President

President

President

Dr. Seyed Abbas Salehi, born in 1964 in Mashhad, has been serving as the fifth president of the International University of Islamic Denominations (IUID) since 2021.

  • Academic Qualifications

- Ph.D. in Islamic Theology with a specialization in Philosophy of Religion

- Master's degree in Philosophy

  • B. Seminary Education

- Ten years of advanced studies in Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh) and principles (Usul) in Qom and Mashhad.

- Studies in Islamic rational sciences and philosophy in Qom and Mashhad.

  • C. Research Background

- Scholarly collaboration with the Tafsir Rahnama Project.

- Authored and presented more than 50 articles in specialized and research-oriented journals.

- Authored and published three books: “Religion and State in the Middle Ages”, “The Individual and the State in the Thought of Sheikh Mufid and Seyed Morteza”, and “Text-Centricity in Imamate”.

  • D. Managerial and Academic Activities

- Faculty member at the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought.

- Editor-in-chief of the journal “Modern Philosophical and Theological Research”.

- Editor-in-chief of the journal “Howzeh” since 2003.

- Member of the editorial boards of various academic journals such as “Fiqh Ahl al-Bayt”, “A Study in Jurisprudence”, and “Jurisprudence and Law”.

- Member of the Board of Trustees appointed by the Supreme Leader at the Islamic Propaganda Office since 2002.

- Member of the Council for Compilation of the Supreme Leader’s Works.

- Board member of the Islamic Research Foundation.

- Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

- Director and representative of the Supreme Leader at the *Ettelaat* Institute and Newspaper.