Dr. Morteza Tavakoli, was appointed as the new Director of the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) by the Minister of Science, Research and Technology of IR. of Iran on 16 February 2022  for a period of 4 years.

Dr Tavakoli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University.