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Hossein Mahmoudi

Hossein Mahmoudi is a researcher, philosophy instructor, and philosophical counselor working in the fields of philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and existential philosophies. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, and his main focus is on Kierkegaard's philosophy and human existential questions.

Philosophy3 articles11 videos

Hossein Masoumi Hamedani

Hossein Masoumi Hamedani, born on 6 December 1948 in Hamadan, is an Iranian researcher in the history of science, philosophy of science, history of mathematics, and a translator. He is a permanent member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and received his PhD in history of science from Paris 7 University.

Philosophy and literatureb. 19483 articles

Hossein Houshmand

Hossein Hooshmand, a graduate in philosophy of religion and comparative moral philosophy from Concordia University, is an independent researcher in the fields of political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and Islamic thought. His research focuses on the intersections between these fields and on the question of how religious traditions, particularly the Islamic tradition, can be rethought in the face of the philosophical, moral, and political challenges of the contemporary world.

Philosophyb. 194410 articles5 videos

Hossein Valeh

Hossein Valeh is a philosopher, translator, and associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Shahid Beheshti University. He has conducted research and taught in the areas of philosophy of religion, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, contemporary Western philosophy, and the relationship between the Islamic philosophical tradition and modern philosophical debates.

Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Philosophy2 articles

Hossein-Ali Montazeri

Hossein-Ali Montazeri was a prominent jurist and marja' al-taqlid in contemporary Iran. He left behind numerous works and lectures in jurisprudence, legal theory, exegesis, ethics, and religious thought, and is known among students and researchers in the seminary for his juristic precision and attention to the relationship between religion, justice, and human rights.

Shi'i Jurisprudence and Religious Thought1 article

Hamid Entezam

Hamid Entezam is an Iranian researcher and speaker in the fields of theology, mysticism, philosophy, and religious intellectualism. Drawing on religious and philosophical studies and inspired by the ideas of Ali Shariati, he has lectured for years at Iranian cultural centers in the United States on spirituality, ethics, the Quran, and religious reform.

Theology, Mysticism, and Religious Intellectualism5 articles

Hamid Parsania

Hamid Parsania (born 1958) is a philosopher, sociologist, and lecturer in both seminary and university, considered one of the prominent students of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and an active figure in expounding Transcendent Theosophy and its connection with the social sciences. His works in the fields of Islamic anthropology, religious science, and the critique of modernity are well known.

Islamic Philosophy and Sociology2 articles

Hamid Vahid Dastjerdi

Hamid Vahid Dastjerdi is an Iranian philosopher and researcher in analytic philosophy. He is the head of the Analytic Philosophy Research Group at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) and works in the fields of epistemology and philosophy of religion.

Philosophy7 articles

Hamid al-Din Farahi

Hamid al-Din Farahi was a Quranic exegete, Islamic thinker, and one of the most prominent Quran scholars of the Indian subcontinent in the modern era. He is especially known for his theory of the "Nazm of the Quran," which emphasizes the structural coherence of Quranic chapters and verses, and he influenced modern approaches to Quranic interpretation in the subcontinent.

Quranic exegesis, Islamic sciences, and religious thought1863–1930

Hamidreza Jalaeipour

Hamidreza Jalaeipour (born 1957 in Tehran) is an Iranian sociologist, journalist, and social activist. He is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tehran and a core member of the Iranian Sociological Association. Jalaeipour is a well-known figure in the analysis of social movements and reform in contemporary Iran.

Sociology6 articles

Khosrow Ashrafi

Khosrow Ashrafi is a researcher and faculty member at the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Environment whose work focuses on air pollution modeling, boundary-layer meteorology, and the analysis of atmospheric pollutant dispersion. His research covers particulate matter, ozone, dust storms, climate change, and urban air quality.

Air pollution modeling

Khosrow Bagheri

Khosrow Bagheri, born 1957 in Tehran, is a professor of philosophy of education at the University of Tehran. He is an influential figure in the philosophy of education, religious upbringing, and the discourse on religious science in Iran.

Philosophy of Educationb. 19577 articles

Khashayar Deyhimi

Khashayar Deyhimi, born 1955 in Tabriz, is a translator, editor, journalist, and instructor of political philosophy and literature. He is one of the most prolific translators in Iran and the author of several works in the fields of philosophy and contemporary thought.

b. 19551 article

Khalil Ghanbari

Khalil Ghanbari is a researcher and lecturer in the field of religions. He is a faculty member at the University of Religions and Denominations and an instructor in the Department of Non-Abrahamic Religions at the Faculty of Religions and Mysticism.

Non-Abrahamic Religions2 articles

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi, born 597 AH in Tus and died 672 AH in Baghdad, was a philosopher, theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and one of the greatest Iranian scientists of the Islamic world. He wrote enduring works in philosophy, ethics, logic, theology, mathematics, and astronomy, and played a significant role in the history of science by founding and organizing the Maragheh Observatory. His works, especially *The Nasirean Ethics* and *Tajrid al-Iʿtiqad*, have been influential in the philosophical and theological tradition of Iran and the Islamic world.

Philosophy, Theology, and Mathematics

Omar Khayyam

Ghiyath al-Din Abu al-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam Nishapuri, known as Omar Khayyam, was an Iranian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and quatrain poet of the 5th and 6th centuries AH. His global fame today largely rests on the quatrains attributed to him.

Philosophy, Mathematics, Literature1048–11314 articles

Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu, born in 1967, is a prominent Turkish-born economist of Armenian descent and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is internationally known for his foundational research on the role of political and economic institutions in development and on the causes of poverty and wealth among nations.

Development economics, political economyb. 19673 videos

Darwin Sabouri

Darwin Sabouri is an Iranian sociologist, researcher, and lecturer whose work focuses on culture, language, identity, the body, sports, art, and everyday life in Iranian society. In his talks, workshops, and public discussions, he strives to connect concepts from the humanities and social sciences to today's cultural issues using an analytical and accessible language.

Sociology of Culture and Anthropology

Daryoush Ashouri

Dariush Ashouri (born 1938) is an Iranian writer, translator, and thinker. Through authoring and translating numerous works in philosophy, the humanities, and linguistics, he has played a significant role in empowering the Persian language to express modern concepts.

Linguistics, Political Science, Literatureb. 193813 articles

Dariush Rahmanian

Dariush Rahmanian is an Iranian historian, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tehran, and a scholar of modern Iranian history, historiography, and the theoretical study of history. He is the managing director and editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal *Mardom-Nameh*, and his work addresses the Constitutional Revolution, political thought in the Qajar period, the problem of decline and backwardness, and people’s history.

Modern Iranian History, Historiography, and Philosophy of Historyb. 1965

Dariush Shayegan

Dariush Shayegan (1935–2018) was an Iranian philosopher, Indologist, and writer who worked in the fields of comparative philosophy and Oriental studies. His works, such as *Asia vs. the West* and *The New Enchantment*, examine the relationship between tradition and modernity and cultural identity in non-Western societies.

Comparative Philosophy1935–201823 articles

Dariush Mehrjui

Dariush Mehrjui was an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, translator, and a leading figure of the Iranian New Wave. Through films such as *The Cow*, *The Cycle*, *Hamoun*, and *The Tenants*, he played an important role in the development of Iran’s art cinema and idea-driven filmmaking.

Filmmaking, screenwriting, and translation1939–20231 article

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist and economist known for his pioneering research on human judgment, decision-making, and cognitive biases. He received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for integrating insights from psychology into economics, especially in decision-making under uncertainty.

Cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and decision theory1934–2024

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist, best known for his ۱۹۹۵ book Emotional Intelligence and for bringing the concept of emotional intelligence to a broad audience. By linking research in psychology, neuroscience, and education, he has emphasized the role of self-awareness, empathy, and social skills in individual and organizational success.

Psychology, emotional intelligence, and cognitive scienceb. 1946

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