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Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi
محمدمهدی تهرانچیPresident, Islamic Azad University; theoretical physicist; killed June 2025
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Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi was a theoretical physicist who served as President of Islamic Azad University, Iran's largest university system with over 400 branches nationwide. He was killed on 13 June 2025 in the opening Israeli airstrike of Operation Rising Lion, which targeted military and nuclear infrastructure across Iran.