8 Notable alumni of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tehran University of Medical Sciences is ranked #558 in the world and #2 in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from Tehran University of Medical Sciences sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bahman Sholevar
1941-. (aged 85)
linguist
poet
writer
translator
novelist
Bahman Sholevar is an Iranian-American novelist, poet, translator, critic, psychiatrist and political activist. He began writing and translating at age 13. At ages 18 and 19 he translated William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land into Persian, and these still are renowned as two classics of translation in modern Persian literature. In 1967,...
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2. Shahab od-Din Sadr
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
physician
Shahab od-Din Sadr is an Iranian physician and principlist politician.
3. Motahare Goonei
1996-. (aged 30)
peace activist
human rights defender
social activist
Motahareh Gounei is an Iranian student activist and the former political secretary of the Islamic Association of Students at the University of Tehran.
4. Minoo Mohraz
1946-. (aged 80)
researcher
physician
Minoo Mohraz is an Iranian physician, researcher and AIDS specialist. She is a full professor (emeritus) of Infectious Diseases at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and head of the Iranian Centre for HIV/AIDS. Mohraz has been considered to be Iran's foremost medical expert on HIV/AIDS.
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5. Bagher Larijani
1961-. (aged 65)
researcher
physician
Bagher Ardeshir Larijani is an eminent Iranian medical practitioner (Professor of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology) at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He was Director of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI).
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6. Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi
1958-. (aged 68)
academic
physician
Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi is an Iranian physician and politician who has served as Minister of Health and Medical Education since August 2024. Previously, he was the head of the Iranian Medical System Organization from 2018 to 2021. He is a specialist in vascular surgery and a full professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and his workplace is Sinai Hospital. He...
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7. Seyed Hossein Mousavian
1941-. (aged 85)
physician
Seyed Hossein Mousavian is an Iranian physician and political activist affiliated with the National Front. He currently serves as the party's chairman.
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8. Pejman Azarmina
1973-. (aged 53)
writer
physician
Pejman Azarmina is an Iranian-American physician, author, musician and entrepreneur. Trained as a medical director, he pursued a diverse career in the pharmaceutical industry leading to multiple leadership roles in the US and Global Medical Affairs. As a scholar with teaching and research responsibilities, Azarmina had been a faculty member at University College London (UCL), Baruch College in New York...
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