34 Notable alumni of
Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch is 1102nd in the world, 232nd in Asia, and 7th in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ali Daei
- Occupations
- association football coachbusinesspersonentrepreneurassociation football player
- Biography
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Ali Daei is an Iranian football manager and former professional footballer. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006. He played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. He is regarded as one of the greatest Iranian footballers of all time as well as one of the greatest footballers from Asia. Daei is the all-time Asian men's top goal scorer in international football (108).
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Marjane Satrapi
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- comics artistfilm director
- Biography
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Marjane Satrapi is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, Woman, Life, Freedom and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
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Mostafa Zamani
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Mostafa Zamani is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including a Hafez Award and two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, in addition to nominations for a Crystal Simorgh and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
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Tannaz Tabatabaei
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- actor
- Biography
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Tannaz Tabatabaei is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh for her performances in Drown (2020) and Without Her (2022) and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards for The Voices (2009) and Villa Dwellers (2017). Tabatabaei earned three Hafez Award nominations for her roles in Drown, Rebel, and Without Her.
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Elnaz Shakerdoost
- Enrolled in Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in theatre art
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Elnaz Shakerdoost is an Iranian former actress. She studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Tehran while pursuing acting in theater. She received a nomination for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at the Fajr Film Festival for her role in When the Wind Blows Through the Meadow in 2007 and won the Best Actress award at the Hafez Awards for her performance in Mubarak in 2016. Shakerdoost also won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for her role in When the Moon Was Full in 2018 and was nominated for the same award for Pinto, both directed by Narges Abyar.
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Mahdi Pakdel
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- television actorfilm directoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Mehdi Pakdel is an Iranian actor.
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Bahareh Rahnama
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- bloggerfilm directoractorscreenwriter
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Bahareh Rahnama is an Iranian actress and author. She won a Hafez Award for her acting in Tambourine (2008).
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Karim Ansarifard
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Karim Adil Ansarifard is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a forward. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Ali Daei (the coach who scouted him) and he has been named Daei's "successor".
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Hanieh Tavassoli
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- actor
- Biography
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Hanieh Tavassoli is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh and an Iran Cinema Celebration Award, in addition to nominations for five Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
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Arya Aziminejad
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- composer
- Biography
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Arya Aziminejad is an Iranian music composer.
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Ashkan Khatibi Vatanforosh
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- singeractorpresenter
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Ashkan Khatibi is an Iranian actor, singer-songwriter and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Shirzad Malek in Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021–2022). Khatibi earned an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association nomination for his performance in Bench Cinema (2016).
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Abbas Araghchi
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Abbas Araghchi is an Iranian diplomat and politician, who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since August 2024. He previously served as the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as the Iranian ambassador to Finland and to Japan.
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Hamid Sourian
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Hamid Sourian Reihanpour or Hamid Soryan is a retired Iranian wrestler. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gold medalist and six-time World Champion. He won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian championships gold medalist.
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Saeid Marouf
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani is an Iranian volleyball setter. He was the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as well as most valuable player at the 2013 Asian Championship. He participated in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was voted Iranian Sportsmen of the year for (2015–16) of the Iranian calendar by an Iranian
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Amin Zendegani
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Amin Zendegani is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Solomon in the historical film The Kingdom of Solomon (2010). He has also starred in television series The Newlywed (2002), Mokhtarnameh (2010–2011), Everything Is There (2014–2015), and Touba (2024). Zendegani earned a Hafez Award nomination for his performance in Everything Is There. In 1996, he also won the Best Actor award as the second runner-up in Fajr Theatre Festival for his performance in Burning Red.
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Siamak Ansari
- Enrolled in Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Siamak Ansari His parents are Turkmen and have Turkmen origins. is an actor and director, mostly known for his appearances in sitcom comedy series.
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Mehrab Ghasemkhani
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- screenwriter
- Biography
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Mehrab Qasemkhani is an Iranian screenwriter, painter, set designer and actor.
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Shabnam Gholikhani
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- writerfilm directoractorscreenwriter
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Shabnam Qolikhani is an Iranian TV, and cinema actress.
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Kazem Sayyahi
- Occupations
- voice actorfilm directorpuppeteeractor
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Kazem Sayahi Saharkhiz is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his two critically acclaimed collaborations with Iranian director Iraj Tahmasb in Red Hat (2012–2018), and Party (2022–2024), for which he gained acclaim and became well known. Sayahi gained wider recognition and received critical praise for his role as Rahim Rahmati, an addict father in the comedy television series Bachelors (2016–2019), which earned him a Hafez Award nomination.
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Abdolreza Kahani
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Abdolreza Kahani is an expatriate Iranian filmmaker, who currently works principally in France and Canada.
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Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
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- association football playerassociation football coach
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Mohammad Mayeli Kohan is an Iranian football coach and former player. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League.
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Kambiz Hosseini
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- podcasterjournalistcomedianplaywrightactor
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Kambiz Hosseini is an Iranian political satirist, actor, television host, and radio host. He is the host of Paradox, a Podcast series that airs on Radio Farda. He was the host of Poletik, a satirical news program that airs on Radio Farda, as well as weekly podcast on human rights in Iran, Five in the Afternoon. He created and hosted the successful and critically acclaimed TV show Parazit on Voice of America from 2009-2012.
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Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami is an Iranian former professional basketball player.
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Sajjad Anoushiravani
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- weightlifter
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Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad is the President of Islamic Republic of Iran Weightlifting Federation since June 2022. He is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category. He was the head coach of Iran's weightlifting team at Rio Olympics in summer 2016, that won two golds. Sajjad won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's +105 kg category with a total of 449 kg.
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Mohammad Abbasi
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- civil servant
- Biography
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Mohammad Abbasi is an Iranian politician who is the former minister of youth affairs and sports. He was Minister of Cooperatives in the first and second Cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2011.
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Shahrokh Razmjou
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- anthropologistarchaeologist
- Biography
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Shahrokh Razmjou is an Iranian archaeologist and historian, specializing in Achaemenid Archaeology and History. He received his PhD in Achaemenid Archaeology at the University of London. He established the Inscriptions Hall (1998–1999) and the Centre for Achaemenid Studies (2001) at the National Museum of Iran. He was curator of Ancient Iran in the Department of the Middle East, British Museum (2009–2012) and during this time, he produced a new updated translation of the text on the Cyrus Cylinder from Babylonian to Persian. He also excavated the ancient man-made caves of Niyasar, Kashan. He is currently teaching at the Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran.
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Afshin Ghaffarian
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- choreographerdancerdirectoractor
- Biography
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Afshin Ghaffarian is an Iranian choreographer, director, dancer, and actor, participating primarily with the group "Reformances". Desert Dancer is a 2014 movie inspired by his life. Ghaffarian was portrayed by Reece Ritchie.
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Elaheh Ahmadi
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Elaheh Ahmadi is an Iranian sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the final in the women's 10 metre air rifle and also competed in the 50 metre rifle 3 positions.
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Parvin Ahmadinejad
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Parvin Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician. She is the sister of former President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Ayat Najafi
- Enrolled in Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in scenic design
- Occupations
- screenwriterdocumentary filmmakerfilm directortheatrical directorplaywright
- Biography
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Ayat Najafi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received many international awards from the Berlin International Film Festival and Outfest for "Football Under Cover" and also Montreal World Film Festival for No Land's Song.
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Akbar Mohammadi
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- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Akbar Mohammadi is an Iranian former football player who has later managed the Iran national under-19 team. Akbar Mohammadi Argi, in addition to his football pro license degree and official AFC instructor, also has a specialized doctorate in sports management from Tarbiat Modares University which can be called one of the most educated coaches in Iran. Also, he has the experience of CEO of Paykan F.C. and the experience of being responsible for sports of National Iranian Copper Industries Company. He has experience as a head coach in the Premier League and Azadegan League, as well as the head coach of the national youth team of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In October 2023, he was introduced as the head coach of Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.
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Mojtaba Saminejad
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- bloggerwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Mojtaba Saminejad (Persian: مجتبی سمیع نژاد, born 30 September 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian blogger and writer. He studied journalism at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University.
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Sara Khoshjamal Fekri
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- taekwondo athlete
- Biography
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Sara Khoshjamal Fekri is an Iranian taekwondoka and the first Iranian female taekwondo Olympic qualifier. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, defeating Ghizlane Toudali of Morocco in the round of sixteen before losing to Yang Shu-Chun of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.She recently completed a second master’s degree in Applied Exercise and Health Science at Canterbury Christ Church University.
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Ali Sanei
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- association football playerfutsal player
- Biography
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Ali Saneei Arani is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Iran national under-20 futsal team. He was the head coach of Iran national futsal team from 2011 to 2012. During his term as the head coach Iran did not perform well, resulting in the loss of Asian title in 2012, an early exit from the Futsal World Cup 2012 held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th. He was sacked in Nov. 2012 just after the World Cup.
