45 Notable alumni of Tarbiat Modares University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tarbiat Modares University is ranked #910 in the world and #5 in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Tarbiat Modares University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Tarbiat Modares University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gholam Hosein Shiri Aliabad
1961-2021 (aged 60)
politician
economist
Gholam Hosein Shiri Aliabad was an Iranian politician.
2. Reza Servati
1984-. (aged 42)
stage actor
Reza Servati is an Iranian writer, theater director, theater actor, and choreographer. He holds a bachelor's degree in dramatic literature from Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch and a master's degree in directing from Tarbiat Modares University.
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3. Ali Asghar Mosleh
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
philosopher
Ali Asghar Mosleh Fasaei is an Iranian philosopher and professor of philosophy at Allameh Tabataba'i University. He is known for his expertise on philosophy of culture. Mosleh holds the presidency of The Iranian Society of Intercultural Philosophy (ISIPH) and Research Institute for Contemporary Culture at Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. He was the Dean of ATU's Faculty of Persian...
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4. Jamshid Ghanbari Maman
1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat
politician
manager
Jamshid Ghanbari Maman is an Iranian politician, former chief executive officer and expert on transportation who acts as an adviser of Civil Commission of Islamic Consultative Assembly of I.R.Iran. He was a member of Islamic Consultative Assembly of I.R.Iran in fourth and fifth parliament, also He has been active as First Deputy chairman (Fourth parliament) and chairman (Fifth parliament) of...
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5. Ebrahim Hajiani
1967-. (aged 59)
sociologist
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.
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6. Zahra Ahmadipour
1960-. (aged 66)
historian
politician
Zahra Ahmadipour is an Iranian politician and university professor who was the head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization from 2016 until 2017. She was formerly Director of administrative divisions of the Ministry of Interior for two times, first from 1997 until 2003 and the second time in 2016. She was also Vice President of the Physical Education Organization...
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7. Akbar Alemi
1945-2020 (aged 75)
presenter
film director
cinematographer
photographer
Akbar Alemi was an Iranian television presenter and documentary film director. He was also a lecturer at Tarbiat Modares University.
8. Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
mathematician
politician
Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi is an Iranian politician and was the former minister of science and technology in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration.
9. Elaheh Koulaei
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Elaheh Koulaei is an Iranian political scientist and reformist politician and intellectual.
10. Seyamak R. Payek
1962-. (aged 64)
scientist
Siamak Rahpeyk is the jurist member of the Guardian Council and current Dean of Faculty of the University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services located in Tehran, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Private Law from Tarbiat Modarres University. Rahpeyk also teaches the law, his main expertise is civil liability, sub sub-specialty: basic rights and security strategy.
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11. Maryam Mojtahedzadeh
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh is an Iranian nurse, educator and conservative politician who was formerly Vice President of Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. She is currently head of Organization for Preserving Values and Publications of Women's Participation in Sacred Defence of General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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12. Fatemeh Rakeei
1954-. (aged 72)
academic
poet
linguist
politician
Fatemeh Rakeei is an Iranian politician, linguist, poet and Alzahra University faculty. Rakei was born in Zanjan, Zanjan Province. She was a member of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Tehran. Now she is the secretary-general of population Muslim women modernity.
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13. Emad Afroogh
1958-2023 (aged 65)
sociologist
translator
politician
Emad Afroogh was an Iranian sociologist and conservative politician.
14. Alireza Ali Ahmadi
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Alireza Ali Ahmadi is an Iranian politician and the current CEO of the National Iranian Tanker Company. He is the former Minister of Education from 2008 to 2009. Before his appointment as Minister of Education, he was chancellor of Payame Noor University. He was also proposed Minister of Commerce in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first cabinet which he was not confirmed by...
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15. Fatemeh Ekhtesari
1986-. (aged 40)
poet
Fateme Ekhtesari, also Fatemeh Ekhtesari, is an Iranian poet and writer. Ekhtesari lived in Karaj and she writes in Persian. In 2013, she appeared at the poetry festival in Gothenburg, Göteborgs poesifestival. After she arrived back in Iran she was imprisoned and later released on bail. Her verdict came in 2015 when she was sentenced to 99 lashes and 11.5...
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16. Mansour Gholami
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Mansour Gholami is an Iranian professor, politician and former Minister of Science, a position he held from 2017 to 2021. He was Chancellor of Bu-Ali Sina University in two terms, first from 1997 until 2004 and the second from 2014 until 2017.
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17. Sadeq Khalilian
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
economist
Sadeq Khalilian is an Iranian conservative politician who served as the governor of Khuzestan province from 2021 to 2022. He is the former agriculture minister from 2009 to 2013 in the government headed by Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
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18. Bahram Tavakoli
1976-. (aged 50)
writer
film director
designer
screenwriter
Bahram Tavakoli is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He won a Crystal Simorgh award for his debut film Barefoot in Heaven (2007). Since then, he has released several films that have met with critical acclaim.
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19. Mehdi Kouchakzadeh
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Mehdi Kouchakzadeh, also spelled as Koochakzadeh, is an Iranian hydraulic engineer, academic and principlist politician, who is the current member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly since 2024. He was also a member of Iranian Parliament from 2004 to 2016.
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20. Gholam-Hossein Elham
1959-. (aged 67)
academic
politician
Gholam-Hossein Elham is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician who held several posts during the term of the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
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21. Hashem Aghajari
1957-. (aged 69)
writer
translator
university teacher
essayist
journalist
Seyyed Hashem Aghajari is an Iranian historian, university professor and a critic of the government of the Islamic Republic who was sentenced to death in 2002 for apostasy for a speech he gave on Islam urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics. In 2004, after domestic Iranian and international outcry, his sentence was reduced to five years in prison.
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22. Behrouz Boochani
1983-. (aged 43)
writer
journalist
film producer
political activist
poet
Behrouz Boochani is an Iranian Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer living in New Zealand. He was held in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea from 2013 until its closure in 2017. He remained on the island before being moved to Port Moresby along with the other detainees around September 2019. On 14...
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23. Gholamhossein Karbaschi
1954-. (aged 72)
cleric
politician
Gholamhossein Karbaschi is an Iranian politician and former Shia cleric who was the Mayor of Tehran from 1990 until 1998. He is considered politically reformist and is a close ally of former president Mohammad Khatami. He was arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned on corruption charges in what the New York Times claimed "was widely seen among moderates as a politically...
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24. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli is an Iranian conservative politician who has served as the ambassador of Iran to China in the Government of Masoud Pezeshkian since 21 May 2025. He was also Minister of Interior in Hassan Rouhani's government and the president of the Supreme Audit Court from 2008 to 2013.
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25. Mehdi Khalaji
1973-. (aged 53)
linguist
writer
translator
novelist
blogger
Mehdi Khalaji is an Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst, and a former Shia cleric. He has been researching at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy since 2005, and is now a senior research fellow focusing on the politics of Iran and Shiite groups in the Middle East. He has frequently contributed to media outlets such as...
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26. Ata'ollah Mohajerani
1954-. (aged 72)
writer
translator
novelist
essayist
politician
Ata'ollah Mohajerani is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 until 2000 when he was fired from office for alleged "permissiveness". He is living as a UK citizen.
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27. Fazel Larijani
1953-. (aged 73)
physicist
politician
Fazel Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian politician and academic. He is best known in Iran for his core involvement in the corruption allegations publicly announced by then president in the Majlis.
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28. Mahmoud Sadeghi
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Mahmoud Sadeghi is an Iranian lawyer, jurist, academic and reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district from May 2016 to May 2020.
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29. Gholam Ali Rasheed
1953-2025 (aged 72)
military personnel
politician
Major general Gholam Ali Rashid was an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who served as the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters. He was assassinated by Israeli strikes on Iran on 13 June 2025.
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30. Jamileh Alamolhoda
1965-. (aged 61)
writer
lecturer
Jamileh-Sadat Alamolhoda, commonly known as Jamileh Alamolhoda (Persian: جمیله علم‌الهدی), is an Iranian writer and scholar. She is the widow of Ebrahim Raisi, who was the President of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.
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31. Mohammad Bahrani
1981-. (aged 45)
puppeteer
film director
Mohammad Bahrani is an Iranian voice actor, puppeteer, actor, director, presenter, and poet. Best known for his voice acting improvisations as one of the most popular adult puppets in the history of the Iranian television Jenab Khan.
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32. Mehran Rajabi
1961-. (aged 65)
actor
Mehran Rajabi is an Iranian actor.
33. Mohsen Kadivar
1959-. (aged 67)
philosopher
intellectual
university teacher
mullah
theologian
Mohsen Kadivar is a mujtahid, Islamic theologian, philosopher, writer, leading intellectual reformist, and research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. A political Iranian dissident, Kadivar has been a vocal critic of the doctrine of clerical rule, also known as Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist), and a strong advocate of democratic and liberal reforms in Iran as well...
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34. Asghar Farhadi
1972-. (aged 54)
film screenwriter
film producer
film director
actor
director
Asghar Farhadi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Iranian cinema as well as world cinema in the 21st century. His films have gained recognition for their focus on the human condition, and portrayals of intimate and challenging stories of internal family conflicts. In 2012, he was included on the...
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35. Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
1961-. (aged 65)
military personnel
university teacher
chief of police
politician
commercial pilot
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is an Iranian conservative politician, former military officer, and current Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He held office as the Mayor of Tehran from 2005 to 2017. Ghalibaf was formerly Iran's Chief of police from 2000 to 2005 and commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1997 to 2000.
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36. Saeed Mohammad
1969-. (aged 57)
military officer
Saeed Mohammad is an Iranian politician, Iranian executive director and second brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was Advisor to the President of Iran from 2021 to 2022 and former commander of its Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters who has a PhD in Civil engineering from Tarbiat Modares University.
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37. Mohammad Ebrahim Amini
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian reformist politician who is member and vice chairman of City Council of Tehran.
38. Hassan Sobhani
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Hassan Sobahni is a Tehran University Professor of Economics, specifically Islamic Economy, Finance and Monetary Systems.
39. Hatam Ghaderi
1956-. (aged 70)
political scientist
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...
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40. Hossein Simaei Saraf
researcher
jurist
lawyer
writer
university teacher
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.
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41. Masoumeh Ebtekar
1960-. (aged 66)
environmentalist
journalist
immunologist
politician
translator
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...
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42. Mohammad Fazeli
1974-. (aged 52)
sociologist
Mohammad Fazeli is an Iranian sociologist and former assistant professor at Shahid Beheshti University whose work focuses on social impact assessment, political sociology and sociology of science. He got fired from university in the "third wave of purging political professors". He is advisor to Iranian Minister of Energy. Fazeli was the research deputy of Iranian Center for Strategic Studies and...
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43. 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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44. Soleiman Pakseresht
1972-. (aged 54)
sociologist
essayist
Soleiman Pakseresht is an Iranian sociologist and associate professor at Allameh Tabataba'i University whose work focuses on social impact assessment, political sociology and sociology of cyberspace. He previously taught at Bu-Ali Sina University.
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45. Mostafa Kavakebian
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Mostafa Kavakebian is an Iranian reformist politician who was the representative of Tehran in the Parliament of Iran, from 2016 to 2020. He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 until 2012. He registered for president of Iran in the 2024 presidential election but was rejected by the Guardian Council.
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