Seyed Zia Hashemi

Seyed Zia Hashemi is an Iranian Doctorate, politician and former acting Minister of Science, a position he held from 20 August 2017 until 29 October 2017. He was also Vice President of Social and Cultural Affair at Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, a position he held from 2013 to 2017. He was head of the Islamic Republic News Agency from 1 January 2018 to 2020.

Life

Seyed Zia Hashemi was born and raised in Yasuj. He was from a traditional family and his father was a respected teacher. After graduation from high school, he moved to Tehran and started studying sociology at University of Tehran. After getting his PhD, he joined the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Tehran and he is still teaching there.