Le Lycée Razi ( fa, دبیرستان رازی), translated in English as Razi High School, was a French-language co-ed school located on Pahlavi Street (now renamed Valiasr Street after the revolution of 79 ) in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The school is named after ''
Razi'' a Persian physician, philosopher, and scholar. The first Razi school was built during the 1950s in a different area of the city of Teheran, and at the beginning of the 60s a new campus was built north of Vanak Square in Teheran.
Prior to the
1979 Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
, the school was one of two French-language schools in Tehran along with
Lycée Jean d'Arc. In contrast to the more rigiorous and religious association at Jean d'Arc, Razi was associated with upper-middle class families in Tehran due to the fact that members of the
Shah's family attended the school.
Notable alumni
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Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...
, the last empress of Iran.
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Ali Reza Pahlavi II, 1976 - younger son of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, and his wife Farah.
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Lily Amir-Arjomand, former leader of the
Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults and founder of the children's public library system in Iran
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Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and show anchor
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Arash Hejazi Arash Hejazi ( fa, آرش حجازی), born 1971 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian physician, novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English and Portuguese into Persian. He is also an editor in Caravan Books Publishing House (I ...
, Iranian British author and the witness in death of
Neda Agha Soltan
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Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...
, Graphic novelist, film director
See also
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Alavi Institute
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Firouz Bahram High School
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Alborz High School
Mandegar Alborz High School ( fa, دبیرستان ماندگار البرز) is a college-preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and the Middle East, named after the Alborz ...
References
External links
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High schools in Iran
Educational institutions established in 1950
Schools in Tehran
1950 establishments in Iran