Farhad Rahbar

Farhad Rahbar (born 5 October 1959) is an Iranian economist, academic, full professor of interdisciplinary economics and Aide to the president of Iran for Economic Affairs since 2021.

He was the former president and member of board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University and chancellor of the University of Tehran.

He received his BA, MA and Ph.D in theoretical economics from University of Tehran. Previously, Rahbar was a vice president of Iran and head of Management and Planning Organisation of Iran. He has also worked as the deputy for economic affairs at the Ministry of Intelligence. From February 2008 until February 2014, he was the chancellor of University of Tehran.