Ali Akbar Sadeghi
Ali Akbar Sadeghi (born November 22, 1937; Persian: علیاکبر صادقی, also Romanized as "Ali-Akbar Sādeqi"), a graduate of the College of Art, University of Tehran, is an Iranian painter and artist. As a child, Ali Akbar Sadeghi reminisces that he would be lost in the chants of narrators that gave account of Shahnameh stories; accounts of Siavash riding on horseback, still-armored Bijan, Rostam’s arrow hitting Ashkbous in the heart, Faramarz, elephant rider, and bravery of other heroes whose names remain in Persian literature and Iranian folklore forever.