Ezatollah Zarghami | |
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![]() Zarghami in 2020 | |
Allegiance | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Service/ | Revolutionary Committees Revolutionary Guards |
Years of service | 1982–1995; 1997–2004 |
Rank | 2nd Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Minister of Cultural Heritage | |
Assumed office 25 August 2021 | |
President | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) |
Preceded by | Ali Asghar Mounesan |
Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting | |
In office 23 May 2004 – 8 November 2014 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Ali Larijani |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Sarafraz |
Personal details | |
Born | Seyyed Ezatollah Zarghami 26 February 1959 Tehran, Pahlavi Iran[1] |
Political party | JAMNA |
Alma mater | Amir Kabir University Islamic Azad University |
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Website | zarghami-ez.ir |
Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami (Persian: سید عزتالله ضرغامی; born 26 February 1959) is Iranian conservative politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. 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.