Parviz Varjavand
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{{lang|fa|پرویز ورجاوند}}
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|term_start2 = 25 February 1979
|term_end2 = 8 March 1979
|primeminister2 = Mehdi Bazargan
|predecessor2 = Mohsen Foroughi (Shah era)
|successor2 = Ministry abolished
|birth_date = 5 January 1934
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|nationality = Iranian
|party = National Front
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|alma_mater = Sorbonne University
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Parviz Varjavand ({{langx|fa|پرویز ورجاوند}}, alao Romanized as "Parviz Varjāvand"; 5 January 1934 – 10 June 2007) was a notable Iranian archaeologist, researcher, university professor and politician who was a prominent member of Iran National Front.[http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499770 Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031141229/http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499770 |date=2007-10-31 }}
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.
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.[http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499770 Scholar Varjavand dies at 73] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031141229/http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499770 |date=2007-10-31 }}
Death
He died on 10 June 2007, in Milad Hospital at the age of 73.
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Category:Iranian archaeologists
Category:University of Tehran alumni
Category:University of Paris alumni
Category:Government ministers of Iran
Category:Academic staff of the University of Tehran
Category:National Front (Iran) politicians
Category:20th-century archaeologists
Category:Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni
Category:Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tehran alumni