Ezzatollah Zarghami


Ezatollah Zarghami
Zarghami in 2020
AllegianceIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Service / branchRevolutionary Committees
Revolutionary Guards
Years of service1982–1995; 1997–2004
Rank2nd Brigadier general
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War
Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
In office
25 August 2021 – 21 August 2024
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Preceded byAli Asghar Mounesan
Succeeded byReza Salehi Amiri
Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
In office
23 May 2004 – 8 November 2014
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byAli Larijani
Succeeded byMohammad Sarafraz
Personal details
Born
Seyyed Ezatollah Zarghami

(1959-02-26) 26 February 1959 (age 65)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran[1]
Political partyJAMNA
Alma materAmir Kabir University
Islamic Azad University
Signature
Websitezarghami-ez.ir

Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami (Persian: سید عزت‌الله ضرغامی; born 26 February 1959) is Iranian conservative politician and former minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts. He is a former military officer. Zarghami was Deputy of Minister in Culture and Islamic Ministry as well as Defence Ministry before holding office as the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting from 2004 to 2014.