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- Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 - 3 June 1989), also known as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.
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A former photographer, he turned to directing short subjects in the late 40s, soon acquiring an international reputation for the poetic quality of his short and medium-length films involving the fantasy world of children. Both his White Mane (1953) and The Red Balloon (1956) received a grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the latter also winning an American Academy Award. In the early 60s he turned to feature length films with considerably less success, then retreated to documentary shorts. He was killed in a helicopter crash while shooting a documentary near Teheran. That film, The Lovers' Wind (1978), a visually stunning helicopter tour of Iran, was later edited from his notes and was nominated for an Oscar as best feature documentary for the Academy Award ceremonies of 1979.- Hossain Sabzian was an actor, known for Close-Up (1990), Trial (2003) and Kanoon (2015). He died on 29 September 2006 in Tehran, Iran.
- Zohreh Fakour Sabour was an Iranian Actress cinema, television and theatre born March 21, 1978, Tehran, Iran and she died on March 1, 2022 (aged 43) Tehran, Iran. She has acted in many series, She became famous by playing in the series Youthful Days (1999) directed by Shapur Gharib. She continued his work mostly in TV series, but she also continued his activity in cinema and theater.
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Forouzan (also spelled Foroozan) was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. She started her career by dubbing films. Her first movie was Sahel-e Entezar. She acted in many popular Iranian films and also worked with visionary directors of the Mowj-e Now, such as Dariush Mehrjui (Dayere-ye Mina) and Ali Hatami (Baba Shamal). She started her cinematic career as a voice-over actress. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi's Sahele Entezar, but it was Ganje Qarun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin and Forouzan made a golden cinematic couple and co-starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the era, known as Persian Films or Film Farsi (in Persian: Filme Farsi). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979. Siamak Yasemi, Iraj Ghaderi, Shapur Gharib and Fereydun Goleh were some of the other famous directors that she collaborated with. After the 1979 revolution Forouzan was banned from playing in movies and grew more and more isolated. She rarely conducted interviews and died on 24 January 2016 in Tehran. After Forouzan's death, Persian-language websites and forums dedicated posts and articles in her memory. Her popularity remained intact despite not having acted in a new film since 1978.- Actor
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Mohamad Ali Fardin was born in 1930 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for The Story of Night (1973), King of the Hearts (1968) and Hatam Taee (1966). He died on 6 April 2000 in Tehran, Iran.- Director
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Abbas Ali Hatami was born in Tehran, Iran in 1944. He graduated from the College of Dramatic Arts and began his professional career as a writer of short TV screenplays and also as a playwright. Among his plays are: The Demon and the Bald Hassan, Adam and Eve, The Fisherman's Story, City of Oranges, Talisman and Silk. He began his professional film career in 1970 by writing and directing Hassan, the Bald (1970). In the following years, he developed a personal style that was characterized by melodious dialogue, traditional Iranian ambiance created through architecture and set design. His last film, World Champion Takhti, remained unfinished because of his death in 1996 due to cancer.- Director
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Farajollah Salahshoor was an Iranian film director. He was born in 1952 in Qazvin. He began his career as an actor but later he directed several popular religious films and TV series including Ayoub e Payambar (film), The Men of Angelos (about Seven Sleepers) and Yousuf e Payambar (film). He had a conservative view and believed in Islamic cinema. He died of lung cancer on 27 February 2016.- Actor
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Saeed Kangarani was born in 1954 in Tehran, Iran. His best-known role was the role of the main actor/ Narrator Saeed in Daaee Jan Napoleon series aired in 1976. His excellent performance in Dar Emtedad Shab along with Googoosh is worth mentioning. For years he was mostly involved in TV series until the recent movie "Ezdevaj be sabke Irani" in 2006.- Actor
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Khosro Shakibai was born on 27 March 1944 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and writer, known for Hamoun (1990), Unruled Paper (2002) and Night Bus (2007). He was married to Parvin Kooshiar and Tania Johari. He died on 18 July 2008 in Tehran, Iran.- Actor
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Naser Malek Motiee was born on 29 March 1930 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for A Perfect Gentleman (1965), Runaway Millionaire (1966) and Gheisar (1969). He died on 25 May 2018 in Tehran, Iran.- Editor
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Farugh Farrokhzad was primarily a poet. Indeed, she is regarded as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century in Iran, which has a millennium of poetic tradition behind it. Although she only made one film, the 22 minute so-called documentary "The House is Black", this work is generally seen as the crucial precursor of the Iranian New Wave.- Mohamad Ali Keshavarz was born on 15 April 1930 in Isfahan, Iran. He was an actor, known for Chess of the Wind (1976), Wolves (1988) and The imperilled (1983). He was married to Mona Taheri. He died on 14 June 2020 in Tehran, Iran.
- Iloosh Khoshabe was born in 1932 in Iran. He was an actor, known for The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962), The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964) and Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1962). He died in 2012 in Tehran, Iran.
- Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody was born in 1939 in Tehran, Iran. He was married to Betty Mahmoody. He died on 22 August 2009 in Tehran, Iran.
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Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actor. Graduated from theater and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui's admired classic film, The Cow(Gaav), received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971. He shined in the role of a naive villager who cannot endure the death of his beloved cow and starts to believe that he is the cow himself.
He is known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in history of the cinema of Iran. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (eight films), Ali Hatami (four films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from the International Fajr Film Festival, for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel.
His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.- Director
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Tony Zarindast was born in 1934 in Tabriz, Iran. He was a director and writer, known for Cat in the Cage (1978), The Guns and the Fury (1981) and Hardcase and Fist (1989). He died on 29 November 2016 in Tehran, Iran.- Hamideh Kheirabadi was born on 20 December 1924 in Rasht, Iran. She was an actress, known for The Story of Night (1973), Hassan, the Bald (1970) and Golden Heel (1975). She died on 19 April 2010 in Tehran, Iran.
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Nosratolah Vahdat was born in 1925 in Isfahan, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Yek Esfahani dar sarzamin-e Hitler (1976), The Nobody (1960) and Ki daste gol be ab dade? (1973). He was married to Forough Rajai. He died on 6 October 2020 in Tehran, Iran.- Parvin Soleymani was born in 1922 in Tehran, Iran. She was an actress, known for Lucifer (1991), The Last Blood (1994) and Breathtaking (1979). She died on 1 June 2009 in Tehran, Iran.
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Sultan Ahmed was a director and producer, known for Daata (1989), Heera (1973) and Dharam Kanta (1982). He was married to Shammi and Farrah Dibaa Sultan Ahmed. He died on 22 May 2002 in Tehran, Iran.- Actor
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Jamshid Mashayekhi is 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.- Bita Farahi was born on 21 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. She was an actress, known for Enchanted ones (2003), Mainline (2006) and Parkway (2007). She was married to Hassan Ghoreishy. She died on 25 November 2023 in Tehran, Iran.
- Ali Akbar Mahmoodzadeh Gorjestani, known as Sirus Gorjestani, was an Iranian actor. He had a second degree in arts from the Ministry of Culture and Arts.
Gorjestani started working in theater in 1970 and in television in 1977, and after that he was employed by the Ministry of Culture and Arts (now Ershad). After the revolution, he started his film career by acting in the movie "Faryad Mojahd" in 1979. He was also active in the field of sports and was a player of Shahin Football Club of Tehran for 4 years. - Actor
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He graduated in directing and acting from Texas State University in 1974 and returned to Iran the same year to become a member of Iranian television. His cinematic activity began in 1978 with his role in Alireza Davoudnejad's film Forbidden. During his 40 years in Ovisi, he directed various role-playing films and several films.
Fath Ali Oveisi became a member of the "Television Knowledge Group" in 1975 and turned to filmmaking and making scientific documentaries. He made his first short film of 35 mm in 1975 called "The Last Tuesday".
Oveysi, along with artists such as Gholam-Hossein Lotfi, Dariush Arjmand, and Hossein Nouri, was one of the few members of the Veteran Artists Institute who had both acting and directing experience in cinema.
In addition to working in the fields of cinema, theater and television, Fath Ali Oveisi was also active in singing. He plays the song "Rain in the Glass" and in 2007 he performed a concert with the "Arpej" band in Saadabad Palace.
In 2012, Fath Ali Oveisi and his son released the album "Khoone Del".- Actor
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Amin Tarokh was born on 11 August 1953 in Shiraz, Iran. He was an actor and producer, known for Dead End of Trust (2017), Bon bast Vossoughi and Avicenna (1987). He died on 24 September 2022 in Tehran, Iran.- Mahmoud Bahrami was born in 1937 in Tuyserkan, Iran. He was an actor, known for Morgh-e tokhm-tala (1972), 2001 Inventor (1991) and The Suitor (1972). He died on 6 July 2010 in Tehran, Iran.
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Iraj Ghaderi was born in 1935 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Leilaj (1966), Sam and Nargess (2000) and Claws in the Dust (1997). He was married to Kobra Etminan. He died on 6 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.- Asal Badeei was born on 9 May 1977 in Tehran, Iran. She was an actress, known for To Be or Not to Be (1998), Hamkhaneh (2007) and Parvane-i Dar Meh (2005). She was married to Fariborz Arabnia. She died on 1 April 2013 in Tehran, Iran.
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Ali Ansarian was an Iranian professional footballer and actor born on July 5th 1977, Tehran, Iran and he died on February 3, 2021 (aged 43) Tehran, Iran due to COVID-19 disease. He was one of the most popular football players in Iran, who played football until 2012 and entered the field of acting in 2000.- Actor
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Bahman Mofid was born on 27 July 1942 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor, known for Brothers in Blood (1975), Dash Akol (1971) and Black (1975). He was married to Sodabeh Karimi. He died on 16 August 2020 in Tehran, Iran.- Composer
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Babak Bayat was born on 13 June 1946 in Tehran, Iran. He was a composer and actor, known for The Spell (1987), The Ship Angelica (1989) and Hassan, the Bald (1970). He died on 26 November 2006 in Tehran, Iran.- Actor
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Gholamhossein Naghshineh was born in 1903 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for The Patriot (1953), Ghorboone khodam (1963) and First Lawyer (1988). He died on 7 June 1996 in Tehran, Iran.- Esmail Davarfar was an actor, known for Summer Holidays (1996), The Custodian (1976) and Mr. Gullible (1970). He died on 4 May 2008 in Tehran, Iran.
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Born 1923 in Tabriz to a family of Armenian immigrants. Khachikian's father escaped the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and settled in Tabriz. His mother admired cinema and the arts and often took her children to the theater. Samuel Khachikian published his first poem "The Prison" in the Armenian newspaper Alik when he was nine. Five years later, he gave his first stage performance in Tabriz in a play titled "Seville". He completed his education in History and Journalism, and wrote eight plays which went on stage not only in different cities of Iran, but also in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Greece.
Khachikian made his first film in 1953, titled "The Return". He was among the first and few directors who used the decoupage technique on the film set, preparing the complete shooting script in advance. The success of his works attracted a lot of attention to the advantages of this filmmaking approach. As an innovative filmmaker, he turned the production of murder mysteries into a popular new wave in the Iranian filmmaking. He made the first ever movie trailer in the history of Iranian cinema for the movie "A Girl from Shiraz" in 1954. Some of his films such as "The Strike" and "The Eagles" were box office hits of their times.
Samuel's son Edwin Khachikian is a director in Tehran, Iran. Samuel's brother Souren Khachikian was also heavily involved in the production of his films. Souren's grandson Ara H. Keshishian is working as a film editor in Hollywood.
His 1956 film A Party in Hell was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.
He died on October 22, 2001 at the age of seventy-eight.- Jamileh Sheikhi was born on 19 May 1930 in Tabriz, Iran. She was an actress, known for Travellers (1992), Leila (1997) and The Accused (1996). She died on 23 May 2001 in Tehran, Iran.
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Bahman Zarrinpour was an actor and director, known for Galesh-haye madarbozorg (1989), Haft Tarane (2001) and Ba Ham Dar Khane (2010). He died on 7 July 2016 in Tehran, Iran.- Actor
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Anoshirvan Arjmand was born in 1941 in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Ravayat-e Eshgh (1985), Duel (2004) and The Fifth Sun (2010). He died on 14 December 2014 in Tehran, Iran.- Mahmood Lotfi was born in 1921. He was an actor, known for Bread and Salt (1977), Mr. Lor Goes to the City (1977) and Mother (1990). He died on 5 August 1989 in Tehran, Iran.
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Manoochehr Nozari was born in 1936 in Ghazvin, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Bravo (1971), The Daydreamer (1973) and Thank You Very Much (1972). He died on 7 December 2005 in Tehran, Iran.- Mehri Vadadian was born in 1926 in Iran. She was an actress, known for Nightingales (1988), Waiting for Demon (1987) and The Accused (1996). She died on 1 March 2011 in Tehran, Iran.
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Nosratollah Karimi was born on 22 December 1924 in Isfahan, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for The Interim Husband (1971), The Triple Bed (1972) and The Carriage Driver (1971). He was married to Parvin Teymouri. He died on 3 December 2019 in Tehran, Iran.- Mahin Shahabi was born in 1936 in Iran. She was an actress, known for The Cow (1969), Fishery (1984) and Resurrection of Love (1973). She died on 23 August 2010 in Tehran, Iran.
- Iren was born on 20 August 1927 in Babolsar, Iran. She was an actress, known for Goodbye Friend (1971), Messenger of Heaven (1958) and Awaited (1958). She died on 28 July 2012 in Tehran, Iran.
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Ali Miri was born in 1936 in Shahsavar, Mazandaran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Iranian Ciccio and Franco (1969), The Story of Hearts (1969) and The Story of Night (1973). He died on 2 March 2009 in Tehran, Iran.- Actor
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Siamak Atlassi was born in 1936 in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. He was an actor and writer, known for Fist (1984), The Eventful Journey (1996) and Love and Violence (1977). He died on 26 September 2021 in Tehran, Iran.- Director
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Nader Talebzadeh was a director and actor, known for The Messiah (2007), Taher's Love (1999) and The Messiah Jesus, the Spirit of God (2010). He was married to Zeinab Mehanna and Azam Bagheri. He died on 29 April 2022 in Tehran, Iran.- Mohammad Mosaddegh (16 June 1882 - 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran. An author, administrator, lawyer and parliamentarian, he was elected in 1951 by the 16th Iranian Majlis to the office of Prime Minister, his government came under scrutiny for ending the 1952 election before rural votes could be fully counted. He served into the 17th Iranian Majlis, when his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup D'État orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
- Farimah Farjami was born on 8 May 1950 in Tehran, Iran. She was an actress, known for Narges (1992), The Last Act (1991) and The Lead (1989). She died on 30 June 2023 in Tehran, Iran.
- Reza Karam Rezai was an actor, known for Traveller of Rey (2001), The Interim Husband (1971) and Fellow Traveler (1975). He died on 3 April 2010 in Tehran, Iran.