Abbas Salehi Explained

Abbas Salehi
Office:Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Term Start:21 August 2024
President:Masoud Pezeshkian
Predecessor:Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili
Term Start1:20 August 2017
Term End1:25 August 2021
President1:Hassan Rouhani
Predecessor1:Reza Salehi Amiri
Term Start2:19 October 2016
Term End2:1 November 2016
President2:Hassan Rouhani
Predecessor2:Ali Jannati
Successor2:Reza Salehi Amiri
Birth Name:Abbas Saleh Shariati
Birth Date: [1]
Birth Place:Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
Alma Mater:Qom Seminary

Seyyed Abbas Salehi (Persian: سید عباس صالحی) is an Iranian scholar, journalist and former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance from 2017 to 2021. He was vice-minister from 2013 until 2017 which also served as acting Minister of Culture from 19 October until 1 November 2016.[1] On 20 August 2017, he was confirmed as culture minister in the second administration of Rouhani.

Salehi is a contributor author to the Tafsir Rahnama and has been a member of Qom Seminary's preaching affairs board of trustees.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: دکتر سیدعباس صالحی معاون فرهنگی وزارت ارشاد شد. Khabaronline. 2016-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020010642/http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/316468/culture/Cultural-Management. 2016-10-20. dead.