Mehrdad Abbasi is an Iranian researcher in the fields of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Quranic studies, and Islamic studies. He holds a PhD in Quranic and Hadith Sciences and is a faculty member at the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, and also conducts research at the Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation. Abbasi has also played a role in introducing and editing new works of Islamic and Quranic studies in Persian.