{"id":130315,"date":"2026-05-22T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/?page_id=130315"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:06:58","slug":"president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/about-urd\/president\/","title":{"rendered":"President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-130427 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20250701_152311_781-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"q-app\" data-v-app=\"\">\n<div id=\"app-root\">\n<div class=\"q-layout q-layout--standard\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-v-e70c4db7=\"\">\n<div class=\"q-page-container\" data-v-e70c4db7=\"\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"chat-wrapper\" data-v-a02e6bf7=\"\">\n<div class=\"q-scrollarea q-scrollarea--dark chat-virtual-scroll\" data-v-46848d52=\"\">\n<div class=\"q-scrollarea__thumb q-scrollarea__thumb--h absolute-bottom q-scrollarea__thumb--invisible\" style=\"text-align: left;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>Dr. Mostafa Jafar Tayari, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, was appointed as President of the University on December 13, 2025, by decree of Dr. Hossein Simaei Sarraf, Minister of Science, Research and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>He has extensive managerial and academic experience at the University. From 2014 , he served as Deputy President of the University.\u00a0 \u00a0on June 30, 2025, Dr. Jafar Tayari was appointed as Acting President until his official appointment as President on December 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He previously held various leadership positions including Vice President for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies (2012-2016), Vice President for Cultural Affairs (2016-2019), and Vice Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Shiite Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jafar Tayari has taught for many years in both seminaries and universities and is the author of several books and scholarly articles.<\/p>\n<p>The previous President since the University\u2019s founding was Seyyed Abolhassan Navvab, founder of the University of Religions and Denominations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"q-notify\" data-v-app=\"\">\n<div class=\"q-notifications\">\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--top fixed column no-wrap items-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--top fixed column no-wrap items-end\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--bottom fixed column no-wrap items-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--bottom fixed column no-wrap items-end\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--top fixed column no-wrap items-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--bottom fixed column no-wrap items-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--center fixed column no-wrap items-start justify-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--center fixed column no-wrap items-end justify-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"q-notifications__list q-notifications__list--center fixed column no-wrap flex-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"q-portal--dialog--2\">\n<div class=\"q-dialog fullscreen no-pointer-events q-dialog--seamless\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"false\">\n<div class=\"q-dialog__inner flex no-pointer-events q-dialog__inner--minimized q-dialog__inner--top fixed-top justify-center\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dr. Mostafa Jafar Tayari, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, was appointed as President of the University on December 13, 2025, by decree of Dr. Hossein Simaei Sarraf, Minister of Science, Research and Technology. 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