Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi ( fa, محمود نیلی احمدآبادی; born 1956) is a professor of metallurgy at 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 ...

, who served as the President of University of Tehran from 2014 to 2021. He is also former head of the Center for Excellence for Higher Performance Material at the University of Tehran.In October 2021, the then president of the

, Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, wrote a letter to

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ( fa, غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای, Ğolām-Hoseyn Mohseni Eže'i, ; born 29 September 1956) is an Iranian conservative politician, Islamic jurist and prosecutor who currently serves as Chief Justice of I ...

, the head of the Islamic Republic's judiciary, demanding the release of

Kasra Nouri Kasra Nouri ( fa, کسری نوری) is an Iranian journalist and political activist. He was the CEO of "Majzooban-e noor" website, which covered news about the Dervish religious community, Nouri was last arrested with his family during 2018 Derv ...

, a student prisoner, and a day later the president of the University of Tehran himself was fired.

Education and career

Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, who is generally called Mahmoud Nili, was born in 1956 in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

, Iran. After obtaining a BSc degree from University of Shiraz in 1982, he started working for revolutionary institutes. Seven years later, he got a MSc degree from

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) 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 went to Japan to further his studies in

Tohoku University , or is a Japanese national university located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan. It is informally referred to as . Established in 1907, it was the third Imperial University in Japan and among the first three Designated National ...

. Mahmoud Nili has written more than 70 scholarly articles.

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Scientists from Isfahan Academic staff of the University of Tehran 1956 births Living people Iranian academic administrators 21st-century Iranian educators {{Iran-academic-bio-stub

Education and career

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