This is a list of Iranian Armenian notable people by birth or ancestry, ethnicity or nationality, arranged by main profession then birthdate. For similar reasons related to ethnogenesis and national identity, this list starts from the early modern history of Armenia and Iran, when the Safavids established Iranian Armenia (1502–1828) and a national state officially known as Persia or Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region. [Note 1]
This list is not automatically filled but the following Iranian people have either stated that they are Armenians or that credible sources indicate that. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is Armenian and Iranian.
Isfahan is a major city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located 440 kilometres south of Tehran. The city has a population of approximately 2,220,000, making it the third-most populous city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area.
Iranian Armenians, also known as Persian Armenians, are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of their number in Iran range from 70,000 to 500,000. Areas with a high concentration of them include Tabriz, Tehran, Salmas and New Julfa, Isfahan.
New Julfa is the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran, located along the south bank of the Zayanderud.
Ebrahim Hakimi was an Iranian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Iran on three occasions.
Mushegh Sarvarian was an Iranian Armenian film director.
Varuzh Karim-Masihi is an Iranian-Armenian film director, film editor, and screenplay writer.
Saint Mary Church, Holy Mother of God Church or Surp Mariam Asdvadzadzin Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran completed in 1785. It is the largest and oldest Christian church in Tabriz and a notable centre for Armenian national and religious ceremonies held by the Armenian community of Tabriz.
Saint Mary Church of New Julfa is a historical Armenian church in Isfahan, Iran, completed in 1613.
Robert Ekhart was an Iranian, film director, and editor-in-chief.
Vartan Hovanessian was an Iranian Armenian architect and leading figure in architectural practice and philosophy.
Aramais Vardani Hovsepian, known as Arman Hovsepian was an Iranian Armenian actor.
Aramais Aghamalian was an Armenian-Iranian Film director and Screenwriter.
Joseph Vaezian was an Iranian Armenian film producer and director.
Ardashes Badmagrian or Artashes Patmgrian (1863–1928) was an Iranian Armenian Movie Theater owner. Badmagarian had worked at Pathé in Paris at the turn of the century and had brought back to Persia the cinematograph, the phonograph, and the bicycle.
Annik Shefrazian, known mononymously as Annik was an Iranian Armenian actress of film and television.
Loreta Hairapedian Tabrizi was an Iranian Armenian stage and film actress.
Sumbat Der Kiureghian was a 20th-century Iranian–Armenian watercolor artist.
Nor Burastan Cemetery, also known as the Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery, is the major Armenian cemetery located in southeast of Tehran. It was established in 1974 by the St. Stephen Chapel (hy), in Tehran.
Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran,, is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran. It is the oldest church in Tehran.
خیلی وقتها به من میگویند، تو ارمنی هستی و ما را از ایرانیها جدا میکنند، در حالی که ما همه ایرانی هستیم.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)I am an Armenian-Iranian by birth; a sceptic by intellectual training; a democratic socialist by political preference; and, as far as religious conviction is concerned, an agnostic on most days — on other days, an atheist. April 1988.
Старший сын Лазарева Иван Лазаревич (1735-1801) был одним из богатейших меценатов России.
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(help)Avetis Nazarbekian, although born in Tabriz (Persia), was considered a Russian Armenian because he had lived in Russia since his childhood and had been educated there.
The esteemed Soviet military commander G.D. Gai was born into a family of teachers at Tabriz, in Iran. His mother was Persian and his father was an Armenian socialist who had fled to Persia in the 1880s to escape the tsarist authorities.
Ardeshir Ovanessian born rasht.