Famous People with Name Iraj

Iraj Soleimani            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Iraj Soleimani: a retired Iranian Football player and manager. He has played for Shahbaz F.C. and has capped for Persepolis F.C. 115 times. He scored 2 goals in the Tehran derby that Persepolis won with 6 goals. He has also managed Iran U23 in 1983.

Iraj Weeraratne            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Iraj Weeraratne: was an Sinhalese R&B and hip hop artist and music producer who raised the international profile of Sinhalese RnB/pop.[1]After studying Accounting and Finance at the University of Northumbria, he re-joined with Krishan and Ruki for the hit single ‘Roots’. This song revolutionized local music as it crossed borders and received airplay on all continents. This was featured in UK on BBC Radio 1. Following this he released his self-titled debut album - ‘Iraj’, which was co-produced by Ranga Dassanayake from Hit.[1]

Iraj Afshar            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Iraj Afshar: is a notable Iranian literary figure, scholar of Persian literature, bibliographer, historian, cultural theorist and world-class Iranologist. He is a consulting editor of Encyclopedia Iranica at Columbia University and full professor emeritus of Tehran University.

Iraj Kaboli            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Iraj Kaboli: is an Iranian writer, linguist and translator.He came to Tehran for his High School and pursued his education there at Alborz High School. In University, he choose to major in architecture, but he never did a serious or important job in that field.

Iraj Bashiri            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Iraj Bashiri: is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, USA? and one of the leading scholars in the fields of Central Asian Studies and Iranian Studies. Fluent in English, Persian, Tajik, and several Turkic languages, Bashiri has been able to study and translate works otherwise inaccessible to the mostly Russian-speaking Central Asian studies community. Bashiri career focus started on Persia then shifted to the Tajik identity and the relations between Tajiks and the Turkic people of Central Asia, namely the Uzbeks.