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Yousof (Younnus, Younus) Safvat (born 15 February 1940 in Tehran - death 29 January 2003^{[citation needed]} in Tehran) was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.

Yousof Safvat
Yousof Safvat in 1960s
Country	Iran
Born	(1940-02-15)15 February 1940 Tehran, Iran
Died	29 January 2003(2003-01-29) (aged 72) Tehran, Iran
Title	The first Iran chess champion
FIDE rating	2270 (May 2020) [Inactive][1]

He was a five-time winner of the Iranian Chess Championship (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1965), and represented Iran in Chess Olympiads at Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Varna 1962, Tel Aviv 1964, and Siegen 1970.[2][3]

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- [en] Yousof Safvat

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[ru] Сафват, Юсоф

Юсоф Сафват или Юннус Сафват (перс. یوسف صفوت‎, англ. Yousof Safvat, 15 февраля 1931, Тегеран — 29 января 2003, там же) — иранский шахматист, национальный мастер.

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