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Ebrahim Raisi, former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. Died in a famous helicopter crash. Hassan Rouhani, former president of Iran (2013–2021) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran (2005–2013) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former politician. Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force.
Cyrus II the Great, son of Cambyses I, ruled from c. 550 - 530 BC. Cambyses II, his son, ruled 530 - 521 BC. Smerdis, his alleged brother, ruled 521 BC. Darius the Great, his brother-in-law and grandson of Arsames, ruled 521 -486 BC. Xerxes I, his son, ruled 486 - 465 BC. Artaxerxes I, his son, ruled 464 - 424 BC.
Mandane of Media. Standard of Cyrus the Great (Derafsh Shahbaz), founder of the Achaemenid Empire, featuring the Shahbaz (see List of Iranian flags) Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁, romanized: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600 – 530 BC), [b] commonly known as Cyrus the Great, [6] was the founder of the Persian ...
Map 7: Scythian cultures of Scythian, Sarmatians and Saka Iranian peoples located in the Western Eurasian steppe (Central Asia and Europe) from ca. 900 BC - 200 AD. Map 8: Dahae tribal confederation. Map 9: Roxolani, Siraces and Aorsi in the 4th century BC. Map 10: Alan migrations in the context of the Migration Period.
The Iranian dominance collapsed in 330 BC following the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire by Alexander the Great, but reemerged shortly after through the establishment of the Parthian Empire in 247 BC, which was founded by a group of ancient Iranian people rising from Parthia. Until the Parthian era, Iranian identity had an ethnic, linguistic ...
Iran has one of the oldest, richest, and most influential art heritages in the world, which encompasses many disciplines including literature, music, dance, architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking, embroidery, and stonemasonry. Intricate stone art of Persepolis. Iranian art has gone through numerous phases, which is ...
Karim Sanjabi, Iranian politician of the National Front of Iran. Settled in the U.S. after the 1979 revolution; Hajj Sayyah, famous world traveler and political activist. He is the first Iranian to obtain an American citizenship. Played a major role in the Persian Constitutional Revolution of 1906.
Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi (18th century), physician. Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan (18th century), physician. Hakim Nishaburi (933–1012), Islamic scholar. Hallaj (858–922), mystic-philosopher. Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali (1314–1384), poet and philosopher. Harawi, Abolfadl (10th century), astronomer of Buyid dynasty.