Vaziri ( fa, وزیری , link=no, ''Vazīri'') is an Iranian surname derived from the word Vazir ‘minister’ ( fa, وزیر , link=no, ''Vazīr'') and may refer to:

People

Ali-Naqi Vaziri Ali-Naqi Vaziri, also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری) (October 1, 1886 in Tehran, Persia – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary i ...

(1887–1979), Iranian musicologist and composer *

Amir Vaziri Amir Vaziri ( fa, امیر وزیری , born February 5, 1978) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Esteghlal Ahvaz as a striker. Club career Having played for Zob Ahan FC in the Iranian Premier League for three years, in 2004 he moved to T ...

(born 1979), Iranian footballer *

Kazem Vaziri Hamane Seyyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh (born 1945) is an Iranian engineer who served as oil minister from 2005 to 2007. Early life and education Hamaneh was born in Yazd in 1945. He holds a mechanical engineering degree, which he received from Polytechni ...

, politician, minister * Khosrow Vaziri (born 1942), Iranian wrestler known as

The Iron Sheik Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri ( fa, حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô 'Ali Vaziri; born March 15, 1942), better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and a ...

Leila Vaziri Leila Vaziri ( fa, لیلا وزیری, born June 6, 1985) is an American competition swimmer, the 2007 world champion, and a former world record-holder in the 50-meter backstroke. Swimming career Collegiate career Vaziri attended Indiana Univer ...

(born 1985), American swimmer *

Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam (; 27 July 1924 – 7 September 2018), was an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and a professor of art. He was most notable for his style of abstract expressionism, and was once referred to as the "pioneer of modern Irania ...

(born 1924), Iranian artist, painter, and professor *

Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri ( fa, قمرالملوک وزیرى ; 1905 – 5 August 1959), born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan ( fa, قمر خانم سید حسین خان), commonly known as "Qamar" ( fa, قمر ), was a celebrated Iranian singer, who w ...

(1905–1959), Iranian vocalist and intellectual *

Shohreh Aghdashloo Shohreh Aghdashloo ( fa, شهره آغداشلو, ; née Vaziri-Tabar (); 11 May 1952) is an Iranian and American actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she made her film debut in ''Chess of the Wind'' (1976). Her next two film ...

, (born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar, 1952), actress

Places in Iran

* Vaziri, Iran (disambiguation)

People

Places in Iran

See also