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Painted portrait representing the poet Rumi

Rumi

Iran · 1207–1273

Poet & Sufi mystic

Relief believed to depict Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great

Iran · c. 600–530 BCE

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Relief depicting Darius the Great

Darius the Great

Iran · 550–486 BCE

King of the Achaemenid Empire

Portrait of Reza Shah in military uniform

Reza Shah

Iran · 1878–1944

Shah of Iran

Portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Iran · c. 1900–1989

Supreme Leader of Iran

Photograph of Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

Iran · born 1947

Lawyer and human rights activist

Achaemenid Persian artifact associated with the era of Xerxes I

Xerxes I

Iran · c. 518–465 BCE

King of the Achaemenid Persian Empire