25 Notable alumni of
Shiraz University
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Shiraz University is 1279th in the world, 278th in Asia, and 9th in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Shiraz 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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Mohsen Kadivar
- Occupations
- philosopherintellectualuniversity teachermullahtheologian
- Biography
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Mohsen Kadivar is a mujtahid, Islamic theologian, philosopher, writer, leading intellectual reformist, and research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. A political Iranian dissident, Kadivar has been a vocal critic of the doctrine of clerical rule, also known as Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist), and a strong advocate of democratic and liberal reforms in Iran as well as constructional reform in understanding of shari'a and Shi'a theology. Kadivar has served time in prison in Iran for his political activism and beliefs.
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Mahdi Zein-eddin
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Mehdi Zeinoddin was an Iranian major general in the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War and he was the commander of the Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division. He was killed during battle with secession-seeking forces on the 18th of November 1984 on the highway from Kermanshah to Sardasht.
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Ata'ollah Mohajerani
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- writertranslatornovelistessayistpolitician
- Biography
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Ata'ollah Mohajerani is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 until 2000 when he was fired from office for alleged "permissiveness". He is living as a UK citizen.
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Ebrahim Nabavi
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- writerjournalistteacherpolitician
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Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi was an Iranian satirist, writer, diarist and researcher. He contributed to the news website Gooya and the online newspaper Rooz, and had a satirical program for the website and broadcasts on the Amsterdam based Radio Zamaneh.
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Ali Asghar Khodadoust
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Ali Asghar Khodadoust was an Iranian eye surgeon specializing in corneal transplantation, in whose honor the Khodadoust rejection line is named.
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Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
- Occupations
- researcherchemist
- Biography
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Mohammad Ali Zolfigol is an Iranian professor of chemistry and former Minister of Science, Research and Technology from 2021 to 2024. He was the President of Bu-Ali Sina University from August 2, 2008 to June 8, 2014. He is also a permanent member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran. In 2022 Zolfigol had four of his research publications retracted by the Royal Society of Chemistry because of concerns regarding the authenticity of chemicals used in the published studies and the reproducibility of the experiments.
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Safdar Hosseini
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Safdar Hosseini is an Iranian academic and politician, who has served in various cabinet posts. He was chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran from 2013 until 2016.
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Mostafa Moeen
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Mostafa Moeen is an Iranian politician, professor of pediatrics, and a human rights activist who is currently founder and president of the Front for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran. He was a presidential candidate for the 2005 Iranian presidential election. His campaign enjoyed the support of some reformist parties and organizations, headed by the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF).
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Hossein Baharvand
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- university teacherscientistbiologist
- Biography
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Hossein Baharvand is an Iranian stem cell and developmental biologist. He received his B.Sc. in biology from Shiraz University in 1994, and M.Sc. in Developmental Biology from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran in 1996. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Khwarizmi University in 2004. He first joined the Royan Institute in 1995 in which he founded Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology.
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Kasra Nouri
- Enrolled in Shiraz University
- 2008-2012 graduated with bachelor's degree in civil engineering
- Occupations
- editor-in-chiefpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Kasra Nouri is an Iranian journalist and political activist. He was the CEO of "Majzooban-e noor" website, which covered news about the Dervish religious community, Nouri was last arrested with his family during 2018 Dervish protests and sentenced to 12 years in prison and 148 lashes.
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Reza Malekzadeh
- Occupations
- academicpoliticianresearcherinventorphysician
- Biography
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Reza Malekzadeh is an Iranian researcher, in medical fields and a gastroenterologist.
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Ahmad Meydari
- Occupations
- economistcivil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Ahmad Meydari is an Iranian politician and economist who has been the Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare since August 21, 2024. He was the former representative of Abadan Constituency in the sixth convocation of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian parliament) and a member of the Economic Commission of that body.
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Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi
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- academic
- Biography
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Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi is a professor of metallurgy at the University of Tehran, who served as the President of University of Tehran from 2014 to 2021. He is former head of the Center for Excellence for Higher Performance Material at the University of Tehran. In October 2021, the then president of the University of Tehran, Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, wrote a letter to Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the head of the Islamic Republic's judiciary, demanding the release of Kasra Nouri, a student prisoner, and a day later the president of the University of Tehran was fired.
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Emad Afroogh
- Enrolled in Shiraz University
- In 1986 graduated with bachelor's degree in sociology
- In 1990 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- sociologisttranslatorpolitician
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Emad Afroogh was an Iranian sociologist and conservative politician.
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Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi
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- mechanical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi is an Iranian politician who was former Governor of Tehran Province.
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Jafar Towfighi
- Occupations
- university teacherengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Jafar Towfighi Darian is an Iranian chemical engineer, academic, politician and senior consultant of the ministry of science, research and technology who served as minister of science, research and technology for two terms. First in the cabinet headed by President Mohammad Khatami from 2003 till 2005, and second in 2013 as acting minister.
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Mohammad Soleimani
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- diplomatpolitician
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Mohammad Soleimani is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Communication and Information Technology (2005–2009). He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. He was born in Kazerun.
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Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
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- professorwriteranthropologistessayisthistorian
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Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a prominent Persian archaeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology. Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archaeology from SOAS. Shahbazi had a doctorate degree in Achaemenid archaeology from University of London. Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a lecturer in Achaemenid archaeology and Iranology at Harvard University. He was also a full professor of archaeology at Shiraz University and founded at Persepolis the Institute of Achaemenid Research in 1974. After the Islamic revolution, he moved to the US, firstly teaching at Columbia University and then later becoming a full professor of history in Eastern Oregon University.
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Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari
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- physicistpolitician
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Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari is former President of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran. He is a physicist and professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran.
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Majid Khodabakhsh
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- politician
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Majid Khodabakhsh is an Iranian moderate reformist politician, and the current Governor of East Azerbaijan since 2017, in the Government of Hassan Rouhani. He was previously Governor of Ardebil Province from 2013 to 2017, and also was former Deputy Governor of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
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Kourosh Safavi
- Enrolled in Shiraz University
- Studied chemical engineering
- Occupations
- linguistprofessortranslator
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Kourosh Safavi was an Iranian linguist, translator, and university professor. He was the vice-president of the Linguistics Society of Iran and a professor at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran. His work focused on semantics, semiotics, history of linguistics, and the relationship between linguistics and literature.
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Alireza Alavitabar
- Occupations
- economistwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Alireza Alavitabar is an Iranian political scientist and a leading reformist intellectual and writer.
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S. Majid Hassanizadeh
- Enrolled in Shiraz University
- 1970-1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- university teacherhydrologistresearcher
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Seyed Majid Hassanizadeh is an Emeritus professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University, where he headed the Hydrogeology group at the Faculty of Geosciences. until the end of 2018. His research focuses on flow of fluids and transport of solutes and colloids in porous media, through theory development, experimental studies, and modeling work. In particular, he focuses on two-phase flow, reactive transport in variably-saturated porous media, transport of micro-organisms, and biodegradation.
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Abdollah Guivian
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Biography
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Abdollah Guivian is an Iranian writer and sociologist whose work focuses on anthropology of religion, media studies and Iranian Armenians. He was the founding editor of the journal Communication Research. Guivian is credited as the "father of video clips in Iran". Abdollah Guivian holds a PhD in anthropology and communication in 2006 and is a Professor of Iran Broadcasting University.
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Yadollah Mortazavi
- Occupations
- chemical engineer
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Yadollah Mortazavi is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Tehran and is a leading researcher in the field of reaction engineering and heterogeneous catalysis.
