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.