Yadollah Samareh (1932 – 22 February 2019) was an Iranian linguist and emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Tehran. He was known for his expertise on Persian phonetics. Samareh was a permanent member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature.^[1] He was the first Iranian PhD graduate of University College London. A festschrift in his honor, edited by Omid Tabibzadeh, was published in 2004.^[2]

Yadollah Samareh
Born	1932 (1932)
Died	22 February 2019(2019-02-22) (aged 86–87)
Education	University College London (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Phonetics
Institutions	University of Tehran
Thesis	The Phonological Structure of Syllable and Word in Tehrani Persian  (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph Desmond O'Connor
Other academic advisors	A. C. Gimson, Gordon Frederick Arnold, Michael Halliday, Dennis Fry
Doctoral students	Mahmood Bijankhan Omid Tabibzadeh