24 Notable alumni of
University of Tabriz
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The University of Tabriz is 1488th in the world, 324th in Asia, and 12th in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from the University of Tabriz 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-Hossein Shahriar
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- literarywriterpoet
- Biography
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Seyyed Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, known by his pen name Shahriar, was an Iranian poet who composed works in both Azerbaijani and Persian. His most important work, Heydar Babaya Salam, is considered to be the pinnacle in Azerbaijani literature which gained great popularity in the Turkic world and was translated to more than 30 languages.
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Hamed Esmaeilion
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- writerdentistsocial activist
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Hamed Esmaeilion is an Iranian-Canadian social activist, author, and dentist. Esmaeilion won Hooshang Golshiri Literary Awards for two of his books, Dr. Datis and Thyme is not Fair.
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Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
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- writerpsychiatristnovelistscreenwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Gholām-Hossein Sā'edi MD was a prolific Iranian writer.
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Samad Behrangi
- Occupations
- children's writertranslatorwriterpoetjournalist
- Biography
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Samad Behrangi was an Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Azerbaijani descent. He is famous for his children's books, particularly The Little Black Fish. Influenced by predominantly leftist ideologies that were common among the intelligentsia of his era, which made him popular among the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, his books typically portrayed the lives of the children of the urban poor and encouraged the individual to change his/her circumstances by her own initiatives.
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Mohsen Mehralizadeh
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- politician
- Biography
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Mohsen Mehralizadeh is an Iranian reformist politician and former Governor of Isfahan Province. He was a Vice President of Iran and the head of the National Sports Organization of Iran under President Khatami. He is an ethnic Azerbaijani.
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Seyyed Yahya Safavi
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- politician
- Biography
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Yahya "Rahim" Safavi is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Kaveh Madani
- Enrolled in the University of Tabriz
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
- Occupations
- environmental scientistengineerenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Kaveh Madani is a scientist, activist, and former Iranian politician. He previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment (also Iran's Deputy Vice President). He also served as the Vice President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly Bureau from 2017 to 2018.
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Manouchehr Eghbal
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- university teacherpoliticianphysician
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Manouchehr Eghbal was an Iranian physician and royalist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1957 to 1960.
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Faraj Sarkohi
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- writeressayistliterary criticopinion journalistjournalist
- Biography
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Faraj Sarkohi is an Iranian literary critic and journalist. He was cofounder and editor in chief of the Iranian magazine Adineh.
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Hooshang Amirahmadi
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- professor
- Biography
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Hooshang Amirahmadi is an Iranian American academic and political analyst. Amirahmadi is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, at Rutgers University. He has stepped forward as a candidate for Iranian presidential elections in 2005, 2013 and 2017.
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Azim Gheychisaz
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- mountaineer
- Biography
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Azim Gheychisaz is an Iranian climber and summiter of all 14 Eight-thousanders without any supplemental oxygen. Marble Wall peak in Kazakhstan was his first professional climbing in 2000. He is a member of Iranian national mountaineering team. He is now attempting to complete the seven summits mountaineering challenging.
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Ali Saeedlou
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- politician
- Biography
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Ali Saeedlou is an Iranian politician who was the Head of Physical Education Organization from 2009 to 2011. Before that, he was Deputy Mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005 under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and had served as his interim successor until the election of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as new mayor.
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Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini
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- politician
- Biography
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Sayyid Mohammad-Reza Mirtajodini is an Iranian cleric and conservative politician. He was vice president for parliamentary affairs from 2009 to 2013 and a member of the parliament from 2004 to 2009. He was also an adviser of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in clerics subjects.
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Easmaeil Jabbarzadeh
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Esmaeil Jabbarzadeh was an Iranian reformist politician and a member of the Iranian Parliament who also served as Governor of East Azerbaijan, Iran from 2013 to 2017. He won a seat from Tabriz for parliament in Iranian legislative elections of 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 representing Executives of Construction Party.
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Ali Abdolalizadeh
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Ali Abdolalizadeh is an Iranian reformist politician who held office as the Minister of Housing and Urban Development under President Mohammad Khatami.
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Abbas Papizadeh
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Abbas Papizadeh is an Iranian politician who represented Dezful in the Islamic Consultative Assembly in the 9th and 10th term, from 2012 to 2020.
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Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi
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- politiciandiplomat
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Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi is an Iranian politician, and the president of Touring & Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the 14th Governor-general of Kermanshah Province, Iran from November 2013 to September 2015 in the Cabinet of Hassan Rouhani. and first Governor-general of South Khorasan Province in 2nd Cabinet Mohammad Khatami.
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Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi
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- academic
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Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi is the former governor of East Azerbaijan province, from 2018 to 2021. He was the President of Tabriz University from January 2014 to September 2018 and also from 2002 to 2005 at Reform Government.
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Shahram Dabiri Oskuei
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- physicianpoliticianentrepreneur
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Shahram Dabiri Oskuei is an Iranian politician, physician, sporting director, professor and former board of directors Iran Football Federation. He founded Dabiri Tabriz FSC in 1998. Dabiri FSC plays in the Iranian Futsal Super League, a professional futsal league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian futsal league system.
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Saghi Ghahraman
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- LGBTQI+ rights activistwriterpublisher
- Biography
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Saghi Ghahraman is a Persian poet who is in the list of 100 Women (BBC) and is head of Iranian Queer Organization.
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Sodeif Badri
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- politician
- Biography
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Sodeif Badri is an Iranian conservative politician, academic and former mayor of Ardabil. He was born in Germi, Ardabil province. He is a member of the tenth Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn.
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Shakardokht Jafari
- Enrolled in the University of Tabriz
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in radiology
- Occupations
- medical physicist
- Biography
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Shakardokht Jafari (Dari: شکردخت جعفری) is a Medical Physicist and an award-winning innovator based at the Surrey Technology Centre. She developed an efficient and low cost method of measuring a medical dose of radiation.
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Beytollah Abdollahi
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- politician
- Biography
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Beytollah Abdollahi is an Iranian reformist politician who was the representative of Ahar and Heris in the Parliament of Iran. He started his career at the Literacy Movement Organization, and was governor of East Azerbaijan Province territories including Heris County, Sarab County, Shabestar County and Marand County.
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Ebrahim Hajiani
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Biography
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Ebrahim Hajiani is an Iranian sociologist whose work focuses on futures studies, identity, sociology of religion and secularism. He is a former deputy head of the Iranian Center for Strategic Studies and a former head of Iranian Students Polling Agency.
