List of British Iranians

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This is a list of notable British Iranians .

Academics

Actors and comedians

Art and architecture

Business

Entertainment

Media

Politics

Sports

Other

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A cursory glance at the history of art reveals that social, political and economic conditions have always played a major role in the emergence of new artistic currents and styles. As an example Flight by Morteza Katouzian is showing the marginalized people who have no freedom as result of political changes. In Iran, the social and political developments of the 1940s radically altered the evolution of this country's plastic arts and entirely altering its natural path.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archie Panjabi</span> English actress (born 1972)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Mosaffa</span> Iranian actor and director (born 1966)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shirazeh Houshiary</span> Iranian installation artist and sculptor

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nazenin Ansari</span> Iranian journalist and editor

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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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