Seyyed ''Sayyid'' is an honorific title of Hasanid and Husaynid lineage, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and Ali's sons Hasan and Husayn. The title may also refer to the descendants of the fa ...

Abbas Salehi () is an Iranian scholar, journalist and current Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance since 2024. He was vice-minister from 2013 until 2017 which also served as acting Minister of Culture from 19 October until 1 November 2016. On 20 August 2017, he was confirmed as culture minister in the second administration of Rouhani. Salehi is a contributor author to the '' Tafsir Rahnama'' and has been a member of

Qom Seminary The Qom Seminary (') is the largest and one of the foremost Shia Islam, Shia hawzas (Islamic seminaries), located in the city of Qom, Iran. It is the largest seminary in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom to ...

's preaching affairs board of trustees.

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