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 صفحه  			فارسی
   
  
 
         
   Associate  Professor
 
 Civil Engineering Faculty,
 
  K.N. Toosi  						University of Technology
 
  Tehran, Iran
 

 
  
Educations
  
·         Post  Doctoral, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical-Environmental Eng.),  Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1998 (Research Topic: Heavy  metals transport through soil)
 
·         Ph.  D. Civil Engineering (Geotechnical-Environmental Eng.), Concordia  University, Montreal, Canada, 1996 (Thesis Topic: Inorganic contaminant  movement through unsaturated clay soil)
 
·         M.  Sc. Civil Engineering, Geotechnical (Geotechnique) Eng., Amir Kabir  University of Technology (Poly Technique University de la Technologie),  1990
 
·         B. Sc. Civil Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology (Poly Technique University de la Technologie), 1987
 
 
 
 
 
   University  							Position 
 
 
 
  
 
University position
 
Position
 
Date
 
Office location
 
 
 
from
 
until
 
 
 
Member of the University Publishing Council
 
2022
 
Now
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Head of Environmental Laboratory
 
2021
 
Now
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Member of the University HSE Council
 
2016
 
2020
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Environmental Engineering
 
2016
 
2017
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
 Graduate Program Director
 
2012
 
2014
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Associate Professor
 
Full-Time 
 
 
2014
 
Now
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Assistant Professor
 
Full-Time
 
2002
 
2014
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
Assistant Professor
 
Part-Time
 
2001
 
2002
 
Civil Engineering   Faculty
 
K. N. Toosi University   of Technology
 
 
 
The Faculty member
 
Part-Time
 
1996
 
2000
 
Concordia University
 
Civil-Building-Environmental   Engineering Department, Montreal, Canada
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
 Other Positions:
  
 
 
  
 
Office location
 
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Position
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 Khaneh bonyad (Ati center) company
 
 		 
 2003
 
2001
 
  Deputy of Managing Director
 
 
  Khaneh bonyad (Ati center) company 2003 2002 
 
 
Construction Manager
 
Residential towers, B12, 29 stories, Evin & Narges, 27 stories, Sohanak
 
(Ati saz company)
 
 
 
 
  
OWRC
  
(Organization of Waste Recycling &   Composting)
 
Tehran Municipality
 2005 2004   
World Bank Project Advisor
  (Tehran Waste Management Optimization Project & its   Landfilling BOT Contract) 
 
 
 
 
 
  
OWRC
  
(Organization of Waste Recycling &   Composting)
 
Tehran Municipality
 
2010
 
2005
  
Member of the Board of   Directors 
  
& Planning and Scheduling Deputy 
 
 
  
WMOTM
  
(Waste Management   Organization)
 
Tehran Municipality 
 
2013
 
2011
 
Project Manager
 
Investigation, assessment, analysis and site-selection for Tehran   final recycling and disposal sites project
 
 
 
Department of   Environment (DoE)
 
&
 
Ministry of Science,   Research, and Technology
 
2013
 
2012
 
 Member of the   Leading Committee
 
Developing a larg-scale, countrywide strategy on human-caused   pollution project
 
 
 
Department of   Environment (DoE)
 
&
 
Ministry of Science,   Research, and Technology
 
2013
 
2012
 
Project   Manager
 
Developing  a larg-scale, countrywide strategy on solid   waste (Municipal,  Industrial, Agricultural, Special,etc.)  management project 
 
 
 
Department of   Environment (DoE)
 
&
 
Ministry of Science, Research,   and Technology
 
2021
 
2020
 
Project Manager
 
Environmental monitoring on countrywide industrial parks   (zones) project
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 :Courses:
 
 1- Regular Courses (Master and Ph.D.) :
 
     
  •  Principles of Contaminant Transport, Dispersion, and Modeling
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  •  Waste Management, processing and recycling
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  •  Principles of solid waste Engineering and Management
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  • Seminar Course
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  •  Hazardous Waste Management
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  •  Geo-Environmental Eng.
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  •  Engineering Design of Incineration
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  •  New and Renewable Energies
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  •  Water Treatment 
     
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  •  Sustainable Development
     
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 2- Electronic (Online) Courses (Master and Ph.D.):  
     
  • Principles of Contaminant transport, dispersion, and modeling 
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  • Principles of solid waste Engineering and Management
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  • Hazardous Waste Management 
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  • Geo-Environment
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 Complementary Cources (SUCCESS Path):
 
 
 
  
 1- Theoretical courses
  
 
 
     
  • Seminar and thesis writing
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  • ISI paper writing and publication
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  •  Admission from reputable universities (Applying)
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  2- Workshop courses
 
 
 
     
  •   ISI paper writing (detailed) in English
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  •  Bibliometric and Review Papers
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  •  Design of Experiments (DoE)
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  •   Neural Network Analysis (NNA)
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  •  Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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* The above-mentioned courses were offered live and are available offline now
   
     Field  						of Interest:
 
     
  •     Solid Waste Management (Production, Collection, Transportation, Disposal)
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  •   Geotechnical-Environmental (Geo-Environmental) Eng.
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  •  Numerical Modeling and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Usage in Waste Management and Remediation
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  • Environmental Impacts of Different New Construction Materials Usage Such as Light-Weight Concrete
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  • CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and Sustainable Development
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  • EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment)
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  •  LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
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  • AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) and ANP (Analytical Network Process)
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  • Renewable Energy such as Electricity Generation from Urban Waste Anaerobic Digestion
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  • Solar Energy Systems and Photovoltaic Systems
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  • Waste Recycling and Processing such as PET, Paper, and Plastic
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  • Incineration for Municipal, Special and Hazardous Wastes along with Energy Recovery
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  • Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of Landfill Sites along with Methane Gas Extraction and Leachate Treatment
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  • Management and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste
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  • Experiment Design Methods
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  • Sustainable Development 
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 Research Projects:
 
 
 
     
  •  Management  of projects with waste priorities in northen provinces of  Iran  and Karun River, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of   Enviroment, 2003
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  • Pilot   design of aerobic biological reactor for landfill leachate treatment   (Tehran), Tehran Waste Management Organization (TWMO), 2004
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  • Feasibility analysis of methane production from municipal landfill leachate, Tehran Waste Management Organization (TWMO), 2005
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  • Identification   and selection of appropriate treatment and disposal method for  the  leachate out of solid waste processing center in Tehran, in order  to  obtain design and construction parameters, Tehran Waste  Management  Organization (TWMO), 2006 
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  • Assessment   and classification of hydrocarbon effluent characteristics of the raw   water used in refineries, K.N.Toosi University of Technology,  2006 
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  •  Effectiveness  of lightweight concrete in energy consumption reduction  of residential  buildings, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, 2007
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  •  Feasibility  analysis, site selection and environmental impact  assessment of central  processing, transfer stations, compost plant and  waste disposal site in  the Mazandaran province, 2011
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  • Study,   analysis and site selection of final processing facilities of  municipal  solid waste in Tehran, Tehran Waste Management Organization  (TWMO), 2011
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  • Waste  management studies of Shams-Abad industrial park, Iran Small  Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), 2012
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  • A   comprehensive plan of solid waste monitoring, protection, and  management  (as a part of the Comprehensive Plan of Environment  Protection),  Department of Environment (DOE), 2013
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 Publiacations:
    
The  following books can be used for enthusiasts, specialists and  researchers that possess an active role in the following centers: 
 
I)  Environmental faculties in different universities of the Ministry of  Science, and environmental health faculties in different universities of  the Ministry of Health, II) Department of Environment and their general offices in different provinces, III) Municipalities across the country, and IV)The  Ministries of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (MIMT),  which have played a leading role among other ministries in the field of  environment and new energies and the conversion of waste into energy and  the removal of pollutants in their centers.
 
 
1- Books:
 
 1- Waste management and resource recovery, 2011, (576 pages)
 
 2- Fundamentals of waste incineration complex design, 2011, (470 pages)
 
 3- Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, 2012, (574 pages)
 
 4- Design, implementation, and monitoring of landfill sites, 2013, (440 pages)
 
 5- Pollutants Transport Phenomena, 2015, (408 pages)
 
 * Best book of the environmental festival at the 4th National Conference and Exhibition of the Environment
 
6- Remediation Engineering (Design Concepts), 2016, (512 pages)
 
 * Best book of the environmental festival   at the 4th National Conference and Exhibition of the Environment
  Semi-final choice for the “ Book of the Year” title
 
7- *Experiment Design Methods in Environmental Engineering, 2019, (223 pages)
 
8-Recycling, Construction, and Demolition of Wastes, 2020, (529 pages)
 
9-  Materials  and Energy Research Center (MERC) Encyclopedia, (Sections of Solid  Waste Management and Waste Energy Conservation), 2019
 
10- *Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Environmental Engineering, 2020, (344 pages)
 
11- Pollutants Transport Phenomena (second version with supplementary contents), 2021, (670 pages)
 
12- Life Cycle Assessment Theory and Practice, 2022, (352 Pages)
 
13- Variuos Methods of Utilizing Solar Energy (with a special focus on photovoltaic systems), 2022, (386 pages)
 
14-    Life cycle and risk fo industrial procceses and products, 2023,(682 pages)
 
 15-  Life cycle assessment of lighting equipments,2023, (143 pages)  
 
* These  two books can be useful and practical in other fields of civil  engineering, and other fields of engineering, including mechanical  engineering and electrical engineering, and various fields of science  such as chemistry, physics, and biology for academics and experts 
                                    
  
    
 
 
   
 
    
 
    
 
       
  
 
 
  
 
2- Journal Papers:
                                                
3- Conference Papers:
 
More than 120 Persian papers are listed in “Persian Personal Web Site”, as well.  Please have a look at “http://wp.kntu.ac.ir/sabour/indexfa.html”
 
     
  1. Experimental investigation on adsorption process of soil, Conference on Civil      Engineering, Montreal Canada, 1996
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  2. Sorption Process Investigation In Contaminated Soil,      Quebec Canada, 1996
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  3. Soil Contamination Investigation Through Heavy      Metals Adsorption/Desorption Processes, Tehran Iran, 1997
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  4. Experimental investigation on Desorption of Heavy      Metals from Fine Particles, Quebec Canada, 1998
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  5. Hydraulic      conductivity of partially saturated clay soils, Water Resources      Conference, USA, 2002
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  6. Experimental      investigation on time effect in adsorption process of soil, Water      Resources Conference, USA, 2002
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  7. Investigation       on batch reactors efficiency used for biological treatment of  solid waste      leachate, Second Conference on Civil Engineering, Iran,  2004
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  8. Design  of      the first industrial landfill in Iran first section:  environmental      considerations, 7th International Conference on Civil  Engineering, Iran,      2006
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  9. Energy       element recovery from municipal solid waste treatment facilities,  Biomass      and Waste to Energy Symposium, Italy, 2006
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  10. Feasibility       study of the implementation of integrated solid waste management  in three      northern provinces of Iran, R'07 conference, Swiss, 2007
    11.  
  11. Application      of Self-Compacting Concrete, Worldwide Experiences, 5th SASTech      conference, Iran, 2011
    12.  
  12. Environmental       and technical modeling of industrial solid waste management using       analytical network process, a case study: Gilan-Iran, World Academy  of      Science Conference, Singapore, 2011
    13.  
  13. Effects  of      surfactants on cleaning up sandy soil contaminated with  kerosene through      soil washing, International Conference on Civil  Engineering, Architecture      & Urban Sustainable Development,  Tabriz, Iran, 2013
    14.  
  14. Probabilistic       Investigation of Unsaturated Soil Slope Stability, 2nd  International      Congress On Structure, Architecture & Urban  development, Tabriz      Islamic Art University, Tabriz Iran, 2014
    15.  
  15. A life cycle      approach for environmental      assessment of waste management      strategies, 3rd International Conference on Architecture,      Civil, Agriculture and Environment, Bulgaria, Sofia, 2019
    16.  
  16. Cost-Benefit       Analysis of using sulfur concrete and conventional concrete in  sewage treatment systems, considering corrosion and operation lifetime, 2nd International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering (Mat Science -2020), USA, San Francisco, 2020.
    17.  
  17. Effect of Thermal      Reclamation on Compressive Strength of OPC Mortar using Waste Foundry Sand      as aggregate, 3rd International Conference on Civil,      Archtecture, and Urbanaity Engineering, Iran, Tehran, 2020.
    18.  
  18. A  review on      environmentally friendly buildings as a solution to the  current      environmental problems, 1st International Conference on  Urban Planning,      Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, 2021.
    19.  
  19. Bibliometric analysis      of research trends on construction and demolition waste recycling, 7th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Natural      Resource, Iran, Tehran, 2021.
    20.  
  20. Investigating  avenues      of wetland research via bibliometric analysis, 7th  International      Conference on Environmental Engineering and Natural  Resource, Iran,      Tehran, 2021.
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    Thesis Supervised:
 
           Students :
 

   1-        Ph. D. Students 
 
     
  • Candidates:
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  1.  Abolghasemi, Hossein
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  2.  Rezaee, Alireza
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  3.   Parvin azar, Iman
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  • Graduated:
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  1. Morabi Heravi, Helen  	(University Putra Malaysia, UPM)
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  2. Amiri, Allahyar
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  3.   Kamalan, Hamidreza
    4.  
  4. Shokri, Morteza
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  5. Ghanbarzadeh Lak, Mehdi
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  6.   Dezvareh, Ghorban Ali
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  7. Ghorbani, Mona
    8.  
  8. Mostafa Hatami, Amir
    9.  
  2-      M. Sc. Graduated Students : 
 
 1.  Afkhami, Kazem; 2. Afshari, Meysam; 3. Aghaziarati, Saeedeh; 4. Ajam,  Mohammad; 5. Akbari, Mohammad Amin; 6. Alam, Ehsan; 7. Arab, Golnaz; 8.  Ardestani, Peyman; 9. Azizi, Ali; 10. Babaei, Samaneh; 11. Bavafa,  Amirhossein; 12. Beyg Amiri, Vahid; 13. Besharati, Morteza; 14. Boorboor  Azhdari, Elena; 15. Dadashzadeh Ahari, Daryush; 16. Daneshgar, Sepehr;  17. Dolati, Siavash; 18. Fallah, Banafsheh; 19. Farahani, Mohammad reza;  20. Fatemi,Sahar; 21. Fathollahi Kalanpa, Zahra; 22. Ghafari, Elnaz;  23. Gharoon Dastjerdi, Niloofar; 24. Ghasemnezhad, Maryam; 25. Ghavimi,  Ghobad; 26. Ghorban, Amir; 27. Hamedani, Abolfazl; 28. Jafargholi, Amin;  29. Jafari, Mohammad Amin; 30. Jazani, Ghazale; 31. Jivar, Mohammad  Ali; 32. Kahoukar, Nima; 33. Karbakhsh, Mohsen; 34. Khabbazi Beyrami,  Keyvan; 35. Khanpour Aghdam, Somayeh; 36. Khorshid Ahmadi, Maryam; 38.  Moftakhari, Saman; 39. Moshrefzadeh, Ali Akbar; 40. Mostafa Hatami,  Amir; 41. Naseri, Mehran; 42. Nezhadi, Saena; 43. Nikkhah Monfared,  Mohammad; 44. Noori, Daryush; 45. Parhamfar, Amir Behzad; 46. Rabbani,  Omid; 47. Ramezani, Peyman; 48. Ramezanianpour, Mohammad; 49. Rezaei,  Behjat; 50. Roshan, Maryam; 51. Salimi, Ali; 52. Salehi nia, Mahsa; 53.  Seyyed Jalali, Seyyed Homam; 53. Shahi, Mahsa; 54. Shojaee, Marzieh; 55.  Tabiatnejad, Bardia; 56. Yekelar, Mina; 57. Zangbari, Niloofar; 58.  Safaee pour, Ahmad; 59. Safarinezhad Langroodi, Neda; 59. Shokri,  Mehran; 60. Darhamjani, Ghazale; 61. Babaei, Shamim; 62. Ansari, Melika;  63. Fayyaz, Siavash; 64. Mesghali, Hasan; 65. Ramezani Moziraji,  Maziar; 66. Kasaeipour, Sahand; 67. Sharifzadeh, Pegah; 68. Asgari,  Hadi; 69. Eslami Moshknani, Elham; 70. Sharifian, Faezeh; 71. Nabavi,  Erfan; 72. Hajbabaie, MohammadReza; 73. Beheshti,   Alireza  74.Minaee,Majid 75.Zarabi,hamid 76.Asheghian,Ehsan 77.Ahmadi,Fateme 78.  Bagheri,mohammadhossein 79. Tajvar,Arsham 80. Zeidabadi Nezhad,Zeinab  81. Sadeghi sheshdeh,Amin 82. Amron,Ramin 83. Sakhaee,Parasto 84.  Abdalmaleki,Alireza 85. Saharsadat,Hosseini 86.Alireza,Ghazanfari 
 
   Contacts :
  
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