Islamic Azad University of Rasht Branch

islamic azad university-rasht branch, was established at the suggestion of ayatollah hashemi rafsanjani. dr. kamali was the first chancellor of the islamic azad university-rasht branch. the first discipline approved for the branch was mathematics, which became operational on sep23, 2016, admitting 100 students. the university was first established in a two-story building located behind the guilan broadcasting organization. the first story had been dwelled by war- stricken families. the second story, hosted the branch, including 4 rooms, 2 for the chancellor and his vice with the other 2 rooms for classrooms. the third chancellor was dr. saeed farzaneh kazerooni, who was appointed by dr. jasbi on jan 20, 1990. the first year of dr. farzaneh’s presidency coincided with the earthquake in the north of the country, destroyed one of the buildings leased by the branch. it left the students with no place to go on with their studies. the mishap made the university to purchase 2 lands in pol-e-