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Babak Khorramdin
9th-century Iranian revolutionary leader
Jamshid Sharmahd
German-Iranian software engineer, member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran
André Hossein
French composer (1905-1983)
Behafarid
thumb|140px Behāfarīd (Middle Persian: Weh-āfrīd, , also spelled Bihāfarīd) was an 8th-century Persian Zoroastrian heresiarch who started a religious peasant revolt with elements from Zoroastrianism and Islam (Behafaridians) He believed in Zoroaster and upheld all Zoroastrian institutions. His followers prayed seven times a day facing the Sun, prohibited intoxicants, and kept their hair long and disallowed sacrifices of cattle except when they were decrepit. His revolt was quelled by the Abbasid general Abu Muslim, and he was executed by hanging. His followers, however, believed that he would
Cihangir Ghaffari
Iranian actor
Sunpadh
Sunpadh (; also spelled Sunpad and Sunbadh) was an Iranian nobleman from the House of Karen, who incited an uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate in the 8th century.
Ishaq al-Turk
8th-century rebel leader against the Abbasids
Azar Kayvan
Persian philosopher and priest
Zaradust-e Khuragen
5th-century Zoroastrian leader
Abu'l-Fadl al-Isfahani
persian false Mahdi (died 931)
Trita Parsi
Founder, National Iranian American Council
Bahram Aryana
Iranian general
Keikhosrow Shahrokh
Iranian politician
Esfandiar Ekhtiyari
Iranian politician
Tansar
Tansar () was a Zoroastrian Herbadan Herbad (Chief judge) in late Parthian Empire And one of the supporters of Ardashir I. Tansar was apparently a Parthian aristocrat, but he turned to Neoplatonic beliefs. Then he joined Ardashir I and became Herbadan Herbad during his reign. He was commissioned to collect the Avesta and died on an unknown date. Tansar's great work is his letter to Goshnasb, which is one of the most important writings in the collection of Middle Persian literature, which provides valuable information about the social and administrative organization of Iran during the Sassanid
Katayun Mazdapour
Iranian linguist
Shapoor Ji Reporter
British spy (1921–2013)
Mahabanoo Neriosang Tata
Ph.D. Purdue University 1967; 1942-2023
Roxanne Varza
American, Iranian and French business woman