Iranian national heroes

Mohammad Mosaddegh, liberal leader democratically elected, overthrown in a coup, pictured in exile in 1965, Ahmadabad, Iran

Iranian national heroes have got a wide range in Iranian culture and literature.They have also a chronological variety from pre-isam era to present time.

• Abu Muslim Khorasani, Liberal activist against the Umayyad dynasty.
• Rostam, the main character of Shahnameh
• Kaveh the Blacksmith, character from the Shahnameh
• Jamshid, One of the greatest kings of mythical Persia according to Shahnameh's account.
• Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar

Gholamreza Takhti,a Contemporary Iranian Hero

• Arash the archer, a character in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
• Mirza Kuchak Khan, activist
• Bahram Chobin, One of the greatest Iranian (WP) Spahbods
• Pourya-ye Vali,Iranian Pahlevan
• Wikipedia:Nader shah, Shah of Iran during Afsharid dynasty
• Wikipedia:Amir Kabir, the prime minister of Wikipedia:Qajar dynasty
• Wikipedia:Sattar khan and Wikipedia:Baqer khan, two famous people influencing the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Mashrooteh
• Wikipedia:Mohammad Mosaddeq, the prime minister of Wikipedia:Pahlavi dynasty
• Wikipedia:Cyrus the Great, Shah of Iran
• Wikipedia:Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian Wrestler
• Wikipedia:Surena, Wikipedia:Parthian Commander
• Wikipedia:Darius the Great, Shah of Iran during Wikipedia:Achaemenid dynasty

Sattar Khan,an Iranian Hero

• Wikipedia:Babak Khorramdin, Iranian Activist against Wikipedia:Abbasid Caliphate
• Wikipedia:Ariobarzan, Persian Wikipedia:Satrap
• Wikipedia:Lotf Ali Khan Zand, Shah of Iran during Wikipedia:Zand dynasty
• Shah Abbas, Shah of Iran]during Wikipedia:Safavid dynasty
• Wikipedia:Maziar, Tabari Protester against Wikipedia:Arabs
• Wikipedia:Ferdowsi, Highly revered Persian poet
• Wikipedia:Hassan-i-Sabah, The old man of the mountains

See also

• Wikipedia:Iranian folklore
• Wikipedia:Iranian culture
• Wikipedia:Persian literature

References

• Iranian national heroes in farhangsara.com
• Babak Khorramdin, Iranian national hero