Mandegar Alborz High School ( fa, دبیرستان ماندگار البرز) is a college-preparatory

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located in the heart of

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. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and the Middle East, named after the

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mountain range, north of Tehran. Its place in the shaping of Iran's intellectual elite compares with that of

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in England and institutions such as

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, and

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in the United States.

History

The school was founded as an elementary school in 1873 by a group of

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missionaries led by James Bassett. This was in the 26th year of the reign of

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Qajar, 22 years after

Amir Kabir Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani ( fa, میرزا تقی‌خان فراهانی), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: ‎, 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), also known by the title of ''Amir-e Nezam'' or ''Amir Nezam'' (), was chief minister t ...

founded the Dar ul-Funun school in Tehran, and 33 years before the Constitutional Revolution in Persia (as it was known back then; later it became "Iran" during the Reza Shah Era). When Dr.

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arrived in Persia in 1898, he instituted change; subsequently, Alborz became a 12-year elementary and secondary school, with its share of college courses. Thereafter, the institution came to be known as the American College of Tehran.Lorentz, J. ''Historical Dictionary of Iran''. 1995. ISBN Dr. Jordan remained president of Alborz for 42 years (1899–1940). During his tenure, Alborz grew from an elementary school to a high school and college. In 1932, the school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the

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In 1940 and during

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, by the order of Shah Reza Shah, Reza Pahlavi, Alborz was removed from American management and placed under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Education as part of Reza Shah's modernization reforms. The school's name was changed from "''College''" back to "''Alborz''", and it was reinstated as a high school. In 1944, Professor Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, member of University of Tehran's faculty, was appointed as the president of Alborz. From then until 1979, and continuing after the Iranian Revolution, Alborz had the most successful period of its history.

Alborz Principals/Deans

* Mr. Howard (1873–1889) * Dr. Samuel M. Jordan (1899–1940) * Mr. Mohammad Vahid Tonekaboni (1940–1941) * Mr. Mohsen Haddad (1941) * Mr. Ali Mohammad Partovi (1941–1942) * Mr. Hasan Zoghi (1942–1943) * Mr. Lotf Ali Sooratgar (1943–1944) * Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1944–1978) * Mr. Hossein Khoshnevisan (1978–1979) * Mr. Hasan Pour Zahed (1979–1980) * Mr. Naser Naseri (1980–1981) * Mr. Ismael Sadegh Kazemi (1981–1985) * Mr. Rajab Ali Yasipour (1985–1986) * Mr. Naser Molla Asadollah (1986) * Mr. Ali Mazarei (1986–1988) * Mr. Abbas Feiz (1988–1989) * Mr. Hossein 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 Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), National Defence and chief of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) *Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (born 1975), political activist *Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989), Kurdish people, 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 theory, string theorist *Farzad Nazem (born 1960), former Chief Technical Officer, 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 *Merage family, 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 *Seyed Amir Parvin Hosseini, Amir Parvin Hosseini (born 1967), film producer *Behzad Abdi (born 1973), musician

Athletes

*Abbas Ekrami (1915–2001), football manager *Hossein Parsi (2003–present), Karate coach

Media figures

*Adel Ferdosipour (born 1974), football commentator Alborz hschool pano 1 (cropped)

References

External links

* {{Iran–United States relations School buildings completed in 1873 Educational institutions established in 1873 High schools in Iran Architecture in Iran Schools in Tehran Iran–United States relations 1873 establishments in Iran International schools in Tehran