As a young graduate from the University of Tehran.[2] He is one of the students of Hooshang seyhoon. He won a nationwide competition in 1966 to design the Shahyad Tower, renamed the Azadi Tower in 1979.[4][5] This first architectural project led to the opportunity to create some of Iran's most distinctive projects with reference to traditional Persian architecture. Amongst them are the initial buildings of the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran.,[6] the Persian Heritage Center, the Faculty for Business Management of the Tehran University and the Embassy of Iran in Beijing, China. As a member of the persecuted Baháʼí Faith, Amanat fled the country during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[7] He is the brother of Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies at Yale University.
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^"Tehran's Azadi Tower, witness to history, victim of neglect". Reuters. 20 February 2013.
^"Royal welcome at jubilee gathering in Samoa". Baháʼí World News Service. 2004-11-30. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
^Todd, Douglas (2001-05-21). "2 B.C. architects designed new world centre for Baha'i faith". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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