The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance () ("Ministry of CIG") is a ministry responsible for managing access to media that the Iranian government sees as violating Iranian ethics or promoting values alien to Iranian culture. This may include internet censorship. It also manages the alignment of religion and the law of the country.Official website of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance It was formed by the merger of the Ministry of Culture and Art and the Ministry of Information and Tourism.Responsibilities and organizational structure of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Overview There are a number of cultural and commercial artifacts that the Ministry of CIG regulates by licensing their entry into the country, or by exporting from Iran.
The ministry manages exportation of motion pictures produced in Iran and the importation of films produced outside Iran, including cinematographic and television films. Audio recordings, on media such as cassette tapes, phonograph records, compact discs, or other formats, are also regulated by the ministry.
Books (fiction or non-fiction), published material (such as magazines, serials), or other periodicals, printed matter (like brochures, pamphlets, advertising material, business catalogues, university prospectuses, or other promotional or informational material) are similarly subjected to licensing requirements for import or export. The s, paintings, sculpture, tableaux, and related objects that may constitute visual art, must also undergo vetting. The Ministry of CIG issues the licenses that are required for import and export of all such items.Foreign Trade Regime of the IRI Memorandum
In addition, the Ministry of CIG is one of the bodies of the Iranian government responsible for informing Iranians about the alignment of religion with law in the UN Member State of Iran. The Khutbah (Friday Sermon) is when the different block leaders come together and explain the political narrative of their block using figurative language. It is one of the three "sovereign" (independent from audit) ministerial departments of Iran.
Ministers +No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyGovernment1Nasser Minachi22 February 197910 September 1980Independent Bazargan Council of the Islamic Revolution2Abbas Duzduzani10 September 198017 August 1981Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution OrganizationRajai3Abdul Majid Maadikhah17 August 198126 July 1982Islamic Republican PartyBahonar
Mahdavi Kani (acting)
Mousavi I– Mir-Hossein Mousavi26 July 19829 November 1982Islamic Republican PartyMousavi I4Mohammad Khatami9 November 1982 24 May 1992Association of Combatant ClericsMousavi I
Mousavi II
Rafsanjani I5Ali Larijani11 August 199215 February 1994Islamic Coalition PartyRafsanjani I Rafsanjani II6Mostafa Mir-Salim22 February 199420 August 1997Islamic Coalition PartyRafsanjani II7Ata'ollah Mohajerani20 August 1997 14 December 2000Executives of Construction PartyKhatami I8Ahmad Masjed-Jamei14 January 200124 August 2005Independent Khatami I Khatami II9Hossein Saffar Harandi24 August 200523 July 2009Independent Ahmadinejad I10Mohammad Hosseini3 September 200915 August 2013Independent Ahmadinejad II11Ali Jannati15 August 2013 19 October 2016Moderation and Development PartyRouhani I12Reza Salehi Amiri1 November 2016 20 August 2017Moderation and Development PartyRouhani I13Abbas Salehi20 August 201725 August 2021Independent Rouhani II14Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili25 August 202121 August 2024IndependentRaisi15Abbas Salehi21 August 2024In ChargeIndependent Pezeshkian
See also ارشاد, ershad, 'guidance' at Wiktionary Media of Iran Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Islamic Culture and Communication Organization Office of Literature and Art of Resistance
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