People

Board of Trustees

Members of the Board of Trustees are the Minister of Sciences, Research & Technology or his representative, Director of the Management and Planning Organization or his representative, Director General of IRC who acts as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees and three to five members elected from the scientific and cultural communities. One of the main goals of the Board of Trustees is the approval of organization chart, regulations, annual budgets and the appraisal of IRC annual report. The members of the Board of Trustees include natural and legal persons that are as follows:

Legal Persons:

1. Dr. Mousa Rezaee MirghaedPresident of Central Insurance of I.R. Iran, Chairman of the Board;

2. Dr. Mohammad AriamaneshDirector General of Insurance Research Center, Secretary General of the Board;

3. Dr. Shahab KaskehDeputy of the Center for Boards of Trustees and the Audit Committee of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology;

4. Mozhgan KhanlooRepresentative of the Strategic Supervisory Deputy of the President.

Natural Persons:

1. Dr. Mohsen MehraraFaculty Member, Tehran University;

2. Dr. Mohammad Javad Sharif ZadehFaculty Member, Imam Sadegh (S.A.) University;

3. Dr. Hamid Aghajani;

4. Dr. Mahdi Sadeghi ShahdaniFaculty Member, Imam Sadegh (S.A.) University;

5. Dr. Hassan Aghanzari.

Director General of IRC

Director General

Dr. Mohammad Ariamanesh

Email: -

Phone: 0098-21-22074227

The Director General of the Insurance Research Center (IRC) is selected from the academic community by the President of the Central Insurance of the Islamic Republic of Iran and formally appointed by the Minister of Science, Research, and Technology for a renewable four-year term. This role must be filled by a faculty member and encompasses key responsibilities such as strategic planning, contract oversight, budgeting, formation of specialized research groups, and implementation of recommendations from the Board of Trustees and the Research Council.

Dr. Mohammad Ariamanesh is an Iranian academic and administrator with experience in seismology, disaster risk, higher-education management, and research leadership. He has served in senior roles at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), where he worked as Executive Deputy, and was later involved in establishing a research institute in science and nanotechnology. He also served in leadership positions at Payame Noor University, including head of the Open and Distance Learning Research Institute, Executive Deputy of the National Organization for Educational Testing, and Deputy for Forecasting and Prevention at Iran’s National Disaster Management Organization. More recently, he has been associated with the Insurance Research Center, where he contributed to strategic planning, research development, and insurance-related studies, including work on natural hazards and parametric insurance.

Research Council

Members of the Research Council are the Director General of IRC who acts as the Chairman of the Council, the Research Deputy of IRC who acts as the Council Secretary, the Directors of Departments and professionals from the insurance industry and academic members from across globe.

The research council responsibilities include planning and determining the scientific and research objectives of IRC, reviewing, evaluating and decision-making on the development of research projects, and formulating the outcomes of research activities. The research council assembly is held every month.

Members of the Research Council

No.	Name	Position	Affiliation
1	Dr. Mohammad Ariamanesh	Director General/Faculty Member	Insurance Research Center
2	Dr. Fardin Mansouri	Research Deputy/Faculty Member	Insurance Research Center
3	Dr. Farzad Asayesh	-	-
4	Dr. Shamsollah Salami	-	-
5	Mr. Ahmadreza Zarrabieh	CEO	Saman Insurance Company
6	Dr. Alireza Daghighi	-	-
7	Mr. Ibrahim Norouzi Dastgerdi	-	-
8	Dr. Mehran Rezavani	-	-
9	Dr. Ali Souri	Faculty Member	Tehran University
10	Dr. Maryam Ethnaashari	Director	Property & Casualty Insurance Department, IRC
11	Dr. Mahboubeh Alaei	Director	Modern Insurance Technologies Department, IRC
12	Dr. Farzan Khamesian	Director	General Studies of Insurance Department, IRC
13	Dr. Mitra Ghanbarzadeh	Director	Personal Insurance Department, IRC

Research Deputy

Dr. Fardin Mansouri

Email: Rdep@irc.ac.ir

Phone: 0098-21-22084022

The Research Deputy is responsible for leading, coordinating and supervising all the studies being carried out at IRC. A large proportion of the Research Deputy workload is related to research projects, sponsoring theses at master’s and Ph.D. level.

One of the major responsibilities of the deputy is offering research proposals to the research council and supervising the activities of the research departments. It also conducts need analysis projects in order to identify the research priorities of the insurance industry.

Under the Research Deputy supervision, since 2009, multiple large-scale research plans have been accomplished and several fundamental research projects have been undertaken and many more are anticipated until the end of 2024.

The current Research Deputy of IRC is Dr. Fardin Mansouri.