The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution was held on Tuesday evening in a session that was chaired by Dr Hassan Rouhani.
During the session, new presidents of seven universities were appointed by the council.
Based on what was decided, Dr Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari was appointed as President of Shahid Beheshti University, Dr Mohammad Ghasemi as President of Velayat University, Dr Abbas Afkhami as President of D-8 International University, Dr Alireza Manzari Tavakoli as President of Islamic Azad University of Kerman, Dr Ehsan Kamrani as President of Islamic Azad University of Hormozgan, Dr Payam Najafi as President of Islamic Azad University of Isfahan, and Dr Hossein Kalantari as President of Islamic Azad University of Markazi.