The Most Famous
LAWYERS from Iran
This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Lawyers. The pantheon dataset contains 68 Lawyers, 1 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 30th most number of Lawyers behind India and Azerbaijan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Iranian Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Shadi Sadr (1974 - )
With an HPI of 29.52, Shadi Sadr is the most famous Iranian Lawyer. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Shadi Sadr (Persian: شادی صدر; born 1974) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights advocate, essayist and journalist. She co-founded Justice for Iran (JFI) in 2010 and is the Executive Director of the NGO. She has published and lectured worldwide. She has received a number of awards including the Human Rights Tulip and Alexander Prize of Law School of Santa Clara University. In 2007 and 2009 she was detained in Evin prison. On 17 May 2010, she was convicted by the Tehran Revolutionary court of "acting against national security and harming public order".
Pantheon has 1 people classified as lawyers born between 1974 and 1974. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living lawyers include Shadi Sadr. As of April 2022, 1 new lawyers have been added to Pantheon including Shadi Sadr.
