Games. In June 2007 he had his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Mexico.

An Iranian football player. He currently plays for Foolad F.C.. He usually plays in the defender pos

An Iranian football player. He currently plays for Foolad F.C.. He usually plays in the defender position.Kameli Mofrad started his career at Foolad FC. At first due to his physical style, Mofrad played some good games and became a stater for his club. He was a member of the 2004-05 Foolad team that won the IPL championship. The season after though, his performances significantly dropped in quality, and he got less playing time. When Mayeli Kohan became the team's manager, Mofrad along with a number of the other well known Foolad players left the club. In August 2006 he signed with Foolad's rival, Esteghlal Ahvaz.

Is a master of the setar, as well a composer and teacher of Persian music.From then on, he dedicated

Is a master of the setar, as well a composer and teacher of Persian music.From then on, he dedicated himself to the delicate instrument. He began combining the techniques of the older masters of setar with his own ingenuity and mystic sensitivity. And for the first time, Jalal Zolfonun introduced an ensemble of only setar players, creating the best selling album of traditional Persian music, Golehsadbarg (which means, "100 petal flower").

An Iranan football striker who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

An Iranan football striker who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

A world-class Iranist and a university professor.Jaleh Amouzgar holds a Ph. D. degree from Sorbonne

A world-class Iranist and a university professor.Jaleh Amouzgar holds a Ph. D. degree from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian linguistics). She is currently chairman of the department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages at Tehran University.Prof. Jaleh Amouzgar in collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Tafazzoli has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran.

Is an Iranian writer.He has written seven novels, numerous short stories, a fiction dictionary, and

Is an Iranian writer.He has written seven novels, numerous short stories, a fiction dictionary, and published some research on literature and the short story. His writing has been translated into English, German, Armenian, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian, and Hindi. He currently lives in Tehran and teaches creative writing and short story writing.

Is a contemporary Iranian writer, translator and commentator in psychology, ethics, and literature.

Is a contemporary Iranian writer, translator and commentator in psychology, ethics, and literature. His writings have been used as reference in other writings, in T.V and radio talks, and ocaissionaly have been translated into Arabic and published. He is also an energy expert in electricity, oil, and gas and ave been involved in energy policy projects.

An Iranian film director of Kurdish origin.In 2002 he made his first short film titled The Trouble o

An Iranian film director of Kurdish origin.In 2002 he made his first short film titled The Trouble of Being a Boy in Kurdish, which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes.He made his first feature length film, Requiem of Snow, in 2005. Fariborz Lachini, one of the most famous Iranian film music composers, made the music of the film. The photography of the film was done by Morteza Poursamadi, a celebrated Iranian photographer. The movie was awarded prestigious Crystal Simorgh for the best director in Asia and Middle East Films section of the International Fajr Film Festival. A joint production of Iran and Iraq, Requiem of Snow was the first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.

Was an actress and mother of actor Atila Pesyani.She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film act

Was an actress and mother of actor Atila Pesyani.She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, Nosrat Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheykhi has a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won Best Actress at the International Fajr Film Festival.

Is an Iranian (Persian) sociologist, writer, translator and one of the most influential figure in th

Is an Iranian (Persian) sociologist, writer, translator and one of the most influential figure in the development of sociology in 20th century-Iran.

A celebrated Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema.Mashayekhi began professional acti

A celebrated Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema.Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror(1965, Ebrahim Golestan). After a four-year break, he acted in The Cow (1969, Darius Mehrjui) and Kaiser (Qeysar) (1969, Masoud Kimiai). Mashayekhi commonly appears as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather (1985, Majid Gharizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.

He earned his degree in public law at the Faculty of Law and Economy from University of Paris (1966)

He earned his degree in public law at the Faculty of Law and Economy from University of Paris (1966).In 1968, he graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and held his Phd in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Paris II (1971).He is currently Professor of Public International Law at the University of Tehran [1] and Visiting Professor at the universities of Paris I, Paris XI, XIII Paris, Caen and Grenoble II.

A retired Iranian football player who is now a coach.

A retired Iranian football player who is now a coach.

Is an Iranian wrestler.

Is an Iranian wrestler.

Is an Iranian amateur boxer who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) division at the 2006 Asia

Is an Iranian amateur boxer who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Uzbekistan's eventual gold medalist Rustam Saidov 11-31

A retired Iranian football player.He played for the Iran national football team and participated at

A retired Iranian football player.He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup as a member of the squad.

Is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a point guard for Petrochimi Band

Is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a point guard for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is 6'1" in height. He is also a member of the Iranian national basketball team and competed at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament. Davari previously played for Zob Ahan before joining Petrochimi.

An Iranian football striker who plays for Ajman Club in the UAE League and the Iran national footbal

An Iranian football striker who plays for Ajman Club in the UAE League and the Iran national football team.He started with the youth team of Saipa and was able to make it to the senior team. There he showed some great performances and was called up to the Iranian national team when Miroslav Blaževic was Iran's manager. He joined Al-Ahli of UAE in 2002, but returned back to Iran after a few months, briefly playing for Saipa again, and then three seasons with Persepolis FC.After World Cup 2006 he signed a one year loan deal with Emirati club Al-Shaab with the option to sign a permanent contract with the club after a year, [1]but then signed a season-long contract with Al-Shabab club in the end of the league in 2007-2008 season.

Was a celebrated Iranian composer and pianist.Javad Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician fath

Was a celebrated Iranian composer and pianist.Javad Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musa Ma'roufi and mother Ozra Ma'roufi (or Ezra Ma'roufi) who both were distinguished pupils of Darvish Khan, a renowned music master of the time in Iran. Javad Ma'roufi lost his mother at young age,[1] and consequently grew up in his paternal family.