Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi ( fa, محمد بهشتی شیرازی; born 28 February 1952) is an Iranian politician, artist and cultural figure who is currently
Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization. He was the first head of
, being appointed on 2 September 1997 by
Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...
and held the office until 2 June 2003 when he replaced with
Hossein Marashi
Hossein Marashi ( fa, حسین مرعشی; born 17 November 1958 in Rafsanjan) is an Iranian politician. He served as the Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Marashi represented Kerman in the ...
. He was also head of the
Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...
and a member of
Iranian Academy of the Arts
The Iranian Academy of Arts (IAA) ( fa, فرهنگستان هنر ایران; formally Academy of Arts of the Islamic Republic of Iran) was established in March 2000. It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran; the other three ...
. He is an assistant professor at
Shahid Beheshti University
Shahid Behesti University ( fa, دانشگاه شهید بهشتی , Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti) (formerly known as the National University of Iran) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers many programs at Bache ...
.
He is the younger brother of Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, one of the advisers of
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Ira ...
during
2009 presidential election.
مشاوران زندانی میرحسین موسوی کیستند؟ , ندای سبز آزادی
Persian)
References
1952 births
Living people
Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians
People from Shiraz
Heads of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
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