List of University of Tehran people explained

Here is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, commonly including alumni, chancellors, current and former faculty members, students, and others.

Academics

Mostafa Azkia, University of Tehran professor of sociology
Bahram Beyzai, playwright and filmmaker
Hossein Bashiriyeh, political scientist, visiting professor at Syracuse University
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, professor of political geography, Mayor of Tehran
Mehdi Bazargan, head of the engineering department, former Prime Minister
Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
Mahmoud Hessaby, professor of physics
Parviz Jabehdar Maralani, professor of electrical engineering
Noureddin Kianouri, architect and political leader
Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
Abbas Milani, professor, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
Mostafa Moeen, director of the Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute
Jamshid Momtaz, professor of law
Mohammad Mosaddegh, taught in law faculty, former Prime Minister of Iran
Hossein Nasr, philosopher, Dean of Faculty, and Academic Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1968 to 1972
Malcolm Nokes MC, nuclear scientist, Institute of Nuclear Science, 1966–69
Ali Ardashir Larijani, professor of philosophy
Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art
Gholam-Reza Pourmand, professor of urology
Sayed Ebrahim Dibaj, professor of philosophy
Mohammad Ali Sahraian, neurologist and researcher
Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki, professor of biophysics
Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, professor of electrical engineering
Assad Sheikholeslami Sanandaji, theologian and professor at Tehran University
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, professor of demography
Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, professor of theater
Ali Akbar Velayati, professor of medicine
Siamak Yassemi, Member of The World Academy of Science(TWAS)^[1]
Syed Rahim Moshiri, professor of human geography and physical geography
Abdul Hamid Zangeneh, professor, dean of the law faculty

Administrative

College founders

Dr. Mahmoud Hesābi, founder

Chancellors

1. Dr. Ali-Asghar Hekmat (1934–38)
2. Dr. Esmāil Merāt (1938–40)
3. Dr. Isā Sedigh Sedigh Alam (1940)
4. Dr. Mohammad Tadayyon (1940–41)
5. Dr. Mostafā Adl Mansour os-Saltaneh (1941–42)
6. Dr. Ali-Akbar Siāsi (1942–54)
7. Dr. Manouchehr Eghbāl (1954–57)
8. Dr. Ahmad Farhād Motamed (fa) (1957–63)
9. Dr. Jahānshāh Sāleh (fa) (1963–68)
10. Dr. Fazlollāh Rezā (1968–69)
11. Dr. Alinaghi Alikhani (1969–71)
12. Dr. Houshang Nahāvandi (1971–76)
13. Dr. Ahmad Houshang Sharifi (fa) (1976–77)
14. Dr. Ghāsem Motamedi (fa) (1977–78)
15. Dr. Abdollāh Sheibāni (fa) (1978–79)
16. Dr. Mohammad Maleki (1979)
17. Dr. Hassan Ārefi (fa) (1980–81)
18. Dr. Ali Mehdizādeh Shahri (fa) (1981)
19. Dr. Abolghāsem Gorji (fa) (1981–82)
20. Dr. Dr. Abbās Sheibāni (1982–83)
21. Dr. Bahman Yazdi Samadi (fa) (1983–85)
22. Dr. Mohammad Farhādi (1985)
23. Esmāil Evini (fa) (1985)
24. Dr. Hossein Foroutan (fa) (1985–88)
25. Dr. Mohammad Rahimiān (fa) (1989–93)
26. Dr. Gholām-Ali Afrouz (fa) (1993–94)
27. Dr. Mohammad-Rezā Āref (1994–97)^[2]
28. Dr. Mansour Khalili Erāghi (fa) (1997–2002)
29. Dr. Rezā Faraji-Dānā (2002–05)
30. Abbās-Ali Amid Zanjāni (2005–07)
31. Dr. Farhad Rahbar (2007–14)
32. Dr. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadābādi (2014–21)

Alumni

Nobel laureates

Shirin Ebadi and faculty member [Nobel Peace Prize 2003].

Scientists and technology

Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, professor of Remote Sensing
Lotfi A. Zadeh, inventor of fuzzy logic
Moslem Bahadori, physician and university lecturer
Caucher Birkar mathematecian
Ahmad Reza Dehpour, professor
Nader Engheta, inventor of Plasmonic cover
Hassan Farsam, university lecturer
Mehdi Ghalibafian, civil engineer
Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
Mehdi Golshani, university lecturer
Hamid Jafarkhani, University lecturer
Ali Javan, inventor of gas laser
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, professor of engineering and inventor
Kamaloddin Jenab, physics pioneering faculty
Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
Alireza Mashaghi, scientist and physician
Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, engineer, school and university administrator
Toffy Musivand, inventor of artificial cardiac pump
Kaveh Pahlavan, wireless networking researcher
Samuel Rahbar, discovered HbA1C
Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA.
Alireza Rastegar, inventor, president of the international federation of inventors' associations, winner of ISESCO technology prize in 2003
Yousef Sobouti, founder of IASBS
Saeed Sohrabpour, president of the Sharif University of Technology

Intellectuals, scholars, and philosophers

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, intellectual
William Chittick, scholar
Elahi Qomshe'i, philosopher and university lecturer
Dariush Shayegan, philosopher
Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher
Parviz Varjavand professor of archeology

Architects

Foad Rafii, architect
Hooshang Seyhoon, architect, Dean of College of Fine Arts

Artists and musicians

Mehrdad Afsari, photographer
Hossein Alizadeh, musician and university lecturer
Morteza Avini, photographer
Rakhshan Bani-E'temad, filmmaker
Asghar Farhadi, director
Mansooreh Hosseini, artist
Haleh Jamali, Iranian artist
Arghavan Khosravi, Iranian painter and sculptor
Abbas Kiarostami, filmmaker
Noreen Motamed, painter
Behjat Sadr, artist
Amir Reza Salari, cinematographer and director
Khosrow Shakibai, actor
Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art

Athletes

Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Olympic fencer
Janet Kohan-Sedq, athlete

Linguists and literary figures

Hossein Towfigh, Editor-in-Chief, Towfigh Magazine
Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer
Pegah Ahmadi, poet and literary critic
Amir-Hossein Aryanpour, dictionarist and translator
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, poet, journalist, professor of Persian literature
Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan, author
Adib Boroumand, poet, politician and researcher
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, linguist
Hossein Hafezian, political scientist and author
Razi Hirmandi, translator and writer
Siavash Kasraie, poet
Shahriar Mandanipour, author
Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani, Retired Arabic Literature Professor from University of Isfahan, Founder of Islamic Azad University of Falavarjanin 1984
Mohammad Moin, linguist and university lecturer
Fereydoun Motamed, linguist
Ahmad NikTalab, Iranian poet, author, and linguistic
Ramak NikTalab, Iranian author and translator
Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist
Ehsan Yarshater, Iranologist
Abdolhossein Zarinkoob, Iranologist

Politicians

Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Vice President
Abbas Amir-Entezam, former Deputy Prime Minister
Jamshid Amuzegar, Prime Minister
Mohammad Reza Aref, former Vice President
Mohammad Beheshti, Ayatollah
Habibolah Bitaraf, cabinet minister
Mostafa Chamran, former Vice President and Minister of Defense
Rahman Dadman, cabinet minister
Abbas Ahmad Akhondi, current professor, current cabinet minister
Manuchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister
Adib Boroumand, leader of National Front
Hossein Fatemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, former chairman of the Iranian Parliament
Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former MP
Saeed Hajjarian, former Presidential advisor and reformist
Mustafa Hijri, leader of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Mohammed Ali Jafari, IRGC Chief Commander
Mehdi Karroubi, reformist politician and chairman of National Trust Party
Kamal Kharrazi, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
Mohammad Reza Khatami, former secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
Ahmad Khorram, cabinet minister
Elaheh Koulaei, current professor, former Member of Parliament
Ali Larijani, speaker of Parliament and former president of IRIB
Alireza Marandi academic, current Member of Parliament
Hassan Ali Mansur, Prime Minister
Mohsen Mirdamadi, Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, former head of the Ministry of Intelligence and attorney-general
Heydar Moslehi, current head of Ministry of Intelligence
Manuchehr Mottaki, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister
Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, cabinet minister
Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank, cabinet minister, former Member of Parliament
Zahra Rahnavard, politician and artist
Massoud Rajavi, leader of PMOI
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, current professor, spokesman for Khatami's administration
Mohsen Rezaee, current secretary of the Expediency Council, former IRGC Chief Commander
Ezzatollah Sahabi, politician
Yadollah Sahabi, politician
Kazem Sami, former Minister of Health
Jafar Sharif-Emami, former Prime Minister of Iran
Ebrahim Sheibani, Iranian Ambassador, former Governor of the Central Bank
Mostafa Tajzadeh, former vice minister
Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Minister of Health and Medical Education
Parviz Varjavand, former Minister of Culture
Ali Akbar Velayati, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ebrahim Yazdi, former Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of Iran
Javad Zarif, former ambassador to the United Nations

Others

Ahmad Batebi, human rights activist
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, human rights activist
Adel Ferdosipour, journalist, football commentator, television show host, and university professor
Heydar Ghiai, architect, professor of architecture
Saeed Hajjarian, journalist
Darya Safai, women's rights activist
Mahlagha Mallah, environmental activist
Nasser Moghadam, former head of SAVAK
Akbar Mohammadi, student protester
Younan Nowzaradan, surgeon, TV personality, and author
Fazrollah Reza, professor
Kasra Nouri, lawyer
Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad, professor of metallurgy at MIT
Mehdi Sadaghdar, YouTube comedian, electrical engineer
Ahmad Zeidabadi, journalist

Notes and References

Web site: Yassemi, Siamak. TWAS. 7 January 2019.
Web site: Biographies of Eight Qualified Candidates for Iran Presidential Election. Iran Review. 13 August 2013. 22 May 2013.