12 Notable alumni of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is ranked #1,079 in the world and #9 in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Ferdowsi University of Mashhad won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hossein Saberi
1966-. (aged 60)
academic
Hossein Saberi is an Iranian academic, translator and researcher with a special interest in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. He is professor of jurisprudence (fiqh) in the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and the current Director of FUM Press.
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2. Kazem Sami
1935-1988 (aged 53)
physician
psychiatrist
politician
Kazem Sami Kermani was Iran's minister of health in the transitional government of Mehdi Bazargan and leader of The Liberation Movement of People of Iran (JAMA).
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3. Mohammad Farhadi
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
physician
Mohammad Farhadi is an Iranian physician, politician and former Minister of Science, a position he held from 26 November 2014 until 20 August 2017. He was previously President of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Health from 1997 to 2001 in the first cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami, Minister of...
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4. Gholam Hossein Mozaffari
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Gholam Hossein Mozaffari is an Iranian executive director and politician who currently serves as the governor general of Razavi Khorasan Province since 2024. Mozaffari was a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, representing Nishapur.
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5. Effat Shariati
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Effat Shariati is a former Member of the Parliament of Iran, and former head of the Iran Women Faction. She was born in Kerman, and from the earlier years of Iran's Islamic Revolution she started cultural and political works. During the Iran–Iraq War she was the writer of war-related programs on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the official TV...
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6. Roya Toloui
1966-. (aged 60)
journalist
human rights defender
Roya Toloui is a prominent Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist, currently residing in the US. She was born in Baneh in western Iran. She received her high school diploma at Baneh and her PhD in Medical laboratory from University of Mashad.
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7. Reza Farahmand
1978-. (aged 48)
film director
Reza Farahmand is an Iranian film director, most known for documentary films.
8. Ali Shariati
1933-1977 (aged 44)
Islamicist
poet
translator
sociologist
essayist
Ali Shariati Mazinani was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion. He is regarded as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. He has been referred to as the "ideologue of the Islamic Revolution", although his ideas did not ultimately serve as the foundation for the Islamic Republic.
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9. Mostafa Pourmohammadi
1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi is an Iranian cleric, politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was Minister of Interior from 2005 to 2008 and Minister of Justice from 2013 until 2017. Pourmohammadi is reportedly implicated in the 1988 execution of MEK prisoners.
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10. Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani
1939-. (aged 87)
linguist
historian
university teacher
essayist
poet
Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani is an Iranian writer, poet, literary critic, editor, and translator.
11. Mahmoud Alavi
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Mahmoud Alavi is an Iranian principlist politician who currently serves as the Special Aide to the President of Iran since 2024. He was formerly minister of intelligence in the first and second governments of Hassan Rouhani.
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12. Hassan Firouzabadi
1951-2021 (aged 70)
military personnel
Sayyid Hassan Aghaee Firouzabadi was an Iranian military officer. He served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces—the most senior military authority in Iran—from 1989 to 2016. After that, he was appointed a senior military advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
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