Eisa Zarepour (
Persian
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: عیسی زارع پور) (born 1980) is an Iranian
conservative
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politician who has been serving as
Minister of Information and Communications Technology since August 25, 2021 in the government of President
Ebrahim Raisi.
Biography
Eisa Zarepour was born in 1980 in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah. He received his undergraduate degree in computer engineering from
Razi University
Razi University ( fa, دانشگاه رازی, ''Daneshgah-e Razi'') is a public university based in Kermanshah, Iran. The school's Science and Engineering Departments attract many Iranian high school graduates as well as many graduate school appl ...
and his graduate degree in computer-software engineering from
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...
. He completed his PhD at the School of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of New South Wales
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, Australia.
In the ninth and tenth governments
At the age of 26, during the presidency of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدینژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956), , he was appointed as the head of the Information Technologies and Digital Media Development Center of the
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( fa, وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی, ''Vâzart-e Ferheng-e vâ Arshad-e Eslâmi'') ("Ministry of CIG") is the Ministry of Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible ...
, and in 2010 he was elected as the exemplary director of the Ministry of Culture. and Islamic Guidance. It has also been the host of the National Cultural Network.
In this capacity, he organized the National Digital Media Festival and Exhibition.
Zarepour said that this center can be considered as the first active government institution and policy maker in the field of cyberspace. The Center is also responsible for developing information technology and electronic services at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
He has held other positions in the ninth and tenth governments and has been an advisor to the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Health, the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. Zarepour was also a member of the National Commission for UNESCO in the
10th government.
Complete education and statements
After finishing the Ahmadinejad government, Zarepour went to
Australia
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to pursue a PhD in
computer engineering
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– in 2016 he took the trend of Computer networks from the
University of New South Wales
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, Australia. Zarepour also completed two postdoctoral fellowships in next generation computer networks at the University of New South Wales of Australia and
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...
, and was a lecturer in the
Computer
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Networks Department of the School of Computer Engineering,
University of Science and Technology.
since 2017. His field of study is next generation computer networks and Internet of Things. Dr. The title of Zarepour's thesis is the design of efficient protocols for wireless sensor nanotechnology with the popular supervisor Hassan. Zarepour has published dozens of scientific and research articles in
English
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in international journals and conferences,
and has won several international scientific and research awards.
Zarepour has been a faculty member of the Computer Engineering Faculty of
Iran University of Science and Technology
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ( fa, دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران, ''Danushgah-e 'lâm vâ Sân't-e Iran'') is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to ...
since 2017. As an assistant professor in the School of Computer Engineering at the
University of Science and Technology,
he teaches a focus on emerging networks, the Internet of Things and wearable sensors, advanced computer networking courses, database design principles, and the Internet of Things.
Attending a distinguished meeting with the Supreme
Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in September 2017, he highlighted issues such as the need to reform the laws of knowledge-based companies and the need to combat imports in cyberspace through healthy and internal production. Zarepour himself hosted the ceremony, emphasizing that all elites in the country are "Pasdar".
Zarepour is an alternate board member of the Clean Cyberspace Developers Association (FMP).
This organization presents itself as a non-governmental organization that advocates widespread filtering of polluted sites and areas for lower age groups and prioritizes the use, use and promotion of internal social networks to advance Iran's national goals.
In the judiciary
Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, the then head of
Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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, appointed Zarepour as head of the Judiciary's Statistics and Information Technology Center in February 2020.
Another of his actions during this period was the launch of the edalat hamrah app. The growth and development of other electronic systems of the judiciary,
which is mentioned as one of the achievements of
Ebrahim Raisi
Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیسالساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eight ...
during his presidency in this branch, has also been done by Zarepour team.
Minister of Information and Communications Technology
In 11 August 2021,
Raisi
Raisi ( fa, رئيسي, also Romanized as Ra’īsī; also known as Rīsī) is a village in Eshqabad Rural District, Miyan Jolgeh District, Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of I ...
introduced Zarepour as the proposed Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the 13th government to the parliament, and on 28 August 2021, with 256 votes in favor, 17 against and 10 abstentions, he received the vote of confidence as the Minister of Information and Communications Technology.
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University of New South Wales alumni
Sharif University of Technology alumni
People from Eslamabad-e Gharb
1980 births
Living people