Gholamreza Aavani (born 1943) is an Iranian philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.

[3][4][5][6] He has also served as the Kenan Rifai Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at Beijing University, China, and is currently a research fellow at Al-Mahdi Institute.

Born in 1943 in Semnan in Iran, Aavani graduated with a BA in philosophy in 1964 from the American University in Beirut.

[7] Aavani has the greatest influence on expediting the process of development and expansion of Iranian philosophy.

He had been the head of the Institute for Research in Philosophy from the early 1980s until his removal from the office in 2011.