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Abdulali Ali-Asgari | |
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| Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting | |
| In office 11 May 2016 – 29 September 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Sarafraz |
| Succeeded by | Peyman Jebelli |
| Chairman of Iran Broadcasting University | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Masoud Aboutalebi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abdulali Ali-Asgari 1958 (age 65–66) Ray, Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1980s)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Iran University of Science and Technology Amirkabir University of Technology |
Abdulali Ali-Asgari (Persian: عبدالعلی علیعسگری; born 1958 in Ray, Tehran, Iran) is the current CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation.[2] He is also an Iranian media executive who was the former director-general of IRIB.[3][4]
Ali-Asgari, who was previously a deputy at IRIB in charge of technology and a professor at the Iran Broadcasting University, was appointed as IRIB's director-general on 11 May 2016 after previous head Mohammad Sarafraz resigned from office. He has been referred to as "the father of digital television in Iran" for his work on converting the organization from analog to digital.
He is uncle of Hamidreza Aliasgari.[5]
- ^ Mohammadighalehtaki, Ariabarzan (2012). Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat) (Ph.D. thesis). Durham University. p. 168.
- ^ "PGPICC's new managing director appointed". 11 January 2022.
- ^ New director appointed for IRIB
- ^ IRIB knows new head with Sarafraz leaving
- ^ "رئیس جدید صدا و سیما، عموی حمیدرضا علیعسگری از آب درآمد" [the new Director-General of IRIB is Hamidreza Aliasgari's uncle] (in Persian). 11 May 2016.[permanent dead link]