Farhad Rahbar ( fa, فرهاد رهبر; born 5 October 1959, in Semnan) is an Iranian

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, president and member of board of trustees of the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

, full professor of interdisciplinary

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and the former Chancellor of the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

. He received his BA, MA and Ph.D in

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from University of Tehran. Previously, Rahbar was a Vice President of Iran and head of Management and Planning Organisation of Iran. He has also worked as the Deputy for economic affairs at the Ministry of Intelligence. From February 2008 until February 2014, he was the chancellor of

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