Ja'fari Islamic scholar and philosopher Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei, Islamic scholar and philosopher Javad Gharavi Aliari (1935–2018), Twelver shi'a marja Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili (born 1926), politician and Twelver shi'a marja Sadegh Khalkhali (1926–2003), hardline Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic Abul-Qassim Khoei (1899–1992), Twelver shi'a marja Fazel Lankarani (1931–2007), Twelver shi'a marja Ali Meshkini (1922–2007), cleric and politician Hassan Roshdieh (1851–1944), cleric and politician Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1905–1986), Grand Ayatollah Allameh Tabatabaei (1903–1981), philosopher Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani (1937–2011), hardliner theologian, politician and scholar Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928), Twelver shi'a marja Filmmakers Jafar Panahi (born 1960), filmmaker Military Mehdi Bakeri (1954–1985), mayor during Iran–Iraq War Javad Fakori (1939–1981), army general and politician Abbas Gharabaghi (1918–2000), politician, military leader of Iran and the first Iranian to successfully pilot an aircraft Habibullah Huseynov (1910–1945), Soviet colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union Mohammad Taqi–Khan Pessian (1892–1921), military leader Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), Major General, Chief commander of IRGC (1997–2007) Mohammad Bagheri (born c. 1960/1961), Major General, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2016–present) Musicians Hossein Alizadeh (born 1951), classical composer and folk musician Arash (born 1977), singer, dancer, entertainer and producer Aref Arefkia (born 1941), singer Faegheh Atashin (born 1960), singer and actress Davod Azad (born 1963), composer, Sufi vocalist and multi–instrumentalist Samin Baghtcheban (1925–2008), musician, composer, author and translator Dariush Eghbali (born 1951), pop singer André Hossein (1905–1983), composer Aygün Kazımova (born 1971), pop singer Fatma Mukhtarova (1893–1972), opera singer Rubaba Muradova (1930–1983), mugham and folk singer Hassan Sattar (born 1949), pop singer Monarchy Farah Pahlavi, Queen of Iran Tadj ol-Molouk (1896–1982), Queen consort of Iran Politicians Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (born 1949), politician Mina Ahadi (born 1956), politician Mehdi Bazargan (1908–1995), politician Mahmudali Chehregani (born 1958), politician Piruz Dilanchi (born 1965), politician and poet Parviz Fattah (born 1961), politician Mir Bashir Gasimov (1879–1949), politician Ebrahim Hakimi (1863–1959), politician Mahmud Jam (1884–1969), politician Ali Khamenei (born 1939), President of Iran and Supreme Leader of Iran Sadegh Mahsouli (born 1959), politician Mohsen Mehralizadeh (born 1955), politician Reza Moridi (born 1945), politician Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), politician Ali Soheili (1896–1958), politician Amir Hatami (born 1965), defense minister of Iran Revolutionaries Bagher Khan (1870–1911), constitutional revolutionary leader Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880–1921), revolutionary and politician Sattar Khan (1866–1914), constitutional revolutionary leader Mohammad Khiabani (1880–1920), revolutionary, cleric and politician Ja'far Pishevari (1893–1947), the founder and chairman of