Mohammad Soleimani (born 1954) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Communication and Information Technology (2005–2009). He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. He was born in Kazerun.

Education

Soleimani was born in Kazerun. He received a BSc in 1978 from Shiraz University in Iran and a

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in 1981 and a

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in 1983 in high-frequency electronics from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University.

Signing of the Asia and Pacific Cooperation Organization Convention

Soleimani met with

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's Deputy Prime Minister Huang Ju on 27 October 2005, and signed the convention establishing the Asia and Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). Iran's first satellite Sinah-1 was launched with help from the

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from Polstesk space base in Murmansk province in northwestern Russia.

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, Iran's Aerospace Organization head, also attended the meeting. When he returned to Tehran he told reporters, "By placing Iran's Sina-1 (Z-S.4) in its designated orbit, we have practically joined the group of countries enjoying space technology. It was a big achievement."

World Summit on the Information Society

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participated. Per Soleimani's wishes, "non-discriminatory access" to information technology was approved.

References

External links

Presidency Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soleimani, Mohammad 1954 births Living people Academic staff of Iran University of Science and Technology Academic staff of Imam Hossein University People from Kazerun Government ministers of Iran Ambassadors of Iran to Mali Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians Islamic Republican Party politicians