Shaykhi scholar Ebrahim Poordavood Academic Dariush Ramezani Cartoonist Fazlollah Reza Former Iran's ambassador to UNICEF and former manager of Sharif University Anoushiravan Rohani Musician Massoumeh Seyhoun Painter Sadeq Saba Head of BBC Persian Service Majid Samiei Neurosurgeon and the Manager of Hanover Brain and Nerves Treatment institute Marjane Satrapi World award-winning film director Susan Taslimi Actress Yahya Rahmat-Samii Northrop Grumman chair professor Farideh Lashai Painting Homayoon Toufighi Iranian chess grandmaster Houchang Nahavandi Iranian professor Habib Nafisi Engineer Houman Seyyedi Iranian actor and director Shohreh Bayat Iranian chess arbiter Asghar Ebrahimi Iranian weightlifter Mahmoud Etemadzadeh Writer Enayatollah Reza Iranian historian Reza Ramezani Gilani Muslim cleric Esmaeil Elmkhah Iranian weightlifter Nasrollah Moghtader Mojdehi Iranian professor Mohammad Tolouei Writer Asghar Kardoust Basketball player Mohammad Rahbari Fencer Babak Zarrin Composer Mohsen Forouzan Footballer Hadi Tabatabaei Footballer Saeid Hassanipour Karateka Health centers and hotels Hotel Hospital Distance Away with some of the major cities in Iran: Twin towns – sister cities Rasht is twinned with: Astrakhan, Russia Moscow, Russia Schwäbisch Hall, Germany Multan, Pakistan Trabzon, Turkey Rasht District, Tajikistan References External links Rasht Municipality Organization شهرداري رشت Damash Rasht Football Team Fans Site Gilan Province Iran Chamber Society: Rasht Iran Chamber of commerce, Industries & Mines: Gilan Encyclopedia of the Orient Info Please Photos of Rasht in Panoramio Populated places in Rasht County Cities in Gilan Province Iranian provincial capitals Populated places on the Caspian Sea Populated places along the Silk Road Gilak settlements in Gilan Province