Iran University of Science and Technology

{{Short description|University in Tehran, Iran}}

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{{Infobox university

|name = Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

|image_name = IUST_logo_color.png

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|established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1929}}

|motto = Nothing is Impossible

|nickname = Elmos

|type = Public

|city = Tehran

|province = Tehran province

|country = Iran

|president = Davood Younesian {{cite web|url=http://webpages.iust.ac.ir/younesian/|title=DAVOOD YOUNESIAN, PHD}} (April 20, 2024)

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|undergrad = 5,525

|postgrad = 5,445

|doctoral = 987

|faculty = 430{{Cite web |url=http://roundranking.com/profillepage/IranUniversityofScience%26Technology.html |title=Universities |access-date=2022-07-10 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020756/http://roundranking.com/profillepage/IranUniversityofScience%26Technology.html |url-status=dead }}

|campus = Urban, {{convert|104|acre|ha}}

|enrollment = 11,957 (2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.iust.ac.ir/page.php?slc_lang=fa&sid=1&slct_pg_id=17|title = تاریخچه - دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران}}

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|website = [http://www.iust.ac.ir www.iust.ac.ir]

|endowment = US$ 68.557 million (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.farsnews.com/news/13971010000211|title=Financial Information|publisher=Fars News}}

}}

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Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ({{langx|fa|دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران}}, Dâneshgâh-e 'elm va San'at-e Irân) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 15 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths, physics, and department of foreign languages. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials, metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres, nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/iran-university-science-and-technology#ranking-dataset/589595|title = Iran University of Science and Technology|date = 19 October 2021}} IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran.

The 20,000{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/middle_east/countries/iran.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=2017-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028112423/http://www.worldstadiums.com/middle_east/countries/iran.shtml |url-status=dead }} capacity IUST Stadium, which is used mostly for association football, is their main sports venue.

Mansour Anbia is the dean.

History

Iran University of Science and Technology was founded in 1929 as the first Iranian Institution to train engineers, named the Governmental Technical Institute. Soon it was named "Honarsarā-ye Ālī" (Persian: {{langx|fa|هنرسرای عالی}}; Advanced Art College in English). In 1932, the first Iranian graduated in Machine Engineering and in 1935 the first Iranian graduated in Chemical Engineering. In 1958, the Institute started to enroll students for Masters programs under the name of Tehran Institute of Technology (TIT). In 1963, the Institute transferred to its current location in Narmak in northeast Tehran. In 1972, the title of the college upgraded to the Iran Faculty of Science and Technology due to the growth of the institute by the Ministry of Sciences. The faculty offered four-year bachelor's degrees in most areas of engineering and it is the first and for many years the only engineering university that consist of School of Architecture in the country.

In 1978, it was granted University Status by the Ministry of Sciences. Since then the institute was named Iran University of Science and Technology.

In 1990 it admitted students to Ph.D. programs in Civil Engineering and Materials Engineering fields. In 1995, IUST awarded the first Ph.D. degrees in Iran in the fields of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Traffic Engineering.

The main campus has 15 faculties and three other departments with 380 members of the academic board. On the main campus, 9,000 students are studying in 90 fields of engineering and sciences, out of which 2,000 are M.Sc. and 546 are Ph.D. students. Over 50,000 students have graduated since 1932.

Campus

Northeast of Tehran is where the main campus is situated, expanded in {{convert|104|acre|ha}}. Four further campuses of IUST are located in the cities of Arak, Behshahr, Damavand, and Noor; the latter two are still under construction.

Academics

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IUST has 15 schools, 44 instruction groups, and 83 fields of study. Over 5,500 students study in the B.Sc program, over 5,400 students are studying in M.Sc. and over 940 are doing Ph.D. disciplines.

School of Electrical Engineering[https://ee.iust.ac.ir/ School of Electrical Engineering]iust.ac.ir {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111090744/http://ee.iust.ac.ir/ |date=11 November 2019 }}

  • Departments:{{Cite web|url=http://ee.iust.ac.ir/page/8843/Department-Faculty-Members|title=Department Faculty Members - Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Electrical Engineering|website=ee.iust.ac.ir|access-date=29 June 2023}}
  • Electronic
  • Bioelectrical Engineering
  • Communication
  • Power
  • Control

School of Mechanical Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://mech.iust.ac.ir/en|title = Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Mechanical Engineering - دانشکده مهندسی مکانیک| date=11 April 2023 }}

  • Departments:{{Cite web|url=http://mech.iust.ac.ir/page/805/Academic-Groups|title=Academic Groups - Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Mechanical Engineering|access-date=13 November 2019|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025090110/http://mech.iust.ac.ir/page/805/Academic-Groups|url-status=dead}}
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Production and Manufacturing
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomechanics

School of materials science{{Cite web|url=http://meteng.iust.ac.ir/en|title=Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering|accessdate=29 June 2023}}

  • Departments:
  • Casting
  • Industrial Metallurgy
  • Extractive Metallurgy
  • Ceramic
  • Extraction of Metals
  • Biomaterial
  • Ceramic

School of Civil Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://civil.iust.ac.ir/en|title = Iran University of Science & Technology - Iran University of Science & Technology - دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران}}

  • Departments:{{Cite web|url=http://www.iust.ac.ir/content/768/Area|title = Area}}
  • Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
  • Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering
  • Highway Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering and Planning
  • Geomatics Engineering

School of Industrial Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://ie.iust.ac.ir/en|title = Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Industrial Engineering - دانشکده مهندسی صنایع}}

  • Departments:{{Cite web|url=http://ie.iust.ac.ir/page/8995/Study-Majors-and-Degrees|title = Study Majors and Degrees - Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Industrial Engineering}}
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Productivity Management

Other schools:

  • School of Progress Engineering
  • School of Automotive Engineering
  • School of Railway Engineering
  • School of Mathematics
  • School of Chemistry
  • School of Chemical, Petroleum, and Gas Engineering
  • School of New Technologies
  • School of Physics
  • School of Computer Engineering
  • School of Architecture and Environmental Design

Departments:

  • Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
  • Department of Foreign Languages

Extracurricular activities and association

Iran University of Science and Technology's most significant associations are:

  • Student's Theater association
  • Student's Music association
  • Student's Literature association
  • Student's Film association

Research

{{see also|Science and technology in Iran}}

Advanced and High-Tech Research Activities at IUST include:

  • Hydrostructures at the Department of Civil Engineering
  • Electronics at the Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Field of Advanced Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
  • Nano Technology as interdepartmental research
  • Bio-technology in the Department of Medical Engineering
  • Hydrodynamics, experimental and numerical fluid dynamics research laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University Research Centers include:

  • Architecture Research Center
  • Automotive Research Center
  • Cement Research Center
  • Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics{{Cite web|url=http://www.iust.ac.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=71|title = Iran University of Science & Technology - center of Excellence for Experimental Solid Mechanic and Dynamics - قطب علمی مکانیک جامدات تجربی و دینامیک}}
  • Center of Excellence in Islamic Architecture{{Cite web|url=http://www.iust.ac.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=89|title = Iran University of Science & Technology - Islamic Architrchture - قطب علمی معماری اسلامی}}
  • Electronic Research Center{{Cite web|url=http://erc.iust.ac.ir/|title=دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران - erc - پژوهشکده الکترونیک|website=erc.iust.ac.ir|accessdate=29 June 2023}}
  • Green Research Center
  • Information Technology Research Center
  • Iran Composites Institute
  • Materials Research Center
  • Research Center for ICT Strategic and International Studies{{Cite web|url=http://ict-sis.iust.ac.ir/|title=دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران - ict-sis - مرکز مطالعات راهبردی بین المللی فناوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات|website=ict-sis.iust.ac.ir|accessdate=29 June 2023}}

World rankings

{{Infobox university rankings

| name = Iran University of Science and Technology

| ARWU_W = 901-1000| ARWU_W_year = 2020 | ARWU_W_ref = {{citation|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816224432/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html|url-status=dead}}

| CWTS_W = 386 | CWTS_W_year = 2020 | CWTS_W_ref = {{citation|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list|publisher=Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University|access-date=24 September 2020}}

| QS_W = 601–650| QS_W_year = 2021 | QS_W_ref = {{citation|title=QS World University Rankings® 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021|publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds Limited|access-date=24 September 2020}}

| THE_W = 501–600 | THE_W_year = 2021 | THE_W_ref = {{citation|title=World University Rankings 2021|date=25 August 2020|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|publisher=THE Education Ltd|access-date=2 September 2020}}

| USNWR_W = 904 | USNWR_W_year = 2021 | USNWR_W_ref = {{citation|title=Best Global Universities in Iran|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/iran|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=24 September 2020}}

|QS_Asia_year=2025|QS_Asia_ref={{Cite web |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 – Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings?page=1&items_per_page=150 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Top Universities |language=en |url-status=live }}|QS_Asia=151}}

Times Higher Education

  • 2024–2025: National Rank: 3,{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking#!/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title = World University Rankings}} Rank in Asia: 79{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/regional-ranking#!/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title = Asia University Rankings 2024}}
  • 2020–2021: National Rank: 1,{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/locations/IR/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title = World University Rankings|date = 25 August 2020}} Rank in Asia: 11
  • 2016–2017: National Rank: 1{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/country/2388/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only|title=World University Rankings|date=17 August 2016}}
  • 2015–2016: National Rank: 1, Rank in Asia: 4, International Rank: 9{{Cite web |date=30 September 2015 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/country/30/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only}}
  • 2014–2015: National Rank: 3, Rank in Asia: 69{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/iran-university-science-and-technology#ranking-dataset/128783|title = Iran University of Science and Technology|date = 19 October 2021}}

According to QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked as the second university of Iran after Sharif University of Technology and 491–500 among world universities.{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2016 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2016 |accessdate=29 June 2023 |website=Top Universities}}

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked 436th among World universities and 78th in Mathematics and computer science according to 2011–2014 CWTS Leiden Ranking.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2016/list|title = CWTS Leiden Ranking}}

In 2017, the U.S. News & World Report ranked IUST Engineering Sciences 113th among world universities. Also, Materials Science of IUST ranked 169 among World Universities.{{cite web | title=Iran University Science & Technology in Iran - US News Best Global Universities | website=U.S. News & World Report | date=24 October 2017 | url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/iran-university-science-technology-505518 | access-date=29 June 2023}}

According to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017, IUST has been ranked 101–150 among world universities in Metallurgical Engineering{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/metallurgical-engineering.html |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Metallurgical Engineering {{!}} Shanghai Ranking - 2017 |website=www.shanghairanking.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702082712/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/metallurgical-engineering.html |archive-date=2017-07-02}} and also 151–200 in Mechanical Engineering{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mechanical-engineering.html |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Mechanical Engineering {{!}} Shanghai Ranking - 2017 |website=www.shanghairanking.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701105846/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/mechanical-engineering.html |archive-date=2017-07-01}} and Civil Engineering.{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/civil-engineering.html |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Civil Engineering {{!}} Shanghai Ranking - 2017 |website=www.shanghairanking.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701111051/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/civil-engineering.html |archive-date=2017-07-01}}

U.S. News & World Report

  • 2020 Best Global Universities Ranking
  • Global Ranking: 870
  • Engineering : 180
  • Chemistry: 624
  • Civil Engineering : 88
  • Materials Science : 280
  • Mechanical Engineering : 98

Notable people

=Presidents=

class="wikitable"
Chancellor

! Tenure

!

! Alma mater

!

! Speciality

Jalil Shahi1979-1980

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{{flagicon|UK}} University of Bradford

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Civil Engineering
Ebrahim Esrafilian1980-1981

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{{flagicon|UK}} University of Southampton

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Mathematics
Ebrahim Sanaei1981

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{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre and Marie Curie University

|

Civil Engineering
Ahad Kazemi1981-1983

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{{flagicon|USA}} University of Oklahoma

|

Electrical Engineering
Ebrahim Sanaei1983-1985

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{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre and Marie Curie University

|

Civil Engineering
Mohammad Zahabioun1985–1986

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{{flagicon|USA}} Wisconsin University

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Industrial Engineering
Abbas Shoulaei1986-1987

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{{flagicon|FRA}} University of Montpellier

|

Electrical Engineering
Ahad Kazemi1987-1989

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{{flagicon|USA}} University of Oklahoma

|

Electrical Engineering
Abbas Taeb1989-1993

|

{{flagicon|Austria}} University of Graz

|

Chemical Engineering
Mahmoud Mollabashi1993-1997

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{{flagicon|Canada}} University of New Brunswick

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Physics
Mahammad Soleimani1997

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{{flagicon|France}} Pierre and Marie Curie University

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Telecommunications Engineering
Seyed Javad Azhari1997-2001

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{{flagicon|UK}} University of Manchester

|

Electrical Engineering
Seyed Mohammad Shahrtash2001-2004

|

{{flagicon|Iran}} Sharif University of Technology

|

Electrical Engineering
Seyed Mohammad Taghi Salehi2004-2005

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{{flagicon|UK}} University of Manchester

|

Metallurgical Engineering
Mahdi Bidabadi2005-2006

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{{flagicon|Canada}} McGill University

|

Mechanical Engineering
Mohammad Jabalameli2006-2013

|

{{flagicon|Iran}} Tarbiat Modares University

|

Industrial Engineering
Mohammad Ali Barkhordari2013-2018

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{{flagicon|USA}} Michigan State University

|

Civil Engineering
Jabbar-Ali Zakeri2018–2021

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{{flagicon|China}} Beijing Jiaotong University

|

Civil Engineering
Mansour Anbia2021–2025

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{{flagicon|Iran}} Tehran University of Teacher Training

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Chemistry
Mahmood M. Shokrieh2025–Present

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{{flagicon|Canada}} McGill University

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Mechanical Engineering

=Notable faculty members=

class="wikitable"
Name{{cite web | url=http://www.iust.ac.ir/page.php?slc_lang=fa&slct_pg_id=7879 | title=چهره های ماندگار کشوری - دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران }}

! Alma mater

! Speciality

! Profile

Ali Kaveh{{flagicon|UK}} Imperial College LondonCivil Engineering[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O0b2DJoAAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]
Jalal Hedjazi{{flagicon|UK}} University of BirminghamMetallurgy & Materials Engineering[http://www.iust.ac.ir/content/11224/Dr.-Jalal,-Hedjazi profile]
Farrokh Hojjat Kashani{{flagicon|USA}} UCLAElectrical Engineering[http://www.iust.ac.ir/content/42494/Dr.--Hojjat-Kashani profile]
Toraj Mohammadi{{flagicon|AUS}} University of New South WalesChemical Engineering[https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=euKUoRUAAAAJ google scholar]
Ali Maleki

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Shahid Beheshti University

|Chemistry

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xNWCi3AAAAAJ google scholar]

Majid R. Ayatollahi{{flagicon|UK}} University of BristolMechanical Engineering[https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LEXnESUAAAAJ google scholar]
Mahmood M. Shokrieh{{flagicon|Canada}} McGill UniversityMechanical Engineering[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1N8C59MAAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]
Shahrokh Hosseini Hashemi

|{{flagicon|UK}} City, University of London

|Mechanical Engineering

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Gvw42MUAAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]

Vahak Kaspari Marghussian{{flagicon|UK}} Victoria University of ManchesterMetallurgy & Materials Engineering[http://www.iust.ac.ir/content/11226/Dr.-Vahak,-Marghussian profile]
Moharam Habibnejad Korayem

|{{flagicon|AUS}} University of Wollongong

|Mechanical Engineering

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3EN8eM4AAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]

Hamid Ahmadian

|{{flagicon|Canada}} University of Waterloo

|Mechanical Engineering

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kZ39JN4AAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]

Aliakbar Jalali

|{{flagicon|USA}} West Virginia University

|Electrical Engineering

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yb5J4skAAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]

Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michigan State University

|Computer Engineering

|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M8tgU-wAAAAJ&hl=en google scholar]

=Notable alumni=

=Politics and government=

=Business=

=Academia=

=Writing and journalism=

Image:Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_2019_02.jpg|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: sixth President of Iran, and former Mayor of Tehran

Image:Abdollah_Jassbi_2014.jpg|Abdollah Jasbi: former president of Islamic Azad University

Image:Tahmineh_Milani_in_Zanjan_by_Mardetanha_(4)_(cropped).jpg|Tahmineh Milani: Iranian film director

Image:Homayoun_Khorram.jpg|Homayoun Khorram: Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's House of Music

See also

References