Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Iran)

The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Persian وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی ) or short- Ershad ( ارشاد ) of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a government agency that is responsible for the control of communication. The Ministry based in the Iranian capital Tehran, which emerged from the renamed Iranian Ministry of Culture, " monitors the media, the Internet, publications, theater performances, music events, art exhibitions and cultural and civil society organizations ."

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"For the importation and exportation of motion picture, cinematographic and television films, audio tapes, phonographic discs, books and other publications, brochures, pamphlets, commercial advertisement products, business catalogs, pictures, gravures, paintings, tableaux, etc., licenses are required to be Obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. "

List of Ministers

• Nasser Minatschi ناصر میناچی
• Duzduzani Abbas عباس دوزدوزانی
• Majid Moadichah عبدالمجید معادیخواه
• Mohammad Khatami سید محمد خاتمی
• Ali Larijani علی اردشیر لاریجانی
• Ata'ollah Mohajerani عطاءالله مهاجرانی
• Mostafa Mir- Salim سید مصطفی میرسلیم
• Ahmad masjed - Dschamei احمد مسجدجامعی
• Hossein Saffar Harandi محمدحسین صفار هرندی
• Mohammad Hosseini سید محمد حسینی
• Ali Dschannati علی جنتی