Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi (; born 16 September 1982) is an Iranian politician and former

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who served as the Minister of Information and Communications Technology in the administration of President

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from 2017 to 2021. He gained vote of confidence from the

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on 20 August 2017, with 152 yeas, 120 nays, 7 abstentions and 9 invalid votes. He was the youngest member of the

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, as well as the first Iranian minister born after the

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Early life and education

Azari Jahromi was born in

Jahrom Jahrom () is a city in the Central District of Jahrom County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Jolgah Rural District. The previous capital of the rural di ...

Fars province Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. Pars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, i ...

and was raised in a poor family. During the Iran-Iraq War, his 16-year-old brother was killed. He studied electrical engineering at the

Power and Water University of Technology Technical and Engineering Campus of Shahid Beheshti University (formerly known as Power and Water University of Technology) (PWUT) () is a state university of technology, engineering and science in Iran. PWUT is also the technical training center ...

, where he met his future wife.

Career

Azari Jahromi worked at the Ministry of Intelligence from 2002 to 2009, where he for some time held managerial positions and was involved in crackdown of 2009 election protests. From 2009 to 2014, he served as general manager of the communications systems security department at the Communication Regulatory Authority. He then became ex-officio vice minister of information and communications technology, in his capacity as the chairman of Telecommunications Infrastructure Company. Jahrami was also a non-executive member of the board of directors at RighTel between 2014 and 2016. In November 2019, the U.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.

Meeting with an Iranian hacker

Meeting between Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi and Ebrahim Shafiei 66

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.

References

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