The University of Tehran is the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran,Iran. Based on its historical,socio-cultural,and political pedigree,as well as its research and teaching profile,UT has been nicknamed "The Mother University [of Iran]". In international rankings,UT has been ranked as one of the best universities in the Middle East and is among the top universities of the world. It is also the premier knowledge producing institute among all OIC countries. Tehran University of Medical Sciences is in the 7th ranking of the Islamic World University Ranking in 2021. The university offers more than 111 bachelor's degree programs,177 master's degree programs,and 156 PhD. programs. Many of the departments were absorbed into the University of Tehran from the Dar al-Funun established in 1851 and the Tehran School of Political Sciences established in 1899.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was an Iranian politician,writer,and one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic who was the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. He was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 until 2011 when he decided not to nominate himself for the post. He was also the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Sharif University of Technology is a public research university in Tehran,Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science,technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM) fields and is considered Iran's MIT among academics,scholars,and industry.
Ali Ardeshir Larijani is an Iranian conservative politician,philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT),also called the Tehran Polytechnic,is a public technological university located in Tehran,Iran. Founded in 1958,AUT is the oldest technical university established in Iran.
Mohammad Reza Aref is an Iranian engineer,academic and reformist politician who was the parliamentary leader of reformists' Hope fraction in the Iranian Parliament,representing Tehran,Rey,Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. Aref has also been heading the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking since its establishment in 2015.He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf or Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf 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 Revolutionary Guards' Air Force from 1997 to 2000.
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (Persian:دانشگاهعلموصنعتایران,Daneshgah-e 'elm vâSân'at-e Iran) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 15 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths,physics,and department of foreign languages. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials,metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres,nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country. IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran. IUST and its surrounding communities provide a cultural and recreational environment suited to the work of a major research institution.
Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani was an Iranian Shia cleric,writer and conservative and principlist politician who was Acting Prime Minister of Iran from 2 September until 29 October 1981. Before that,he was Minister of Interior in the cabinets of Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. He was the leader of Combatant Clergy Association and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and also founder and president of Imam Sadiq University.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,born Mahmoud Sabbaghian,is an Iranian principlist and nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was known for his hardline views and nuclearisation of Iran. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran,a coalition of conservative political groups in the country,and served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005,reversing many of his predecessor's reforms.
The demonstrations of June 5 and 6,also called the events of June 1963 or the 15 Khordad uprising,were protests in Iran against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after his denouncement of Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Israel. The Shah's regime was taken by surprise by the massive public demonstrations of support,and although these were crushed within days by the police and military,the events established the importance and power of (Shia) religious opposition to the Shah,and Khomeini as a major political and religious leader. Fifteen years later,Khomeini was to lead the Iranian Revolution which overthrew the Shah and the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This article is a timeline of events relevant to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. For earlier events refer to Pahlavi dynasty and for later ones refer to History of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This article doesn't include the reasons of the events and further information is available in Islamic revolution of Iran.
Reza Moridi is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of Richmond Hill. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. He was the first Iranian-Canadian elected to legislature and appointed as a Cabinet minister in Canada.
The Ashura protests were a series of protests which occurred on 27 December 2009 in Iran against the outcome of the June 2009 Iranian presidential election,which demonstrators claim was rigged. The demonstrations were part of the 2009 Iranian election protests and were the largest since June. In December 2009,the protests saw an escalation in violence.
Events in the year 2011 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mohammad Shariatmadari is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Cooperatives,Labour and Social Welfare. He was in position of minister of Industry,from 2017 to 2018. He also served as minister of commerce from 1997 to 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was campaign chairman of Hassan Rouhani for 2017 bid.
Alireza Zakani is an Iranian conservative politician,current mayor of Tehran since 2021 and Aide to the president of Iran in affairs of management of social damages in Tehran city since 2023.
Mahmoud Alavi is an Iranian conservative politician,and formerly minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government.
Alireza Abbasi is an Iranian Shia principlist representative of Karaj,Fardis and Eshtehard in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. He is a member of the faculty of'the Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources,University of Tehran.
