Ezzatollah Zarghami

Ezatollah Zarghami
Zarghami in 2016
Born	Seyed Ezatollah Zarghami 25 February 1959 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Amir Kabir University
Occupation	Former executive director of IRIB
Religion	Shia Islam
Spouse(s)	Ghare Tapeyi[1]
Children	4
Website	zarghami-ez.ir
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Ezzatollah Zarghami (Persian: عزت الله ضرغامی‎‎; born 25 February 1959 in Tehran^[2]) is an Iranian politician, former military officer and media executive who was the head of IRIB from 2004 until 2014.

Career

Zarghami served as a general in the Revolutionary Guard.^[3] has been the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the media corporation in charge of controlling Iranian national radio and television broadcasting, since 2004.^[3] His predecessor was Ali Larijani.

Controversy

Zarghami was sanctioned by the European Union on 23 March 2012 "for committing human rights abuses."^[3][4]

He was also criticized for allegedly trying to prevent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani from appearing on his network for a scheduled interview in February 2014.^[5]

References

1. عکس: درگذشت غمبار برادر همسر ضرغامی
2. زندگی نامه مهندس سید عزت الله ضرغامی
3. "Ezzatollah Zarghami". Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
4. "Council decision 2012/168/CFSP". Official Journal of the European Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
5. David Kenner (6 February 2014). "Iran's Hardliners Just Tried to Muzzle Hassan Rouhani". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

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