Iraj Afshar (8 October 1925 – 9 March 2011) (Persian: ایرج افشار‎) was a bibliographer, historian, and an iconic figure in the field of Persian studies. He was a consulting editor of Encyclopædia Iranica at Columbia University and a full professor emeritus of University of Tehran. He was the chief bibliographer of Persian books at Harvard University. Afshar was associated with UNESCO and taught at the University of Bern and University of Tehran. He was on the advisory council for the Iranian Studies Journal.