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8 unusual facts about University of Tehran


Abbas Namazian

He lived in Kerman until the age of 18 and, after getting his diploma, he went to Tehran to pursue his education in the field of Physical Sciences at University of Tehran.

Ali Abbaspoor Tehrani Fard

Ali Abbaspoor Tehrani Fard earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering ranking in first place in his class from Amirkabir University of Technology and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Tehran with highest distinction.

Bahman Nirumand

After finishing his studies, he returned to Iran and worked there as a dozent for comparative literature at the University of Tehran, and as a writer and journalist.

Hassan Pakravan

His mother, partly of European descent, was a professor at the University of Tehran.

Iran–Venezuela relations

Reuters reported that Chávez told a crowd at the University of Tehran, "If the U.S. empire succeeds in consolidating its dominance, then the humankind has no future. Therefore, we have to save the humankind and put an end to the U.S. empire".

Majid Derakhshani

During his studies of string instruments and composition at the University of Tehran, the legendary Mohammad Reza Lotfi became his teacher.

Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan

Afterwards he returned to Iran and began teaching Literature and Law at the University of Tehran.

Qeysar Aminpour

Aminpour attended the University of Tehran and studied Persian literature under supervision of Dr. Shafi’i Kadkani.


Ahmad Ghanizadeh

Born in Iran in 1961, he was first employed as a journalist and teacher while studying engineering and telecommunication at the University of Tehran.

Gholam Hossein Jahanshahi

He was born in 1920 in Tehran where he attended his primary and secondary education prior to attending a degree course in law at the University of Tehran.

Manouchehr Nazari

He graduated with a degree in Physical Education from the University of Tehran and worked as a professor for 34 years at Sharif University of Technology.

Mohammad Marandi

This institute, starting as a subsidiary arm to the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature of University of Tehran just a few years ago, is now a full-fledged independent center essentially concerned with post-colonial studies with a particular concentration on the critique of Orientalism, as promoted by such figures as Edward Said, Ziauddin Sardar, and Bill Ashcroft.

Taleghani Ave

Taleghani (formally Taleqani) Ave in Tehran, prior to the Islamic Revolution (1979) Takht-e Jamshid (Persepolis) Ave., is located in the center of Tehran and runs West from Ghodss St at the University of Tehran to Shariaty Ave (Ali Shariati) on the East.

Zohreh Mojabi

Mojabi studied at the School of Fine Arts, University of Tehran from which she received a BA in Acting and an MA from Azad University.


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Bahman Sholevar

He studied Medicine at the University of Tehran, but left his studies before receiving his MD degree to accept a diplomatic post in Turkey, as the Economic Secretary of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO).