The following is a list of leading Iran experts and scholars working in renowned institutions around the world:
- Abrahamian, Ervand
- Afary, Janet
- Ansari, Ali
- Amanat, Abbas
- Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin
- Atabaki, Touraj
- Bayat, Asef
- Bashi, Golbarg
- Bashiriyeh, Hossein
- Behdad, Sohrab
- Boroujerdi, Mehrzad
- Brumberg, Daniel
- Bulliet, Richard
- Chehabi, Houchang E.
- Chubin, Shahram
- Cronin, Stephan
- Dabashi, Hamid
- Djalili, Mohammad-Reza
- Ehteshami, Anoush
- Feirahi, Davood
- Goodarzi, Jubin M.
- Hassan-Yari, Houchang
- Jahanbegloo, Ramin
- Katouzian, Homa
- Keddie, Nikki
- Keshavarzian, Arang
- Kinzer, Stephen
- Mahdavi, Mojtaba
- Maloney, Suzanne
- Matin, Kamran
- Milani, Abbas
- Milani, Mohsen
- Mirsepassi, Ali
- Mottahedeh, Negar
- Mottahedeh, Roy
- Parsi, Trita
- Pesaran, M. Hashem
- Potter, Lawrence G.
- Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad
- Sohrabi, Naghmeh
- Sick, Gary
- Takeyh, Ray
- Vahabzadeh, Peyman
- Zibakalam, Sadegh
