<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/tehranologist-w.html">Tehranologist: Welcome to Tehran, Mao!</a>

The University of Tehran, the oldest modern university in the country, has always been a cradle for politics. That may explain Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choice of a chancellor; Farhad Rahbar, a previous Deputy Minister for Intelligence who was in charge of economic intelligence and counter trafficking for four years.