Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi | |
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محمدجواد آذری جهرمی | |
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| Minister of Information and Communications Technology | |
| In office 20 August 2017 – 25 August 2021 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Vaezi |
| Succeeded by | Issa Zarepour |
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| Born | (1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (age 44)[1] |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Power and Water University of Technology[2] |
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Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi (Persian:محمدجواد آذری جهرمی; born 16 September 1982) is an Iranian politician and formerintelligence officer[3] who served as theMinister of Information and Communications Technology in the administration of PresidentHassan Rouhani from 2017 to 2021.
He gained vote of confidence from theparliament on 20 August 2017, with 152 yeas, 120 nays, 7 abstentions and 9 invalid votes.[4]
He was the youngest member of thecabinet of Iran, as well as the first Iranian minister born after theIranian revolution.[5]
Azari Jahromi was born inJahrom,Fars province and was raised in a poor family. During theIran-Iraq War, his 16-year-old brother was killed.[6] He studied electrical engineering at thePower and Water University of Technology, where he met his future wife.[6]
Azari Jahromi worked at theMinistry of Intelligence from 2002 to 2009,[2] where he for some time held managerial positions and was involved in crackdown of2009 election protests.[3] From 2009 to 2014, he served as general manager of the communications systems security department at the Communication Regulatory Authority.[5] He then became ex-officiovice minister of information and communications technology, in his capacity as the chairman ofTelecommunications Infrastructure Company.[5] Jahrami was also a non-executive member of the board of directors atRighTel between 2014 and 2016.[5]
In November 2019, theU.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Azari "for his role in the Iranian regime’s widescale internet censorship," freezing any of his U.S. assets and banning U.S. persons from doing business with him.[7]
One of the Iranian hackers named Ebrahim Shafiei unveiled his creation, the first Iranian hacking OS in the world, in the presence of Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi. This product, called "BlackWin OS," is a competitor to its American counterpart, Kali Linux. However, Ebrahim Shafiei and his team, known as the Abadal Security Team, did not receive any support from the Iranian government.
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| Preceded by Mahmoud Khosravi | Vice Minister and CEO ofTelecommunication Infrastructure Company 2016–2017 | Succeeded by Farhad Maarefi (acting) |
| Preceded by | Minister of Information and Communications Technology 2017–2021 | Succeeded by |
