Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the US. Her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General.
She was a spokesperson for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), with a focus on the unjust conviction and treatment of Iranian youth, women, and prisoners of conscience, from 2009 until 2015. She has her own official blog page on the AIUSA website and continues to partner with them. In 2020, she was appointed as an ambassador for Amnesty International UK, with a focus on women and Iran.
Dr. shahkar bineshpajooh
Shahkar Bineshpajooh is an Iranian poet, translator, composer, and singer. Bineshpahjooh has performed with orchestras in Europe and North America and translated works from Pablo Neruda and Bertolt Brecht into Persian. He has written several books, some of which have been banned by the Government of Iran
Cyrus Amir- Mokri
Cyrus Amir-Mokri. In 1981 his family immigrated from Iran following the 1979 Iranian revolution. He was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Treasury Department. He was a senior legal and policy advisor to the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He attended Harvard, and the University of Chicago, where he concentrated principally on diplomatic and modern Middle Eastern history. Authored a doctoral dissertation on Iranian constitutional history.
Dr.-Firouz-Naderi
Dr. Naderi was borne in Shiraz, Iran. His 36 years at JPL spans systems engineering, technology development, program and project management and satellite communications. He is the recipient of NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal. Three successful missions have orbited or landed on Mars. He contributed to some of America’s most iconic robotic space missions He was the Director for the Solar System Exploration and chairs JPL’s Strategic Management Council.
Farhang holakouee
Farhang Holakouee-Naeinee is a culturally Iranian-American psychologist, sociologist, economist and radio personality. His radio program—hosted in the past by 670 KIRN and currently by Radio Hamrah—offers relationship advice to callers in Persian.
Reza Pahlavi
Hamed Esmaeilion is an Iranian-Canadian social activist, author, and dentist. Esmaeilion won Hooshang Golshiri Literary Awards for two of his books, Dr. Datis and Thyme is not Fair. Esmaeilion is president and spokesman of The Association of Victims’ Families of Flight PS752.
Ali Javanmardi
Ali Karimi is an Iranian football coach and former player. During the course of his career, he played for Fath Tehran, Persepolis, Al-Ahli Dubai, Bayern Munich, Qatar SC, Steel Azin, Schalke 04, Tractor Sazi, and the Iran national team for which he scored 38 goals in 127 appearances.
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Amir Fakhravar
Amir Fakhravar, research fellow and visiting lecturer at the Center for the Study of Culture and Security at The Institute of World Politics, is an Iranian dissident. Currently, Fakhravar is the Senate Chairman of the National Iranian Congress (NIC) an organization opposing the Islamic Republic regime in Iran
Reza Pahlavi
Reza Pahlavi is the oldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his wife, Farah Diba. Prior to the Iranian Revolution, he was the crown prince and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Imperial State of Iran. Reza Pahlavi is the founder and leader of the self-styled National Council of Iran, an exiled opposition groupcritic of Iran’s government.