Iranian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An Iranian footballer. He plays for Pas Hamedan in Iran's Premier Football League. He usually plays

An Iranian footballer. He plays for Pas Hamedan in Iran's Premier Football League. He usually plays in the defensive midfield position.A product of the football rich province of Khuzestan and the young team of Foolad, he was a pivotal player within this young team and his consistency and solid defending was one of the factors for the success of his club in becoming the champions of the IPL 2004/05. He played for the club in Iran's Premier League till its sad relegation to the lower division, Azadegan League, in 2007.Alavi stormed on the national scene after his header goal against China in Azadi Stadium which assured Iran Under-23 team 3 points in the anticipated revival of the teams chances in the 2004 Olympic qualifying matches. Although Alavi was selected by then coach Mohammad Mayeli Kohan in the roster of the U23 team,

Is an Iranian Politician, Diplomat, Economist and Academic. He is the Chairman and CEO of Ravand Ins

Is an Iranian Politician, Diplomat, Economist and Academic. He is the Chairman and CEO of Ravand Institute as well as the Chairman of Amin Investment Bank.Adeli was educated in Dar ul-Funun (Persian: ??? ?????? ) in Tehran. Beginning his career teaching at various universities in Tehran, at age of 27 he became the Director General of the Economic Affairs Department in Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Five years later, he became special advisor to the Foreign Ministry.

An Iranian football player who currently plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League.

An Iranian football player who currently plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League.

Is an Iranian scholar and politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 t

Is an Iranian scholar and politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s.

Was an Iranian economist, most famous as Governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the former Ministe

Was an Iranian economist, most famous as Governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the former Minister of Economic and Finance of Iran.Nourbakhsh first came into office shortly after the Iranian Revolution as the deputy finance minister until 1981 after his bid for finance minister was rejected by then president Abolhassan Banisadr who defected later.

Is an Iranian wrestler and an Olympic bronze medalist who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the 60

Is an Iranian wrestler and an Olympic bronze medalist who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the 60kg division and won the gold medal.

An Iranian football player, currently playing for IPL club Saipa, as a striker.Saber Mirghorbani was

An Iranian football player, currently playing for IPL club Saipa, as a striker.Saber Mirghorbani was called up to the Iran national football team in June 2007 for the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2007. He made his debut for Iran in a match vs Palestine.

Is an Iranian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. He finished 89th in the 15 km event a

Is an Iranian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. He finished 89th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Seid has six victories in lesser events up to 10 km since 2009.

Was an Iranian wrestler who won a bronze medal in freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Was an Iranian wrestler who won a bronze medal in freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A retired Iranian football midfielder. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.At the age

A retired Iranian football midfielder. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.At the age of 16, he joined Pas Tehran. After three years he was transferred to Persepolis FC, where he played for several seasons until 1990.He played for Team Melli for a few years during the 1980s. Zia Arabshahi's memorable goal for the national team was the second goal against China in the 1984 Asian Cup in Singapore, which was selected the best goal of the tournament.

Was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution

Was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth national Majlis of Iran. He has been called "brave and incorruptible" and "perhaps the most fervent mullah supporter of true constitutional government.

An Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, is a leading Ira

An Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, is a leading Iranian Islamic philosopher. He is the author of many scholarly books and articles.Nasr is a Muslim Persian philosopher and renowned scholar of comparative religion, a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and writes in the fields of Islamic esoterism, Sufism, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

Is an Iranian cleric.He was appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini as Friday Prayer Imam of Gorgan, Iran in

Is an Iranian cleric.He was appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini as Friday Prayer Imam of Gorgan, Iran in summer 1979, only six months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979. He was also appointed as special representative of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Gorgan in fall 1982. His position was reaffirmed by Khomeini's successor Ali Khamenei in 1989.

An Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Mes Kerman F.C. in IPL and the Iran national

An Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Mes Kerman F.C. in IPL and the Iran national football team.He was one of the talented players that Gholam Hossein Peyrovani found in fajr and like all the other talented players from this team he left the club for Sepahan but he had an unsuccessful season in this club and he moved to Esteghlal.He had good games in this teams but Vahid Talebloo showed better games and he was the number one keeper for Esteghlal so again he left this club for Mes Kerman F.C. and in that team he is the number one keeper.He continued to perform well in Mes Kerman F.C. and helped the club to promote for the Asian Champions League and Persepolis F.C. showed some interest on him at least for the Asian Champions League

Is an Iranian theologian, scholar and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. He is a

Is an Iranian theologian, scholar and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. He is a former Vice President of Iran and a close associate of former President Mohammad Khatami. Abtahi is a member of the central council of Association of Combatant Clerics (Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez), the political grouping to which both Khatami and the 2009 presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran) belong.

Is an Iranian politician and nephrologist.He was the first Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Par

Is an Iranian politician and nephrologist.He was the first Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the largest Iranian reformist party. He is now a member of the central council of the party. He is also the former deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament, the grandson-in-law of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the younger brother of the fifth Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.

An Iranian actress. She is most famous for her appearances in television series made by Mehran Modir

An Iranian actress. She is most famous for her appearances in television series made by Mehran Modiri.She is married to screenwriter/designer Mehrab Ghasemkhani.

An Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani and sister of actress Golshifteh Fa

An Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani and sister of actress Golshifteh Farahani.

An Iranian actor.Shahab Hosseini was born on 3 February 1974 in Tehran. Once a psychology student at

An Iranian actor.Shahab Hosseini was born on 3 February 1974 in Tehran. Once a psychology student at the University of Tehran, he dropped out to emigrate to Canada. Instead, he ended up as a radio host in Iran. This was followed by hosting a TV show for the youth audience and some small acting roles in a few TV series. His acting career took off by his performance in movies like This Woman Does Not Speak and A Candle in the Wind.

A Persian poet, songwriter, university lecturer, and singer.

A Persian poet, songwriter, university lecturer, and singer.

Is an Iranian (Persian) writer, publisher, translator, and director of Roshangaran, a prominent publ

Is an Iranian (Persian) writer, publisher, translator, and director of Roshangaran, a prominent publishing house of books on women's issues.

Is a journalist, prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights moveme

Is a journalist, prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights movement in Iran.Shahla Sherkat is founder and publisher of Zanan magazine (=Women), which focuses on the concerns of Iranian women and continually tests the political waters with its edgy coverage of everything from reform politics to domestic abuse to sex. Zanan has been the most important Iranian women's journal after Iranian revolution.

An Iranian actress.Born September 1926, Tehran, Iran, she started stage acting in 1944 and first app

An Iranian actress.Born September 1926, Tehran, Iran, she started stage acting in 1944 and first appeared in cinema in Golden Dreams (1951, M. Fekri). In 1956, she became the first Iranian woman to direct a feature, with Marjan. Her career as a film actress includes more than 72 features.

Was a Persian poet.A few months after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Bonyad returned to Persia (Iran)

Was a Persian poet.A few months after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Bonyad returned to Persia (Iran) but because of his political beliefs could not continue his activities in his homeland.He taught French literature at the University of Shiraz for a while but was sacked by the fundamentalist government.

Is an Iranian-born artist and architect whose work has been the subject of many exhibitions all over

Is an Iranian-born artist and architect whose work has been the subject of many exhibitions all over the world, currently living and working across London, Berlin and Tehran. He is active in the fields of video art, photography, painting, drawings, installation, performance art and community art.