Parviz Varjavand
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Early life and political career
He was born on 5 January 1934 in Tehran. Professor Varjavand graduated with an MA from the University of Tehran 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 Arts and Culture in Interim Government of Mehdi Bazargan.[1]
He was a member of the leadership council and spokesperson of National Front of Iran.
Varjavand was active in cultural heritage affairs and he made efforts to register Persepolis, the Choghazanbil Ziggurat and Naqsh-e Jahan complex on the UNESCO World Heritage List.[2]
Death
He died on 10 June 2007, in Milad Hospital at the age of 73.
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- Iranian archaeologists
- Iranian Iranologists
- University of Tehran alumni
- University of Paris alumni
- Government ministers of Iran
- Academic staff of the University of Tehran
- 1934 births
- 2007 deaths
- National Front (Iran) politicians
- 20th-century archaeologists
- Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni
- Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tehran alumni