Hesamoddin Ashna ( fa, حسامالدین آشنا; born 18 August 1964 in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
) is an Iranian politician. He is a former advisor to President
Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...
and a former head of
Center for Strategic Studies
Center for Strategic Studies ( fa, مرکز بررسیهای استراتژیک) is an Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Iranian President's office.
The current head of organization is Mohammadsadegh Khayati ...
. Ashna is described to be in Rouhani's inner circle and associated with the
Moderation and Development Party
Moderation and Development Party ( fa, حزب اعتدال و توسعه, Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh) is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002.
Platform
The party is part of t ...
.
Life
When he was 17, Ashna was a
radio presenter
A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a rad ...
on
Radio Ahvaz. Then he studied both at
Qom Seminary
The Qom Seminary () is the largest Islamic seminary (''hawza'') in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom. It trains Usuli scholars.
History
Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as early ...
and Imam Sadiq University. He is married to the daughter of
Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi
Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi ( fa, قربانعلی دری نجفآبادی; born 3 December 1950) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently a member of the Assembly of Experts and also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council ...
and was his deputy in
Ministry of Intelligence. Ashna was a key figure in
Rouhani presidential campaign (2013) and was appointed by Rouhani as his "cultural adviser" in October 2013 and as his "advisor" in August 2017. In response to the airstrike that killed
Qassem Soleimani
Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...
in January 2020, he stated that he wrote down a list of Trump properties to target.
He received his PhD from
Imam Sadiq University
The Imam Sadiq University is an Islamic private university in Tehran, Iran. Established in 1982, the goal of the university is to bridge the gap between Islamic researches and modern studies, especially humanities. Imam Sadiq was established on ...
in 2004 and now is a professor of
communications
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...
at this university.
Khamenei goes Ballistic over Missile Tests
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References
External links
Ashna's Weblog
1964 births
Living people
Politicians from Tehran
Deputies of the Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
Imam Sadiq University alumni
Presidential advisers of Iran
Academic staff of Imam Sadiq University
Communication scholars
Iranian radio presenters
Moderation and Development Party politicians
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers
Qom Seminary alumni
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