Hesamodin Ashna
Hesamodin Ashna | |
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Head of Center for Strategic Studies | |
In office 1 October 2013 – 29 April 2021 | |
President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Parviz Davoodi |
Succeeded by | Ali Rabii |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Tehran, Iran |
Alma mater | Imam Sadiq University Qom Seminary |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Imam Sadiq University Iranian Center for Strategic Studies |
Thesis | Culture, Communications and Foreign Policy: Cultural Diplomacy of the United States in Iran (1957–1979) (2004) |
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Hesamoddin Ashna (Persian: حسامالدین آشنا; born 18 August 1964 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician. He is a former advisor to President Hassan Rouhani and a former head of Center for Strategic Studies. Ashna is described to be in Rouhani's inner circle and associated with the Moderation and Development Party.[1]
Life
When he was 17, Ashna was a radio presenter on Radio Ahvaz. Then he studied both at Qom Seminary and Imam Sadiq University. He is married to the daughter of Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi 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.[2][3] In response to the airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, he stated that he wrote down a list of Trump properties to target.[4]
He received his PhD from Imam Sadiq University in 2004 and now is a professor of communications at this university.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ Ali Afshari (8 April 2014), "Internal rivalries hinder Rouhani's reform efforts", Al-Monitor, retrieved 11 December 2016
- ^ Iran not comparable to Soviet Union, Cuba: Presidential adviser
- ^ Iran's proposed cabinet: The old guard is back in charge
- ^ "Iranian Presidential Adviser Posted a List Showing Locations for All Trump's Properties".
- ^ Iran’s Hardliners Fall Into Line Backing Zarif in Nuclear Talks
- ^ "Joining forces to save Iran's drying wetlands". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ Inter-army cooperation explored
- ^ Exhibition celebrates Italy and Iran's archeological work
- ^ Khamenei goes Ballistic over Missile Tests
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- 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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