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An Iranian-American historian, educator & author. Abbas Malekzadeh Milani

Abbas Malekzadeh Milani (Persian: عباس ملک‌زاده میلانی; born 1949) is an Iranian-American historian, educator, and author. Milani is a visiting professor of political science, and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University. He is also a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University‘s Hoover Institution.[1][2] In Milani’s book, Lost Wisdom:…

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Nikahang Kowsar,Proud Iranian Artist & Journalist

    Nikahang Kowsar (Persian: نیک‌آهنگ کوثر; born 1969), also known as Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Washington, D.C., US. Kowsar was also a reformist candidate for the second term of city council of Tehran in 2003, an election won by the conservative candidates of Abadgaran. He studied Geology at the University of Tehran, and joined Gol-Agha, an Iranian political satire magazine…

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Bijan Daneshmand,An Iranian Actor & Activist.

Bijan Daneshmand (Persian: بیژن دانشمند, born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian born-English actor and artist based in London, England. Early life and education Bijan Daneshmand was born in Tehran, Iran  At the age of 10, he moved to England to receive his early education. After graduating from King’s College London, he attended the London…

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Another Proud Iranian-American,Firouz Naderi,The Eminent Visionary Scientist

Firouz Michael Naderi Firouz Michael Naderi (Persian: فیروز نادری: Fīrouz Nāderi; March 25, 1946 – June 9, 2023) was an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he contributed to some of America’s robotic space missions. Naderi retired from NASA in 2016 and most recently was…

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