23 Notable alumni of Iran University of Science and Technology
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Iran University of Science and Technology is ranked #1,143 in the world and #12 in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Iran University of Science and Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Iran University of Science and Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alireza Nasiri
1969-. (aged 57)
academic
businessperson
Alireza Nasiri is an Iranian academic and technocrat who helped establish Iran's first online degree programs in the early 2000s, founding the University of Tehran's initial online program and advocating for e-government.
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2. Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi
politician
Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi is an Iranian politician. He was a "senior adviser" to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and deputy interior minister for political affairs. He is said to have "strong ties to the Revolutionary Guard Corps and to the intelligence services" and to be "a constant presence at the president's side, in every cabinet meeting and during midday prayers at...
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3. Abdolreza Sheykholeslami
1967-. (aged 59)
engineer
politician
Abdolreza Sheykhaleslami is an Iranian politician who is the former Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare. Before that, he was the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2009 to 2011. He was dismissed from office on 3 February 2013, being the ninth minister to be fired during the second term of...
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4. Shahabaddin Bimegdar
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Shahabaddin Bimeghdar is an Iranian reformist politician. He was born in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province. He is a member of the tenth Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr. In the past, he was the representative of Varzeghan in Parliament for his first and second terms.
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5. Hamidreza Fouladgar
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Hamidreza Fouladgar is an Iranian principlist politician and former member of the Parliament of Iran representing Esfahan electoral district.
6. Ali Yousefpour
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Ali Yousefpour is an Iranian journalist and conservative politician who was formerly a member of the Parliament of Iran from 1984 to 1996. In 2006, he was appointed as the caretaker for the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security under administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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7. Maryam Sadeghi
1980-. (aged 46)
computer scientist
businessperson
Maryam Sadeghi is an Iranian-born Canadian computer scientist and businesswoman in the field of medical image analysis.
8. Abdolali Ali Asghari
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Abdulali Ali-Asgari is an Iranian executive director. He was former CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation from January 2022 to December 2024. He is also an Iranian media executive who was the former director-general of IRIB.
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9. Homayoun Khorram
1930-2013 (aged 83)
violinist
composer
Ostad Homayoun Khorram, (June 30, 1930 – January 17, 2013) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's house of music.
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10. Sadegh Mahsouli
1959-. (aged 67)
businessperson
entrepreneur
politician
Sadegh Mahsouli is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009 as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after a Parliamentary vote. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of...
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11. Masoud Mir Kazemi
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Masoud Mir Kazemi is an Iranian principlist politician and the former Vice President of Iran and head of Plan and Budget Organization. He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from Tehran district from 2012 until 2016, and also previously served at two ministerial posts in the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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12. Hossein Saffar Harandi
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
military officer
Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi is an Iranian politician who was minister of culture and Islamic guidance of Iran from 21 August 2005 until 23 July 2009 when he resigned after opposing the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as vice president. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
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13. Mohsen Armin
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Mohsen Armin is an Iranian politician. He was a representative for Tehran and vice speaker of the Majlis during the sixth term of the Majlis. He is also a central committee member and speaker of Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization.
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14. Ali Nikzad
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Ali Nikzad is an Iranian conservative politician and a member of Iranian parliament. He is an academic and a former cabinet minister.
15. Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani is the youngest son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran.
16. Mohammad Nourizad
1952-. (aged 74)
television director
politician
film director
blogger
screenwriter
Mohammad Nourizad, born 10 December 1952) is an Iranian filmmaker, activist, and former journalist for the conservative daily Kayhan. He was arrested in April 2010 after writing a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, urging him to apologize to the nation for the bloody crackdown on the opposition, after the disputed 2009 June presidential elections. He was again...
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17. Tahmineh Milani
1960-. (aged 66)
screenwriter
director
film director
architect
film producer
Tahmineh Milāni is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer.
18. Hamid Baghaei
1969-. (aged 57)
geographer
politician
Hamid Baghaei is an Iranian principlist politician and former intelligence officer who is considered one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's closest confidants. He first entered the administration in 2006 as deputy of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei in the Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization. In 2011, he simultaneously held the position of vice president in charge of executive affairs and supervised the presidential...
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19. Azam Farahi
1958-. (aged 68)
teacher
Azam al-Sadat Farahi is an Iranian teacher who is married to former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They married in 1980 and have three children.
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20. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
1956-. (aged 70)
university teacher
engineer
politician
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong supporter of Iran's nuclear programme. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative...
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21. Mohsen Rezaee
1954-. (aged 72)
military leader
politician
Mohsen Rezaee Mirgha'ed is an Iranian principlist politician affiliated with the Resistance Front of Islamic Iran and senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination, as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee. He was secretary of the...
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22. Hossein Mousavian
1957-. (aged 69)
diplomat
Seyed Hossein Mousavian is an Iranian policymaker and scholar who served on Iran's nuclear diplomacy team in negotiations with the EU and International Atomic Energy Agency. He resides in the United States and was a visiting research scholar at Princeton University.
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23. Mehdi Ghazanfari
1961-. (aged 65)
civil servant
Mehdi Ghazanfari Khansari is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021. He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013 and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.
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