21 Notable alumni of
University of Isfahan
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The University of Isfahan is 1530th in the world, 337th in Asia, and 13th in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from the University of Isfahan sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mohammad Khatami
- Enrolled in the University of Isfahan
- 1965-1969 graduated with bachelor's degree in Western philosophy
- Occupations
- writerinternational forum participantpoliticianscholarlibrarian
- Biography
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Muhammad Khatami is an Iranian reformist politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was critical of the government of subsequent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Occupations
- akhoondwriterpoliticianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Ali Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani was an Iranian politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic, Rafsanjani was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 until 2011 when he decided not to nominate himself for the post. He was also the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council.
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Soroush Sehhat
- Occupations
- writertelevision actorfilm directorscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Soroush Sehhat is an Iranian director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed number of Iranian TV series such as Char Khooneh and Iranian Dinner. He was the Presenter of a very acclaimed tv series called "Ketab Baz" (Book lovers ).
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Nusrat Bhutto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Begum Nusrat Bhutto was an Iranian-born Pakistani public figure who served as the first lady of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977, as the wife of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who served as the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan. She also served as a senior member of the federal cabinet between 1988 and 1990, under Benazir Bhutto's government.
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Ata'ollah Mohajerani
- Occupations
- international forum participantnovelistwriterpoliticiantranslator
- Biography
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Sayyid 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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Gholamreza Soleimani
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- military personnelmilitary leader
- Biography
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Gholamreza Soleimani is an Iranian military officer who is a senior officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of the paramilitary Basij forces.
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Mehdi Taj
- Biography
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Mehdi Taj is an Iranian sports executive and administrator who is president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran since August 2022 for second term.
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Abdolhossein Hazhir
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdolhossein Hazhir was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1948, having been a minister 10 times. One of his posts was the minister of finance.
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Minoo Khaleghi
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Minoo Khaleghi is an Iranian jurist and reformist activist. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, Khaleghi won a seat, however she was disqualified by the Guardian Council after the election.
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Qasem Soleimani Dashtaki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Qasem Soleimani Dashtaki is an Iranian reformist politician, who served as the governor of Khuzestan Province from February 2021 to September 2021. Dashtaki was Governor of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province from 2013 to 2017 and Governor of Ilam Province from 2017 to 2021. Dashtaki was born in Dashtak in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.
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Ali Akbar Parvaresh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ali-Akbar Parvaresh was an Iranian politician. He was Minister of Education from 1981 to 1985 and also a parliament member for three terms, first elected in 1980 and served again from 1988 to 1996. He was a presidential candidate twice, the first time in July 1981 election which he received 401,035 (2.8% of votes) and the second time in October 1981 election gained 341,841 (2.1%) and ranked second after Ali Khamenei. He was deputy to Secretary-General of Islamic Coalition Party until 2001.
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Mohammad Reza Saket
- Occupations
- association football playerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Mohammad Reza Saket is an Iranian football administrator. He was formerly the chairman of the Sepahan F.C. from 2020 to 2023 for second term. Who is currently representative of club chairpersons of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran from 2022.
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Mohsen Amiryoussefi
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Mohsen Amiryousefi is an Iranian director and screenwriter. A graduate in mathematics from Isfahan University, he completed his first short film in 1997 based on a story by Franz Kafka, after writing several screenplays for both screen and stage.
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Saeed Azari
- Occupations
- weightlifter
- Biography
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Saeid Azari is an Iranian retired weightlifter, coach and sport administrator. He is the current chairman of the Foolad FC.
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Habib Kashani
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinesspersonteacher
- Biography
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Habib Kashani is an Iranian politician and businessman. He is an member of City Council of Tehran since 2021. He was the chairman of famous multisport club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club based in Tehran, Iran, between 1 June 2007 to 1 June 2008 and for a second term from 1 October 2009 to 20 September 2011. He is also a member of the AFC Committee for Professional Clubs and business manager of Iran national under-23 football team.
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Mehdi Jamalinejad
- Biography
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Mehdi Jamalinejad is an Iranian writer, conservative politician and the previous Mayor of Yazd city. He was elected as Mayor of Isfahan from June 21, 2015, to August 22, 2017, succeeding Morteza Saghaian Nejad, who held the position from 2003 to 2015. He was the city's youngest Mayor of Isfahan since 1979, and previously held positions in the city's municipality like Deputy Mayor in Civil affairs. He was also CEO of Malaysia based I.S. GOSTAR M company.
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Reza Roosta Azad
- Occupations
- chemical engineer
- Biography
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Reza Roosta Azad was an Iranian academic who was the chancellor of Sharif University of Technology, serving from 2010 until 2014.
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Tousi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hrant Hovsepi Markarian is an Armenian politician who previously served as the head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party's top executive body, the ARF Bureau.
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Robert Beglarian
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Beglarian is an Iranian MP of Armenian descent, and the current representative of the Armenian community of southern Iran in the parliament.
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Seyed Mahmood Hosseini pozveh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seyed Mahmood Hosseini is an Iranian politician and former governor of provinces of Sistan va Balouchestan and Isfahan, Iran. He is assumed to be a member of the reformist party and an active member of BARAN Foundation founded by the president Mohammad Khatami. He was the Director of Human resources at the Iranian National gas company. He retired in 2017.
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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
- Occupations
- demographer
- Biography
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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi is an Iranian demographer and the president of Asian Population Association. He is a professor of the Department of Demography and Chair of the Division of Population Research at the University of Tehran.
