Rahim Hobbenaghi (born in January 1960,

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

) is an Iranian professor, veterinarian, and university president. He has been the President of

Urmia University Urmia University (, ''Danushgah-e Arumih''; ) (also known as the University of Urmia) is a public university in West Azarbaijan province, Iran. The main campus of Urmia University is in Nazlu (or Nazloo), in the vicinity of Urmia. It has six c ...

from 1997 to 2001; and again from 2014 to 2021.

Early life

Hobbenaghi was born in January 1960 in the city of

, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. He studied in Urmia up to high school. In 1979 he was accepted into a veterinary program 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 ...

. He graduated with a PhD in Veterinary Medicine in 1985 and a specialty in Veterinary Pathology in 1995. Hobbenaghi is also a veteran of the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

and participated in the Before the Dawn, Dawn 1, and Dawn 2 operations as a member of 31 Ashura army. According to the site of Iranian higher education (Ministry of Science) on January 1, 2018, Dr. Hobbenaghi was selected for a second consecutive term and will be the university's president for the next four years starting from February 2018. He is the first to serve three non consecutive terms.

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