Yousef Majidzadeh (Persian: یوسف مجیدزاده, born 1938) is an Iranian archaeologist and director of the excavations at Ozbaki, Qabristan and Jiroft.
In 2007, Majidzadeh presented a seminar in Kerman entitled “Jiroft, the Cradle of Oriental Civilization”.
During the lecture, he said: "The history of civilization in Jiroft dates back to 2700 BCE and the third-millennium civilization is the missing link of the chain of civilization which archaeologists have long sought.
The only difference is that the Mesopotamian civilization had cultural continuity while the Jiroft civilization suffered from ups and downs for natural reasons.
"[1] He retired from University of Tehran after Iranian Revolution and now lives in France.