Levon Davidian

Levon Davidian, an Iranian-Armenian politician, was an Iranian parliament member. He was a psychiatrist and professor of university. He died when Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed killing all passengers on board.

Life

Davidian first attended school in Tehran and then began studying at the Faculty of Medicine at Shahid Beheshti University there in 1962. In 1978, he received a doctorate in psychiatry. He belonged to the Armenian minority in Iran and represented them in parliament from 2000 to 2004. He was a long-time deputy member of parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a prominent figure in his homeland. Davidian was among the 168 people aboard Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 that crashed into a field on July 15, 2009. He died in the crash, leaving behind at least two children, a daughter living in the U.S. and a son in Iran.

Handbook of Psychiatry, volume Four