Notable people

Iranian military officer (1957–2020)

Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)

Iranian human rights activist (born 1972)

Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)

Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur

Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (born 1969)

Iranian writer

Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)

Iranian lawyer and human right activist

American author

French-Iranian chess player

Iranian cleric

Iranian screenwriter, producer and film director (1967–2023)

former Vice President for Strategic Affairs of Iran

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer (born 1957)

founder of the Zand Dynasty (1751–1779)

Iranian general and physicist (1961–2020)

Iranian-born journalist

Iranian Persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000)

Iranian taekwondo athlete