Jahangir Razmi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jahangir Razmi

Pulitzer Prize-winning Iranian photographer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1947

Place of Birth: Arak, Markazi Province, Iran

Profession: photographer, photojournalist, journalist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jahangir Razmi (Persian: ??????? ?????) (b.
December 16, 1947 in Arak, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
His photograph, Firing Squad in Iran, was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in the Iranian daily Ettela'at, the oldest still running newspaper in Iran.
Days later, it appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers around the world.
The photograph was the only anonymous winner of a Pulitzer Prize in the 90-year history of the award, as the identity of Razmi as the photographer was not revealed until 2006.