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    This document aims to counter negative stereotypes about Iran by providing examples of accomplished Iranians from various fields, including film directors, diplomats, scientists, athletes, musicians, poets, and Nobel Prize winners. It shows that Iran has a rich cultural history and has made many contributions to society, in an effort to promote a more balanced view of the country beyond common stereotypes.

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    The Real

    Iran
    In recent years, the media has damaged Iran’s image
    so badly that when people hear the name of Iran, they
    only picture black chadors, terrorism, and ayatollahs.

    These stereotypes are being constructed to make it


    easier for governments to attack Iran with public
    approval.

    That is why NoWar SA wishes to play a small but


    essential role in breaking down these negative
    stereotypes.
    What do you know about the

    real
    Iran?
    Abbas Kiarostami
    An internationally
    acclaimed film
    director who has
    received some 100
    awards and has been
    a member of the jury
    at numerous festivals,
    most notably the
    president of the
    Cannes Film Festival.
    Abdol-Hossein Sardari

    Iran’s charge d’affaires in


    Paris who issued Iranian
    passports to many non-
    Iranian Jews, and saved the
    lives of hundred of Jews
    from the Nazis.
    Abu-Rayhan Biruni
    (973 – 1048)

    Contributed greatly to
    the fields of
    mathematics,
    philosophy, medicine,
    and Science.
    Ali Daei

    The first male soccer


    player who scored
    100 goals in
    international play.
    Andre Agassi

    The former World No. 1


    Professional tennis player.
    Anoushe Ansari

    The world's first


    female space
    tourist.
    Avicenna
    (980 – 1037)

    Persian physician,
    philosopher, and
    scientist. His “The
    Canon of Medicine”
    was a standard
    medical text in many
    European
    universities for five
    centuries.
    Camila Batmanghelidjh

    The founder of the


    children's charity Kids
    Company, which serves
    in excess of 20,000
    children a year.

    The winner of the UK's


    Women of the Year 2006
    award.
    Christiane Amanpour

    The chief
    international
    correspondent for
    CNN.
    Cyrus the Great Cylinder
    (539BC)

    The first charter of Human Rights.


    Abolished forced labour,
    prohibited oppression and terror,
    and guaranteed freedom of
    settlement and religion.
    Farabi
    (870 – 950)

    Widely regarded to be
    second only to
    Aristotle in
    knowledge; alluded to
    by his title of "the
    Second Teacher"
    Farshid Moussavi

    World leader in
    Architectural
    Engineering.
    Fariborz Sahba

    Designer of the
    “Lotus Temple” which,
    in 2002, attracted
    more than 50 million
    visitors, making it the
    most visited building
    in the world.
    Farzad Nazem

    Chief Technical
    Officer and Executive
    Vice President of
    Yahoo! Inc.
    Firouz Naderi

    The Associate
    Director of NASA’s
    Jet Propulsion
    Laboratory (JPL).
    Freddie Mercury

    The lead singer of


    Queen.
    Hossein Amanat

    The architect of
    Azadi Tower, the
    symbol of Tehran.
    Lily Afshar

    Regarded as one of
    the world’s best
    female classical
    guitarists.
    Marjane Satrapi

    Graphic novelist,
    illustrator and children’s
    book author.
    Mina Bissell

    A possible candidate for


    a Nobel prize for her 30
    years of scientific effort
    which has become
    increasingly influential in
    the field of cancer
    biology and cancer
    therapeutics.
    Nazanin Afshin-Jam

    Miss World Canada


    2003.
    Omar Khayyam
    (1048 – 1131)

    Persian poet,
    mathematician,
    philosopher and
    astronomer.
    ∆ = b² – 4ac
    Omid Djalili

    The only Iranian


    Comedian in the
    world, which is
    “technically three
    more than Germany!”
    Omid Kordestani

    The Senior Vice


    President for
    Worldwide Sales and
    Field Operations of
    Google.
    Parisa Khosravi

    Senior Vice President


    and Managing Editor,
    International News
    Gathering, CNN.
    Pierre Omidyar

    The founder/chairman
    of the eBay auction
    site.
    Ramona Amiri

    Miss World Canada


    2005.
    Razi
    (865 – 925)

    Celebrated chemist,
    physicist and
    philosopher,
    discoverer of medical
    applications for
    alcohol.
    Reza Badiyi

    Director of episodes of Mission:


    Impossible, Hawaii Five-O,
    Mannix, The Six million Dollar
    Man, Starsky and Hutch, The
    Rockford Files, Police Squad!
    Dr.Quinn, Medicine Woman,
    Star Trek Deep Space Nine,
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
    Nikita and Sliders.
    Rumi
    (1207 – 1273)

    Persian poet.
    His followers, the
    Whirling Dervishes,
    believe in performing
    their worship in the
    form of dance and
    music.
    Saadi
    (1184 – 1283)
    One of his poems is used to
    grace the entrance to the Hall of
    Nations of the UN building in New
    York:
    “The children of Humanity are each
    other’s limbs
    That share an origin in their creator
    When one limb passes its days in pain
    The other limbs cannot remain easy.
    You who feel no pain at the suffering of
    others
    It is not fitting you be called human.”
    Samira Makhmalbaf

    At age 27
    considered to be one of the best directors
    of contemporary world cinema.
    Shahrdad Rohani
    Best known for arranging
    and conducting the
    ‘Yanni Live at the
    Acropolis’ concert, the
    most widely viewed
    program ever shown on
    Public Television in the
    United States, and the
    second best-selling music
    video of all time
    Shirin Ebadi

    2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.


    Shohreh Aghdashloo

    2003 Academy Award


    Nomination.
    Shiraz Wine

    Australia's most popular


    red wine stems from
    Shiraz – the city of
    flowers, wine and poetry
    in Iran – in the heart of an
    ancient winemaking
    region where the process
    of wine making possibly
    originated 7000 years
    ago.
    NoWar SA
    says no to war on Iran

    http://www.nowar-sa.net/

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