Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran) ( fa, شورای عالی فضای مجازی) is a
cyberspace
Cyberspace is a concept describing a widespread interconnected digital technology. "The expression dates back from the first decade of the diffusion of the internet. It refers to the online world as a world 'apart', as distinct from everyday rea ...
-council which was formed on 26 February 2012 by the
decree
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of Iran's
supreme leader,
Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...
; and is obliged to establish "National Cyberspace Center of the country" to have an entire and up-to-date knowledge of internal/external cyberspace and in order to decide regarding "how to deal with the harms of the Internet".
The members of this council are appointed for a period of 3 years; and the
president of the country is considered as the head of it. The High-Council of Informatics, the High-Council of Information and the High-Council of
IT are considered as the bodies which were acted as policy makers and implementers in the mentioned field before this council's formation.
Natural-members
The "Supreme Council of Cyberspace" consists of the following "Natural-members":
*
Saied Reza Ameli
Saied Reza Ameli (In Persian سعیدرضا عاملی, born 1961 in Karaj, Iran) is a (full) professor of communication at the University of Tehran. He is currently a member of Department of Communications and the director of the UNESCO Chair on ...
*
Hamid Shahriari
*
Reza Taghipour
*
Ezzatollah Zarghami
Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami ( fa, سید عزت‌الله ضرغامی) is Iranian conservative politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. He is a former military officer. Zarghami was Deputy of Mi ...
*
Mohammad Sarafraz
Mohammad Sarafraz ( fa, محمد سرافراز) is an Iranian media executive who was head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) from 2014 until his resignation in 2016.
He was the 6th Director-General of the IRIB and succeeded Ezatoll ...
* Mohammad Hassan Entezari
* Mahdi Akhavan Bahabadi
* Masoud Abu-Talebi
* Kamyar Saqafi
* Rasoul Jalili
Legal-members
Legal-members of the "Supreme Council of Cyberspace" are as follows:
* Secretary of the Council and President of the National Cyberspace Center:
Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri
*
President of Iran
The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader.
The president i ...
:
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 ...
*
List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran:
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf or Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ( fa, محمد باقر قالیباف, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician, former military officer, and current Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He held off ...
* Head of
Judicial system of Iran
A nationwide judicial system in Iran was first implemented and established by Abdolhossein Teymourtash under Reza Shah, with further changes during the second Pahlavi era.
After the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty by the Islamic Revolut ...
:
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ( fa, غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای, Ğolām-Hoseyn Mohseni Eže'i, ; born 29 September 1956) is an Iranian conservative politician, Islamic jurist and prosecutor who currently serves as Chief Justice of ...
* Head of
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian rev ...
:
Peyman Jebelli Peyman (; also transliterated as Paymon, Peiman, Paymaan or Payman, fa, پیمان) is a Persian and Kurdish name which is used as a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Peyman
* Peyman Faratin (born 1965) ...
* Minister of
:
Issa Zarepour
Eisa Zarepour ( Persian: عیسی زارع پور) (born 1980) is an Iranian conservative politician who has been serving as Minister of Information and Communications Technology since August 25, 2021 in the government of President Ebrahim Rai ...
* Minister of
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 ...
:
Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili
Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili ( fa, محمد مهدی اسماعیلی) born in 1975, Hamedan, is the Minister of Culture of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asi ...
* Minister of
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Mini ...
:
Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
* Minister of
Ministry of Education (Iran)
The Ministry of Education of Iran ( fa, وزارت آموزش و پرورش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Vâzart-e Âmôzesh-e vâ Prevârsh-e Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran'') (lit. Ministry of Teaching and Growing of the Islamic Republi ...
: Rezamorad Sahraei (Acting)
* Minister of
Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, وزارت اطّلاعات جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Vezarat-e Ettela'at Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran) is the primary intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of ...
:
Esmaeil Khatib
Esmaeil Khatib (born 1961) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has been serving as the minister of intelligence since August 2021. He is the eighth official to hold the post.
Early life and education
Khatib was born in Qaen, South Khorasan, ...
* Minister of
Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL; fa, وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح, vezarat-e defa' va poshtibani-ey niruha-ye mosallah) is the defence ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran and pa ...
:
Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani ( fa, محمدرضا قرایی آشتیانی) is a member of the Iranian military with the rank of Brigadier General who has served as the minister of defence since 2021. Ashtiani was sworn in on August 25, 2021, r ...
* Vice President for Science and Technology:
Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi
* Chairman of the
Cultural Commission of the
Islamic Consultative Assembly
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...
:
Morteza Aghatehrani
Morteza Aghatehrani ( fa, مرتضی آقاتهرانی) is an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. He was former secretary-general of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, and represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr i ...
* Head of
Islamic Development Organization
The Islamic advertisement Organization ( Persian: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی ایران) is an Iranian religious and cultural organization. It was created by Rouhollah Khomeini after the 1979 Revolution in Iran, and is under the sup ...
:
Mohammad Qomi
* Commander of
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
:
Hossein Salami
abdullah eslami (1960) is an Iranian military officer with the rank of major general, who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Early years
Salami was born in 1960 in Golpayegan, Isfahan province, Iran. In 1 ...
* Commander of
Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran
, mottotranslated = "Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity" ( Heraldry slogan)
, formedyear = 1991
, formedmonthday = April 1
, preceding1 = Shahrbani (1913–1991)Gendarmerie (1910–1991)Committee (1979–1991)
, em ...
:
Ahmad-Reza Radan
*
Prosecutor-General of Iran
The prosecutor-general of Iran (or attorney-general), in the judicial system of Iran, is a "just '' mujtahid''" appointed by the head of the judiciary in consultation with the judges of the Supreme Court to serve for a period of five years.
T ...
:
Mohammad Jafar Montazeri
Mohammad Jafar Montazeri ( fa, محمدجعفر منتظری; born 1949 in Qom) is an Iranian cleric and judge and the current attorney-general of Iran since 1 April 2016. He was previously head of Iran's Administrative Justice Court and Specia ...
Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace
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See also
* Supreme Leader Representation in Universities
* Hamid Shahriari
References
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