Hesamodin Ashna
| Hesamodin Ashna | |
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| Iranian Center for Strategic Studies | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2013 |
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| President | Hassan Rouhani |
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| Born | 1964 (age 52–53) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | Imam Sadiq University |
| Religion | Islam |
Hesamodin Ashna (Persian: حسامالدین آشنا) (born 18 August 1964 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and cultural advisor to President Hassan Rouhani. He is also the head of Center for Strategic Studies. He received his PhD from Imam Sadiq University in 2004 and now is a professor of communications at this university.
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.
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