Famous Iranian Arabs
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The following is a list of famous Iranians who are of Arab origin (most are from Khuzestan):
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[edit] Government
- Current Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Reza Eskandari[citation needed]
- Admiral Ali Shamkhani, former defence minister
[edit] Athletes
- Hossein Ka'abi, national football star
- Ali Badavi, Former national football star
- Jalal Kameli Mofrad, Former national football star
- Naeem Saadavi, Former national football star
[edit] Intelligentsia
- Nasser Pourpirar, anti-Semitic writer and neoconservative Islamist intellectual
- Yusef Azizi Bani-Torof, writer and intellectual
[edit] Historical figures
- Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami, poet (750AD-815AD)
- Sheikh Khaz'al Khan, the last Sheikh of Mohammerah and provincial governor[citation needed] of Arabistan (Khuzestan) (1897-1925)
[edit] Iranian-American-Arabs
- Mori Hosseini, American businessman and Republican fundraiser [1]