48 Notable alumni of Shahid Beheshti University

Ahmad Reza Mamduhi is an Iranian translator, author and an iconic figure in the Iranian Esperanto movement. He is best known for his prolific contributions to the Iranian Esperanto Association, as well as publishing two salient books, Aasaan-tarin zabaane donyaa (2005) — a comprehensive step by step Persian textbook concerning with learning/teaching Esperanto — and Padide-ye Esperanto (2007) — originally...

Vali Dadashi known as Hamed Dadashi (Persian: ‌‌حامد داداشی; born 1981 in Astara, Gilan ) is an Iranian politician and academic.

Shahram Jalilian is an Iranian Iranologist and historian. His higher education was in Shahid Beheshti University, and he took his doctorate in the History of Ancient Iran at the University of Tehran. He is now the associate professor in the history of Ancient Iran at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.

Behnaz Farahi is an Iranian-born American interdisciplinary designer and educator whose work melds architecture, fashion, interaction design, computational design, wearable technology and the human body. Currently, she is an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab. Her designs often explore the possibilities of human interaction with the environment and how technology can facilitate this interplay. Her work engages with the...

Ali Nobakht Haghighi is a renowned Iranian physician. He is the president of Iranian Society of Organ Donation and a permanent member and former secretary of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a professor of medicine and nephrology and a founding member of reestablishing of the Iranian Society of Nephrology in 1992. He worked as deputy minister of medical...

Hassan Sobahni is a Tehran University Professor of Economics, specifically Islamic Economy, Finance and Monetary Systems.

Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar is an Iranian rabbi, physician, and community leader.

Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian reformist politician who is member and vice chairman of City Council of Tehran.

Mohammad Hassannejad is an Iranian politician. Hassannejad was born in Jolfa, East Azerbaijan. He was a member of the 9th and the 10th Parliament of Iran, from the electorate of Jolfa and Marand. He was also a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society. Hassannejad won with 50,586 (36.22%) votes. Hassannejad was the youngest member of the parliament in the 9th term.

Ali Kafashian is an Iranian businessman, economist, a retired athlete and former president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, a position he had held from 1 March 2008 to 7 May 2016. As of 2015 to 2019, he also served as one of five Vice presidents at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Alireza Shoja Nouri is an Iranian film producer and actor born on 28 March 1955 in Shiraz,Iran.

Hatem Ghaderi is an Iranian researcher and professor of political science. He is a retired member of the faculty at Tarbiat Modares University and also teaches at the Rokhdad Tazeh Institute. Ghaderi is often recognized for his works in the field of political thought and his interviews on contemporary political topics. Many of his works are considered important resources in...

Mohammad Qasim Osmani is an Iranian politician who is representing Bukan in Iranian Parliament since 2024.

Sayyid Mohammad Hashemi is an Iranian businessman and former intelligence officer. He was one of "the core group of leaders" of the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line involved in the Iran Hostage Crisis, the first deputy of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security for some years. From 2003 to 2004, when the venture went bankrupt, he was a...

Javad Etaat is an Iranian politician and professor at Shahid Beheshti University.

Hossein Simaee Sarraf is a university professor, lawyer and moderate politician who has been the Minister of Science, Research and Technology since August 2024 in the 14th government.

Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008...

Leila Araghian is an Iranian architect. She has a master's degree in architecture from the University of British Columbia, where she won the UBC Architecture Alumni Henry Elder Prize. She previously studied architecture in Iran, at Shahid Beheshti University.

Hossein Sheikholeslam was an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif. He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria. Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage...

Farhad Dejpasand (Persian: فرهاد دژپسند; born 1962 in Rostamkola, is a politician, economist and former Minister of Economy of Iran.

Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi is an Iranian politician, artist and cultural figure who is currently Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization. He was the first head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, being appointed on 2 September 1997 by Mohammad Khatami and held the office until 2 June 2003 when he replaced with Hossein Marashi. He was also...

Gholamreza Tajgardoon is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently a member of Parliament from Gachsaran and Basht district since 2024. He was also a member of Iranian Parliament from 2012 to 2020. Previously, he held Deputy Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran from 2003 until 2005 during Mohammad Khatami's presidency.

Zhaleh Kazemi was an Iranian television producer, news anchor, and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema.

Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani was an Iranian nuclear engineer and a member of IRGC who was head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 2011 to 2013. A principlist who also served in the Iranian Parliament, he was killed in an airstrike by Israel on 13 June 2025. He had previously been wounded in an assassination attempt in 2010.

Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Championships, He also won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Championships and the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 Asian Championships and...

Shahindokht Molaverdi is an Iranian academic, feminist, jurist, scholar, and aide to the President of Iran. She served as vice president for women and family affairs in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first cabinet (2013–2017). In Rouhani's second cabinet (2017–2021), she became his special assistant for citizenship rights.

Gholam-Ali Soleimani (Persian: غلامعلی سلیمانی (born 15 June 1946 in Amol) is a businessman, entrepreneur, manager, member of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture and consultant minister of Ministry of Industries and Business Iran in Iran Development of non-oil exports. He is said to be the father of Iran's modern industry. He is the CEO of the...

Masoumeh Ebtekar is an Iranian politician. A Reformist, she headed the country's Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017, after which she served as the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs from 2017 to 2021. Her appointment to the Cabinet of Iran in 1997 marked her as the institution's third female member overall...

Alireza Khamseh is an Iranian cinema and television actor.

Kourosh Yaghmaei is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian psychedelic rock musicians in the history of Iranian rock music, he is known as "the Godfather of Iranian psychedelic rock", as well as "the king of rock".

Golab Mosta'an is an Iranian actress, known professionally as Golab Adineh. She is the daughter of novelist Hosseingholi Mostaan and began her career in the 1970s. Adineh won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the Fajr Film Festival for her role in Blue Scarf in1995. She has also been nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for...

Zeinab Soleimani is the youngest daughter of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. She manages the Qasem Soleimani Foundation International. She studied political science at and graduated from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran. Zeinab was the liaison between Soleimani and the families of Iranian military forces who were killed...

Hossein Fereydoun is an Iranian politician. Fereydoun is a brother of and served as an aide to the former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, described as his “eyes and ears” in the negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Niusha Zeighami is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including nominations for two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award.

Afsaneh Bayegan is an Iranian film and television actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Iran 1976. Born in Tehran, her artistic career started with the short film Boogh or The Horn by Ali Alinejad (1982).

Nasrin Sotoudeh Langarudi is an Iranian human rights lawyer known for her defense of activists, opposition politicians, and individuals facing human rights violations. She has represented Iranian opposition activists and politicians detained after the disputed June 2009 presidential elections and prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors. Her clients have included journalist Isa Saharkhiz, Nobel Peace...

Sakineh Kabodar-Ahangi, known professionally as Parvaneh Massoumi (Persian: پروانه معصومی), was an Iranian actress. She completed her education at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the National University of Iran. Massoumi made her acting debut in 1971 with a minor role in the film Bita and rose to prominence the following year by playing the lead female role in Raining...

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian politician, artist, architect and opposition figure who served as the 45th and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until...

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was an Iranian nuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief of Iran's nuclear program.

Azade Namdari or Azadeh Namdari was an Iranian actress and television presenter.

Nasrollah Jahangard is an Iranian politician and former deputy minister of ICT in Technology and Innovation.

Hossein Shanbehzadeh is an Iranian writer and activist. He was arrested in 2024 after tweeting a single period (".").

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016.

Homeira Qaderi born in 1980 is an Afghan writer, advocate for women's rights, and professor of Persian literature, currently serving as a Robert G. James Scholar Fellow at Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Research, Harvard University.

Dr. Faramarz Tamanna is a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa. He is also a writer, an Afghan politician and the chancellor of the University of Afghanistan in Kabul. He was director general of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan). He holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi,...

Alireza Rahimi is an Iranian reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district, from 2016 to 2020.

Taraneh Javanbakht is an Iranian-Canadian scientist and polymath.