Elaheh Koulaei
Iranian political scientist
Elaheh Koulaei (Persian: الهه کولایی; born 17 December 1956) is an Iranian professor of political science, political scientist, reformist politician, and intellectual. She was a Member of the sixth Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2000 to 2004.
She has spoken out against child marriage in Iran, the compulsory hijab in Iran, and the Iran government's crackdown on the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.
Early and personal life
Koulaei was born in Tehran, Iran, on 17 December 1956.
In 1982 she received a bachelor's degree in political science from the National University of Iran (Shahid Beheshti University) in Tehran. In 1988, she received a master's degree in political science from Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, where she studied Central Eurasia Studies. In 1992 she received a PhD in International Relations from Tarbiat Modarres University.
Koulaei is married, and has four children.
Professor
Koulaei is a professor of political science at Tehran University, at which she has taught since 1986. There, she is the founder and the Director of the Center for Central Eurasia Studies (CCES) from 2005 to present, and was the director of the Regional Studies Department at the Faculty of Law and Political Science from 2007 to 2010 and 2015–19.
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