architect Mortezā Varzi (1922–2004) – musician Delkash (1924–2004) – singer Hadi Āmeri (1913–2005) – composer and conductor Jafar Petgar (fa) (1920–2005) – painter Fereydoun Nāseri (fa) (1930–2005) – conductor Mojtabā Mirzādeh (1945–2005) – musician Ali-Akbar Sanati (ru) (1916–2006) – painter and sculptor Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) – musician Hadi Mirmirān (1945–2006) – architect Bābak Bayāt (fa) (1946–2006) – musician Omrān Salāhi (fa) (1946–2006) – writer Fākhereh Sabā (1920–2007) – opera singer Hamid Ghanbari (fa) (1924–2007) – singer Parviz Yāhaghi (1936–2007) – composer Parivash Sotoudeh (fa) (d. 2007) – singer Ghorbān Soleimāni (1920–2008) – musician and vocalist Abbās Kātouzian (1923–2008) – painter and artist Khātereh Parvāneh (1929–2008) – singer Nikol Faridani (1935–2008) – photographer Shusha Guppy (1935–2008) – writer, editor and singer Jāzeh Tabātabāi (1938–2008) – painter Nāmi Petgar (fa) (1945–2008) – painter Mohammad-Amin Mirfenderski (fa) (1931–2009) – architect Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician Hassan Shojāei (fa) (1941–2009) – singer Mehdi Sahābi (1944–2009) – painter and sculptor Abdi Yamini (fa) (1953–2009) – musician Parviz Meshkātiān (1955–2009) – musician Mohammad Nouri (1929–2010) – singer Bahman Jalāli (1944–2010) – photographer Farmān Behboud (1946–2010) – musician Masoud Houshmand (fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter Āndre Ārzoumāniān (Անդրե Արզումանյան) (fa) (1954–2010) – musician Mahmoud Javādipour (de) (1920–2012) – painter Mansoureh Hosseini (1926–2012) – artist Behrouz Ahmadi (fa) (1946–2012) – architect Jalil Shahnāz (1921–2013) – musician Ghāsem Jebeli (fa) (1927–2013) – singer Dāriush Safvat (1928–2013) – musician Homāyoun Khorram (1930–2013) – musician Mortezā Pāshāei (1984–2014) – singer Mansour Narimān (1935–2015) – musician Nimā Petgar (fa) (1947–2015) – painter Javād Lashkari (fa) (1923–2016) – musician Asghar Bichāreh (1927–2016) – photographer Farhang Sharif (1931–2016) – musician Ali-Akbar Tajvidi (1927–2017) – painter Nāder Golchin (fa) (1936–2017) – singer Hāmed Hākān (fa) (1984–2017) – singer Nāser Cheshmāzar (1950–2018) – musician Shirin Aliābādi (1973–2018) – artist Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019) – composer Masoud Arabshāhi (1935–2019) – painter Farhād Ebrāhimi (1935–2019) – songwriter Mehrbānou Salāmi (fa) (1935–2019) – singer Hossein Zamarshidi (fa) (1939–2019) – architect Fereydoun Sadighi (fa) (1936–2020) – sculptor Houshang Zarif (1938–2020) – musician Farhād Ahmadi (fa) (1951–2020) – architect Abdolvahāb Shahidi (1922–2021) – singer Kāmbiz Derambakhsh (1942–2021) – cartoonist Yadollāh Maftun Amini (1926–2022) – poet Habibollāh Sādeghi (ru) (1951–2022) – painter Actors, actresses and film directors Mahmoud Johari (fa) (1945–1976) – actor Ebrāhim Morādi (fa) (1907–1977) – film director Akbar Meshkin (fa) (1925–1977) – actor Samad Sabāhi (fa) (1914–1978) – actor Parviz Fanizādeh (1937–1979) – actor Khosrow Haritāsh (1932–1980) – film director Esmāil