Vaziri ( fa, وزیری , ''Vazīri'') is an Iranian surname derived from the word
Vazir ‘minister’ ( fa, وزیر , ''Vazīr'') and may refer to:
People
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Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1887–1979), Iranian musicologist and composer
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Amir Vaziri (born 1979), Iranian footballer
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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 ...
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Leila Vaziri (born 1985), American swimmer
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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
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Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri (1905–1959), Iranian vocalist and intellectual
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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 fi ...
, (born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar, 1952), actress
Alireza Vaziri Rahimi (born 1987), Art director / professor
Places in Iran
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Vaziri, Iran (disambiguation)
See also
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Vazir (disambiguation)
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Waziri (disambiguation)
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