Khoshnevisan (1989–1991) Mr. Bagher Dezfulian (1991–1997) Mr. Mahmoud Dastani (1998–1999) Mr. Valiollah Sanaye (1999–2007) Dr. Mazaher Hami Kargar (2007–2011) Dr. Abeth Esfandiar (2011–2012) Mr. Mohammad Mohammadi (2012–present) Notable Alborz Deans Dr. Mahmoud Behzad Notable alumni Politicians Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981), minister of National Defence and chief of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (born 1975), political activist Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989), Kurdish political activist Mansoor Hekmat (1951–2002), political activist Dariush Homayoon (1928–2011), minister of Information and Tourism Ali Javadi (born 1953), political activist Ataollah Khosravani, politician Mostafa Mirsalim (born 1947), politician Tahmasb Mazaheri (born 1953), politician Reza Moridi, politician Alireza Nourizadeh (born 1949), journalist and political activist Parviz C. Radji (1936–2014), Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom Mohsen Sazegara (born 1955), journalist and political activist Military personnel Mohammad Amir Khatam (1918–1975), commander in chief of Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) (1958–1975) Scholars Solayman Haïm (1887–1970), lexicographer and translator Manouchehr Sotoudeh (1913–2016), professor of geography Mahmoud Behzad (1914–2007), professor of biology Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998), author Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician and professor of computer science Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub (1924–1996), author and translator Homayoun Sanaatizadeh (1925–2009), author, translator and entrepreneur Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan (born 1925), poet and author Ali Javan (1926–2016), physicist Bijan Jalali (1927–2009), poet Manuchehr Jamali (1928–2012), philosopher and poet Mohammad Qahraman (1929–2013), poet Jamshid Giunashvili (1931–2017), linguist, Iranologist, diplomat, author and researcher Mehdi Zarghamee, professor of computer science Rahim Rahmanzadeh (born 1934), surgeon Firouz Partovi (born 1936), physicist Dariush Ashoori (born 1938), author and translator Iraj Kaboli (born 1938), author and translator Paris Moayedi (born 1938), entrepreneur Hossein Amanat (born 1942), architect Homayoun Katouzian (born 1942), historian and political scientist Saeed Sohrabpour (born 1943), professor of mechanical engineering Foad Rafii (born 1947), architect Freydoon Shahidi (born 1947), mathematician Mehrdad Abedi (born 1948), professor of electrical engineering Caro Lucas (1949–2010), scientist Abbas Edalat, professor of computer sciences Ali Parsa (born 1951), translator Houchang E. Chehabi (born 1954), professor of international relations and history Cumrun Vafa (born 1960), string theorist Farzad Nazem (born 1960), former CTO of Yahoo! Houman Younessi (1963-2016), professor of computer science Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born 1963), scientist and physician Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh (born 1971), scientist and inventor Mehdi Yahyanejad, entrepreneur Ramin Golestanian, theoretical physicist David and Paul Merage, entrepreneurs and philanthropists Artists Homayoun Khorram (1930–2013), musician Jamshid Mashayekhi (1934–2019), actor Khosrow Sinai (born 1941), film director Siavash Ghomeishi (born 1945), musician, singer and song writer Amir Parvin Hosseini