The Iran Project - Kourosh Safavi, a renowned Iranian linguist and translator, has passed away at the age of 67.

Born in Tehran in 1956, Safavi held esteemed positions such as the vice-president of the Linguistics Society of Iran and a prominent professor at Allame Tabatabaei University in Tehran.

Throughout his career, Safavi authored numerous notable works, including "An Introduction to Linguistics," "A Dictionary of Linguistics," "A Look at the Background of Persian Language," "Seven Commentaries about Translation," "From Linguistics to Literature," "Some Commentaries on Linguistics," "An Introduction to Semantics," "Logic in Linguistics," "From Linguistics to Literature," "Applied Semantics," "Descriptive Culture of Semantics," "Literature from a Linguistic Perspective," and "Languages of the World: 4 Essays on Linguistics."

Safavi earned his bachelor's degree in German language in 1971, followed by a master's degree in Linguistics in 1979, and finally his doctorate in Linguistics from Tehran University in 1993.