# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esfandiar-ekhtiyari
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:44.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esfandiar-ekhtiyari"
name: "Esfandiar Ekhtiyari"
slug: "esfandiar-ekhtiyari"
description: "Esfandiar Ekhtiyari,, full name Esfandiar Ekhtiyari Kasnavieh Yazd, is a Zoroastrian Iranian scientist and politician. He is both a professor in Textile Engineering at Yazd University, and was the holder of the Iranian Parliament's reserved seat for the Zoroastrian minority from 2008 to 2024. As a former Member of Parliament, he used to speak on behalf of the Zoroastrian community of Iran. He has rebuked, and worked to prevent or end, laws and practices discriminatory towards his coreligionists. He was a member of the Education and Research Committee of the Iranian Parliament."
tagline: "Iranian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esfandiar_Ekhtiyari.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             6.515151515151516
  historical:           4.815696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esfandiar_Ekhtiyari"
    title: "Esfandiar Ekhtiyari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "اسفندیار اختیاری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esfandiar_Ekhtiari"
    title: "Esfandiar Ekhtiari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%80"
    title: "Эхтияри, Эсфандияр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6362752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump