49 Notable alumni of
Shahid Beheshti University
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Shahid Beheshti University is 906th in the world, 188th in Asia, and 4th in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from Shahid Beheshti University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi
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- politicianjournalistpainterarchitectwriter
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian socialist politician, artist, architect and opposition figure who served as the 45th and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when conservative authorities removed him. Although Mousavi had always considered himself a reformist and believed in promoting change within the 1979 constitution, on 3 February 2023, in response to the Mahsa Amini protests, he announced his opposition to the Islamic Republic and asked for a widespread referendum to fully change the constitution and make a fundamental change in Iran's political system.
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Hossein Amirabdollahian
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- diplomatpolitician
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Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016.
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Azadeh Namdari
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- presenter
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Azade Namdari or Azadeh Namdari was an Iranian actress and television presenter.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
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- nuclear physicistmilitary personnel
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was an Iranian nuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief of Iran's nuclear program.
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Niusha Zeighami
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- actor
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Niusha Zeighami is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including nominations for two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award.
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Afsaneh Bayegan
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- actor
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Afsaneh Bayegan is an Iranian film and television actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Iran 1976. Born in Tehran, her artistic career started with the short film Boogh or The Horn by Ali Alinejad (1982).
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Nasrin Sotoudeh
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- lawyer
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Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human rights lawyer in Iran. She has represented imprisoned Iranian opposition activists and politicians following the disputed June 2009 Iranian presidential elections and prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors. Her clients have included journalist Isa Saharkhiz, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, and Heshmat Tabarzadi. She has also represented women arrested for appearing in public without a hijab, which is a punishable offense in Iran. Nasrin Sotoudeh was the subject of Nasrin, a 2020 documentary filmed in secret in Iran about Sotoudeh's "ongoing battles for the rights of women, children and minorities." In 2021, she was named as of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. She was released on a medical furlough in July 2021.
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Masoumeh Ebtekar
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- translatorwriterbloggerenvironmentalistjournalist
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Masoumeh Ebtekar is an Iranian politician. A Reformist, she headed the country's Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017, after which she served as the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs from 2017 to 2021. Her appointment to the Cabinet of Iran in 1997 marked her as the institution's third female member overall and the first female member since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. She is currently a full-time professor in the Immunology Department of the School of Medical Sciences at Tarbiat Modares University in the city of Tehran.
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Parvaneh Masumi
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- actor
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Sakineh Kabodar-Ahangi, known professionally as Parvaneh Massoumi (Persian: پروانه معصومی), was an Iranian actress. She received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs. Massoumi died on 27 November 2023, at the age of 78.
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Hassan Fathi
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- screenwriterwriterfilm directortelevision director
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Hassan Fathi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He's one of the most well known and successful Iranian directors. Fathi is best known for his popular historical TV series.
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Alireza Khamsehnia
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- screenwritertelevision actortelevision directoractor
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Alireza Khamseh is an Iranian cinema and television actor.
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Golab Adineh
- Enrolled in Shahid Beheshti University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in political economy
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- actor
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Golab Mostaan known professionally as Golab Adineh, is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and a Golden Rooster Award.
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Kourosh Yaghmaei
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- composersingerguitarist
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Kourosh Yaghmaei is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian psychedelic rock musicians in the history of Iranian rock music, he is known as "the Godfather of Iranian psychedelic rock", as well as "the king of rock".
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Hossein Fereydoun
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- diplomatpolitician
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Hossein Fereydoun is an Iranian politician. Fereydoun is brother and aide to the President Hassan Rouhani, described as his “eyes and ears” in the negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Zeinab Soleimani
- Enrolled in Shahid Beheshti University
- Studied political science
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Zeinab Soleimani is the youngest daughter of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. She manages the Qasem Soleimani Foundation International. She studied political science at and graduated from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran. Zeinab was the liaison between Soleimani and the families of Iranian military forces who were killed in the Iran-Iraq War and in wars in Iraq, Syria, and other countries in the region. She also traveled with her father to Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon on several occasions.
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Gholamreza Tajgardoon
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- economist
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Gholamreza Tajgardoon is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently a member of Parliament from Gachsaran and Basht district since 2024. He was also a member of Iranian Parliament form 2012 to 2020. Previously, he held Deputy Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran from 2003 until 2005 during Mohammad Khatami's presidency.
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Zhaleh Kazemi
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- actorpaintervoice actor
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Zhaleh Kazemi was an Iranian television producer, news anchor, and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema.
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Fereydoon Abbasi
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- physicistpolitician
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Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani is an Iranian nuclear scientist who was head of the Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013. He survived an assassination attempt in 2010, but was wounded. He is a conservative and principlist politician.
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Shahindokht Molaverdi
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- writerpoliticianlawyer
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Shahindokht Molaverdi is an Iranian academic, feminist, jurist, scholar and aide to the President of Iran. She served as vice president for women and family affairs in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first cabinet (2013–17). In Rouhani's second cabinet (2017–2021) she became his special assistant for citizenship rights.
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Abdolali Bazargan
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- journalistarchitect
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Abdolali Bazargan is an Iranian liberal politician, writer and intellectual who is current deputy leader of Freedom Movement of Iran. He was one of five major figures in the Green Movement to author a manifesto calling for the resignation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.
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Gholamali Soleimani
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- entrepreneur
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Gholam-Ali Soleimani (Persian: غلامعلی سلیمانی (born 15 June 1946 in Amol) is a businessman, entrepreneur, manager, member of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture and consultant minister of Ministry of Industries and Business Iran in Iran Development of non-oil exports. He is said to be the father of Iran's modern industry. He is the CEO of the Solico Group, which currently consists of more than 30 company as Kalleh Dairy. In 2015, Soleiman was selected as one of the ten economic elites in the World of Islamic Economy, winning the Muslim World Biz award.
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Amir Reza Khadem
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- politicianamateur wrestler
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Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Championships, He also won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Championships and the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1994 Asian Games.
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Leila Araghian
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- architect
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Leila Araghian is an Iranian architect. She has a master's degree in architecture from the University of British Columbia, where she won the UBC Architecture Alumni Henry Elder Prize. She previously studied architecture in Iran, at Shahid Beheshti University.
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Hossein Sheikholeslam
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- diplomatpolitician
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Hossein Sheikholeslam was an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif. He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria. Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.
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Farhad Dejpasand
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- politicianeconomist
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Farhad Dejpasand (Persian: فرهاد دژپسند; born 1962 in Rostamkola, is a politician, economist and former Minister of Economy of Iran.
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Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi
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- politicianarchitectessayistartist
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Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi is an Iranian politician, artist and cultural figure who is currently Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization. He was the first head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, being appointed on 2 September 1997 by Mohammad Khatami and held the office until 2 June 2003 when he replaced with Hossein Marashi. He was also head of the Fajr International Film Festival and a member of Iranian Academy of the Arts. He is an assistant professor at Shahid Beheshti University.
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Hossein Derakhshan
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- journalistblogger
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Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010. His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013. He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014, was released from Evin prison.
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Ali Kafashian
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- economistsports executivesprinter
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Ali Kafashian is an Iranian businessman, economist, a retired athlete and former president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, a position he had held from 1 March 2008 to 7 May 2016. As of 2015 to 2019, he also served as one of five Vice presidents at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
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Hossein Simaei Saraf
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Iran - Occupations
- university teacherwriterresearcherdirector
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Hossein Simaee Sarraf is a university professor, lawyer and moderate politician who has been the Minister of Science, Research and Technology since August 2024 in the 14th government.
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Alireza Shoja-Nouri
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- actorfilm producer
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Alireza Shoja Nouri is an Iranian film producer and actor.
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Mohammad Qasim Osmani
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- accountantpolitician
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Mohammad Qasim Osmani is an Iranian politician who is representing Bukan in Iranian Parliament since 2024.
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Hatam Ghaderi
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- Iran
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- political scientist
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Hatem Ghaderi is an Iranian researcher and professor of political science. He is a retired member of the faculty at Tarbiat Modares University and also teaches at the Rokhdad Tazeh Institute. Ghaderi is often recognized for his works in the field of political thought and his interviews on contemporary political topics. Many of his works are considered important resources in the fields of political thought and the history of thought in the Persian language.
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Mohammad Hashemi
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- politician
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Sayyid Mohammad Hashemi is an Iranian businessman and former intelligence officer. He was one of "the core group of leaders" of the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line involved in the Iran Hostage Crisis, the first deputy of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security for some years. From 2003 to 2004, when the venture went bankrupt, he was a developer of a proposed vacation resort on the Caspian Sea called Cham Paradise. He is the husband of Masoumeh Ebtekar, another well-known Iranian and former spokesperson for the hostage takers.
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Homeyra Qaderi
- Enrolled in Shahid Beheshti University
- In 2005 graduated with bachelor's degree in Persian literature
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- human rights activistwomen's rights activisteducatoruniversity teacherwriter
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Homeira Qaderi born in 1980 is an Afghan writer, advocate for women's rights, and professor of Persian literature, currently serving as a Robert G. James Scholar Fellow at Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Research, Harvard University.
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Javad Etaat
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- politician
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Javad Etaat is an Iranian politician and professor at Shahid Beheshti University.
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Ali Nobakht
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- politicianphysicianteacher
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Ali Nobakht Haghighi is a renowned Iranian physician. He is the president of Iranian Society of Organ Donation and a permanent member and former secretary of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a professor of medicine and nephrology and a founding member of reestablishing of the Iranian Society of Nephrology in 1992. He worked as deputy minister of medical students affairs and treatment affairs of the Department of Health during the tenure of Dr. Iradj Fazel and Dr. Reza Malekzadeh. He was elected as a council member and vice president of the Medical Council of Iran (1991–1996). After the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Nobakht resigned from governmental positions. As a reformist member of parliament, he urged the Iranian president to include women in the cabinet as ministers and avoid ignoring half of the population. Nobakht criticized the government for censorship of the internet and filtering social media applications including Telegram. He did not pursue a second term candidacy for Iran parliament citing ineffectiveness of parliament to fulfill Iranian people expectations.
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Hassan Sobhani
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- politician
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Hassan Sobahni is a Tehran University Professor of Economics, specifically Islamic Economy, Finance and Monetary Systems.
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Mohammad Ebrahim Amini
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- politician
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Sayyid Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian reformist politician who is member and vice chairman of City Council of Tehran.
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Taraneh Javanbakht
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- composerphilosophersculptorphotographerliterary critic
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Taraneh Javanbakht is an Iranian-Canadian scientist and polymath.
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Younes Hamami
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- physicianrabbi
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Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar is the current religious leader of Iranian Jews.
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Nasrollah Jahangard
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- politician
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Nasrollah Jahangard is an Iranian politician and former deputy minister of ICT in Technology and Innovation.
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Hossein Shanbezade
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- activism
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Hossein Shanbehzadeh is an Iranian writer and activist. He was arrested in 2024 after tweeting a single period (".").
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Mohammad Hassannejad
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- politician
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Mohammad Hassannejad is an Iranian politician. Hassannejad was born in Jolfa, East Azerbaijan. He was a member of the 9th and the 10th Parliament of Iran, from the electorate of Jolfa and Marand. He was also a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society. Hassannejad won with 50,586 (36.22%) votes. Hassannejad was the youngest member of the parliament in the 9th term.
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Faramarz Tamanna
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- politiciandirector general
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Dr. Faramarz Tamanna is a university professor, writer, an Afghan politician and the chancellor of the University of Afghanistan in Kabul. He was Director General of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan). He holds his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India) in International Studies.
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Alireza Rahimi
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- politician
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Alireza Rahimi is an Iranian reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district, from 2016 to 2020.
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Vali Dadashi
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- politician
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Vali Dadashi known as Hamed Dadashi (Persian: حامد داداشی; born 1981 in Astara, Gilan ) is an Iranian politician and academic.
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Shahram Jalilian
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- translatorfaculty memberessayistwriterhistorian
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Shahram Jalilian is an Iranian Iranologist and historian. His higher education was in Shahid Beheshti University, and he took his doctorate in the History of Ancient Iran at the University of Tehran. He is now the associate professor in the history of Ancient Iran at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
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Behnaz Farahi
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- architect
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Behnaz Farahi is an Iranian-born American interdisciplinary designer and educator whose work melds architecture, fashion, interaction design, computational design, wearable technology and the human body. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab. Her designs often explore the possibilities of human interaction with the environment and how technology can facilitate this interplay. Her work engages with the human body's relationship to its surroundings and how wearable technology can respond to, or be influenced by stimuli such as human emotions or environmental factors. Leveraging technology and art, Farahi's works are commentaries on power dynamics, society, and identity, frequently drawing inspiration from her cultural background and Western theories and practices, underpinned by theoretical concepts including socio-political feminist theory and anthropology.
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Ahmad Reza Mamduhi
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- translatorEsperantistarchitect
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Ahmad Reza Mamduhi is an Iranian translator, author and an iconic figure in the Iranian Esperanto movement. He is best known for his prolific contributions to the Iranian Esperanto Association, as well as publishing two salient books, Aasaan-tarin zabaane donyaa (2005) — a comprehensive step by step Persian textbook concerning with learning/teaching Esperanto — and Padide-ye Esperanto (2007) — originally written in Esperanto by Nobel Prize-nominated William Auld, entitled La fenomeno Esperanto (The Esperanto Phenomenon). He has also written numerous articles in cultural magazines chiefly in the field of Esperantic Studies.
