Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 18 August 1984 |
Jurisdiction | Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Employees | 12,701 (2019)[1] |
Agency executive | |
Website | Official Website |
Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
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The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (
Iranian culture. This may include internet censorship. It also manages the alignment of religion and the law of the country.[2] It was formed by combining the Ministry of Culture and Art, and the Ministry of Information and Tourism. The merging of Ministries reduces the number of employment positions as the number of employable ministries also lessens.[3]
Overview
There are a number of cultural and commercial artefacts that the Ministry of CIG regulates by licensing their entry into the country, or by exporting from Iran.
The ministry manages exportation of motion pictures produced in Iran and the importation of films produced outside Iran, including cinematographic and television films. Audio recordings, on media such as cassette tapes, phonograph records, compact discs, or other formats, are also regulated by the ministry.
Books (
paintings, sculpture, tableaux, and related objects that may constitute visual art, must also undergo vetting. The Ministry of CIG issues the licenses that are required for import and export of all such items.[4]
In addition, the Ministry of CIG is one of the bodies of the Iranian government responsible for informing Iranians about the alignment of religion with law in the
Friday Sermon) is when the different block leaders come together and explain the political narrative of their block using figurative language. It is one of the three "sovereign" (independent from audit) ministerial departments of Iran.[5]
Ministers of Culture and Islamic Guidance since 1979
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left
office |
Party | Government |
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1 | Nasser Minachi | 22 February 1979 | 10 September 1980 | Independent | Bazargan
Council of the Islamic Revolution
| |
2 | Abbas Duzduzani | 10 September 1980 | 17 August 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization | Rajai | |
3 | Abdul Majid Maadikhah | 17 August 1981 | 26 July 1982 | Islamic Republican Party | Bahonar | |
Acting | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 26 July 1982 | 9 November 1982 | Islamic Republican Party | Mousavi I | |
4 | Mohammad Khatami | 9 November 1982 | 24 May 1992 | Association of Combatant Clerics | Mousavi I | |
5 | Ali Larijani | 11 August 1992 | 15 February 1994 | Islamic Coalition Party | Rafsanjani I | |
6 | Mostafa Mir-Salim | 22 February 1994 | 20 August 1997 | Islamic Coalition Party | Rafsanjani II | |
7 | Ata'ollah Mohajerani | 20 August 1997 | 14 December 2000 | Executives of Construction Party | Khatami I
| |
8 | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei | 14 January 2001 | 24 August 2005 | Independent | Khatami I
Khatami II
| |
9 | Hossein Saffar Harandi | 24 August 2005 | 23 July 2009 | Independent | Ahmadinejad I
| |
10 | Mohammad Hosseini | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Independent | Ahmadinejad II
| |
11 | Ali Jannati | 15 August 2013 | 19 October 2016 | Moderation and Development Party | Rouhani I
| |
12 | Reza Salehi Amiri | 1 November 2016 | 20 August 2017 | Moderation and Development Party | Rouhani I
| |
13 | Abbas Salehi | 20 August 2017 | 25 August 2021 | Independent | Rouhani II
| |
14 | Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili | 25 August 2021 | Incumbent | Independent | Raisi |
See also
References
- ^ جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
- ^ Official website o the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
- ^ Responsibilities and organizational structure of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
- ^ Foreign Trade Regime of the IRI Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Memorandum
- ^ al Labbad, Mustafa (15 August 2013). "Rouhani's Cabinet Seeks New Balance in Iranian Policies". As Safir. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
External links
- «Fashion police», The Economist, May 5, 2013
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