Parviz Varjavand (Persian

Persian language

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: پرویز ورجاوند) was a notable Iran

Iran

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ian archaeologist, researcher, university professor and politician who was a prominent member of Iran National Front

National Front (Iran)

The National Front of Iran or Jebhe Melli is a Democratic, political opposition group founded by Mohammad Mossadegh and other secular Iranian leaders of Nationalist, Liberal, and Social-Democratic political orientation who had been educated in France in the late 1940s...

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Early and political carrer

He was born on 5 January 1934 in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

. Professor Varjavand graduated with an MA from the University of Tehran

University of Tehran

The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...

 and also obtained a PhD in the Renovation of Monuments and Classical Architecture of Iran from the University of Sorbonne in France.

He was caretaker of Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in Interim Government of Mehdi Bazargan

Mehdi Bazargan

Mehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...

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He was member of leadership council and spokesperson of National Front of Iran.

Varjavand was active in cultural heritage affairs and he made efforts to register Persepolis

Persepolis

Perspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...

, the Choghazanbil Ziggurat and Naqsh-e Jahan complex on the UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage List.

See also

• Iranian studies
  Iranian Studies
  Iranian studies , is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies....
  
  
• Intellectual movements in Iran
  Intellectual movements in Iran
  Intellectual movements in Iran involve the Iranian experience of modernity and its associated art, science, literature, poetry, and political structures that have been changing since the 19th century.- History of Iranian modernity :...
  
  
• National Front of Iran