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Akbari (surname)
Akbari is an Iranian/Persian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alireza Akbari (1961–2023), Iranian politician and dual Iranian-British citizen * Fatema Akbari (born 1974), Afghan political figure * Hashem Akbari (born 1949), Iranian-American professor at Concordia University * Jalal Akbari (born 1983), Iranian footballer * Mania Akbari (born 1974), Iranian film director * Mohammad Hossein Akbari (born 1950), Iranian tennis player * Mohammad Reza Akbari (born 1986), Iranian basketball player * Rahmat Akbari Rahmat Akbari (born 20 June 2000) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Brisbane Roar and the Afghan National Team. Club career Brisbane Roar On 6 October 2017, Akbari made his professional debut in the opening ... (born 2000), Australian association football player * Raumesh Akbari (born 1984), Tennessee House of Representatives District 91 * Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Historian at the Institute for Advanced Study * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alireza Akbari
Alireza Akbari ( fa, علیرضا اکبری; 21 October 1961 – ) was an Iranian politician and a senior Islamic revolutionary guard officer with Iranian and British citizenship. He was Deputy Minister of Defence from 1998 to 2003 under General Ali Shamkhani during the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami. Akbari was first arrested in Iran in 2009, accused of spying for Britain. Akbari was arrested again in 2019 while travelling from the United Kingdom to Iran, and sentenced to death for charges including accused of spying for Britain, '' Mofsed-e-filarz'' (a Persian word translating to "corruption on Earth"), stemming from accusations that Akbari committed espionage on behalf of the United Kingdom's intelligence agency, MI6. Akbari and his family denied Iran's espionage charges. On 14 January 2023, the Iranian Judiciary announced that Akbari had been executed by hanging after having been convicted of spying. Akbari's execution was met with controversy and condemn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatema Akbari
Fatema Akbari ( fa, فاطمه اکبری; born 1974) is an Afghan entrepreneur and women's advocate who is the founder of the Gulistan Sadaqat Company and non-governmental organization the Women Affairs Council. In 2011, she received the 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. Career Fatema Akbari was driven into carpentry by necessity as a means of supporting her children following the death of her husband in 1999, originally working on building sites in Iran, where her family fled when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. In 2003, she returned to the homeland and started furniture manufacturing business by establishing Gulistan Sadaqat Company in Kabul with a carpentry school. She attempted to provide a workforce base as a means of earning to wives of men killed or disabled during the conflict in Afghanistan. In 2009, she enrolled in the Goldman Sachs-sponsored 10,000 Women program at the American University of Afghanistan, a program aimed at training women fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashem Akbari
Hashem Akbari (born 13 August, 1949) is an Iranian-American professor of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University. He specializes in research on the effects of urban heat islands, cool roofs, paving materials, energy efficiency, and advanced integrated energy optimization in buildings. Biography Akbari was born in Iran. He received his Ph.D. of Nuclear Engineering at University of California, Berkeley in 1979. He became a U.S. citizen in 1991. In 2009, he joined the Concordia University, where he founded a comprehensive laboratory to measure solar spectral reflectance and thermal emittance of common construction materials. Prior to joining the Concordia University, he was a senior scientist and the leader of the Heat Island Group at Environmental Energy Technologies Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) at the University of California (from 1983 to 2009). In 1985, he founded the Urban Heat Island (UHI) group, where he worked in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal Akbari
Jalal Akbari Kelishadi ( fa, جلال اكبری کلیشادی , born 5 July 1983) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a left back. Club career Though he usually plays as a defender, in the IPL 2005/06 season, Akbari was one of the best goalscorers for Sepahan, scoring 6 goals in 26 appearances for the club. He always was a regular player during his time in Sepahan. He moved to Persepolis in summer 2009. Club Career Statistics Last Update 24 April 2011 * Assist Goals International career Jalal Akbari was a member of Iran national under-23 football team, participating in the 2006 Asian Games. In June 2007 he had his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Mexico. Honours Club *Iran's Premier Football League: **Runner up: 1 ***2007/08 with Sepahan *Hazfi Cup **Winner: 4 ***2005/06 with Sepahan ***2006/07 with Sepahan ***2009/10 with Persepolis ***2010/11 with Persepolis *AFC Champions League **Runner up: 1 ***2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mania Akbari
Mania Akbari ( fa, مانيا اکبری, born 22 September 1974From Tehran with love: the cinema of Mania Akbari ''The F Word'' 9 July 2013, retrieved 27 January 2014) is an Iranian filmmaker, artist, writer and actress whose works explore women's rights, marriage, sexual identity, disease and body image.Iranian film-maker Mania Akbari: 'Cinema threatens the government' ''The Guardian'' 15 July 2013, retrieved 27 January 2014 Her style, in contrast to the long tradition of melodrama in Iranian cinema, is rooted in the visual arts and autobiography. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Hossein Akbari
Mohammad Hossein Akbari (born 1950) is a former tennis player from Iran. Career He was introduced to Tennis at age of 6. His first Tennis competitive match was in 1961 where he defeated Iran's runner up Nemat Nemati. At age of 16 he became the first Iranian to compete at 1966 Wimbledon Juniors. In 1967 he competed at the Orange Bowl. He was Iran's champion in 1973, 1974 and 1979.Hossein Akbari Iranian Tennis From 1967 to 1978, Akbari took part in campaigns for Iran. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Mohammad Reza Akbari Bisheh, ( fa, محمد رضا اكبری بیشه, born September 20, 1986, in Isfahan, Iran) is a professional Iranian basketball player who currently plays for Zob Ahan Isfahan BC of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team. He is a six-foot-four-inch shooting guard. Akbari is also a member of the Iran national basketball team. He first played for the team during their first ever gold medal run at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007. He saw action in five of nine games off the bench for the Iranians at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where the team won its second consecutive gold medal to qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Honours National team * Asian Championship **Gold medal: 2007, 2009 * Asian Under-18 Championship **Gold medal: 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahmat Akbari
Rahmat Akbari (born 20 June 2000) is an Afghans, Afghan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), central midfielder for Brisbane Roar FC, Brisbane Roar and the Afghan National Team. Club career Brisbane Roar On 6 October 2017, Akbari made his professional debut in the opening round of the 2017–18 season, replacing Nicholas D'Agostino (footballer), Nicholas D'Agostino in the 83rd minute as the Roar were beaten 2-0 by Melbourne City FC, Melbourne City at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, AAMI Park. Melbourne Victory Akbari joined Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory on a one-year loan in October 2018. He made his Victory debut on 11 November 2018, replacing James Troisi in the 89th minute as they demolished the Central Coast Mariners FC, Central Coast Mariners 4–1 at home. Return to Brisbane Roar On 4 June 2019, it was announced that Akbari had returned to Brisbane following the completion of his contract. International car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raumesh Akbari
Raumesh Aleza Akbari (''ruh-MESH'' ''ack-BERRY'') (born April 14, 1984) is an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the 29th district since 2019. She was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 91st district. She currently serves as First Vice Chair of the Education Committee, and a member of the Commerce and Labor Committee, and the Ethics Subcommittee. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Akbari was born in Memphis, Tennessee to parents Lisa and Hooshang, both professional trichologists. Her father is from Iran, and her mother is from Memphis. She has a fraternal twin, Raumina. Akbari is a 2002 graduate of Cordova High School in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Washington University in St. Louis, where she graduated in 2006 with a BA degree in African American studies and a minor in political science. In 2009, Akbari received her Juris Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law. She currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Suzanne Conklin Akbari is a medievalist, recognised for her global and comparative approach to medieval literary history. She was a Professor in English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto from 1995 until 2019, when she joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Biography Akbari earned her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1984. At Columbia University, she earned an M.A. in English in 1989, an M. Phil. in English and Comparative Literature in 1991, and a Ph.D. in English and Comparative literature in 1995. She began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1995, where she served as a Professor in the Department of English, as well as the Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies from 2013 to 2019. In July 2019, Akbari left the University of Toronto to join the Institute for Advanced Study. Akbari's first monograph, ''Seeing Through the Veil'' (2004), ties medieval use of allegory to the medieval debate about whether visual perception occurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taghi Akbari
Taghi Akbari ( fa, تقی اکبری; born 1945) is an Iranian former tennis player. Career Akbari was a member of Iran Davis Cup team from 1958 to 1975, where he was captain since 1974. He appeared at 15 Davis Cup campaigns for Iran, which is a national record. His 17 singles wins is also an Iranian Davis Cup record, that was equaled by Anoosha Shahgholi in 2011. He also won three doubles rubbers during his career. In 1962 he was a quarter-finalist at the Lebanon International Championships. His only career singles title win came at the Lebanese National Championships held in Brummana, Lebanon in 1965. In 1966 he reached the quarter-finals of the Philippines Championships. He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1966 Asian Games and a silver medal at the 1974 Asian Games, where he lost in the gold medal playoff to Toshiro Sakai. In 1966 he was a semi-finalist at the Iranian International Championships in Tehran, where he lost to Bob Hewitt. Akbari man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadollah Akbari
Yadollah Akbari ( fa, یدالله اكبری, born July 1, 1974) is a former Iranian football player who played in the midfielder position. Club career Akbari started his career at Tehran side Saipa FC, before moving to Iranian giants Esteghlal FC. In 2004, he was transferred to Ahvazi club Esteghlal Ahvaz. There he enjoyed a good season and in 2005 was transferred to Saba Battery FC. He joined the newly founded club Pas Hamedan in 2007. In 2008 he was transferred back to Esteghlal after having a good season with Pas Hamedan. * Assist Goals International career Yadollah Akbari made his debut for Iran in a match against Kazakhstan in May 2000. He scored his first national goal against China in ''Civilization Cup'' in 2001. As of August 2006, he has 12 international appearances for ''Team Melli''. *Iran's Premier Football League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |