Vaziri (, Vazīri) is an Iranian surname derived from the word Vazir ‘minister’ (, Vazīr) and may refer to: People Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1887–1979), Iranian musicologist and composer Amir Vaziri (born 1979), Iranian footballer Kazem Vaziri Hamane, politician, minister Khosrow Vaziri (born 1942), Iranian wrestler known as The Iron Sheik Leila Vaziri (born 1985), American swimmer Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (born 1924), Iranian artist, painter, and professor Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri (1905–1959), Iranian vocalist and intellectual Shohreh Aghdashloo, (born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar, 1952), actress Alireza Vaziri Rahimi, (born 1987), Art director / professor Places in Iran Vaziri, Iran (disambiguation)