Ezzatollah Zarghami
Iran
Iranian principlists
Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism
government
Ezzatollah Zarghami is an Iranian conservative politician and former minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts. He is a former military officer. Zarghami was Deputy of Minister in Culture and Islamic Ministry as well as Defence Ministry before holding office as the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting from 2004 to 2014.
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Sep 26, 2026
Center
Zarghami protested the presence of Jafar Qaempanah at Saudi National Day celebrations, tweeting sarcastically about the cake-cutting video and asking what the oppressed Yemenis would say.
Pragmatists dismiss this as performative outrage from a former minister who knows that quiet regional diplomacy requires exactly the kind of engagement he is mocking.
Jun 19, 2026
Center
Zarghami criticized the regime for turning the clergy into sycophants who only praise the system, stifling independent voices.
Pragmatists agree with his criticism, as limiting dissent undermines the system's credibility and adaptability.
Jun 6, 2026
Lean Left
The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, which oversees registered national monuments, is under direct fire for failing to prevent or even witness the pre-dawn demolition of the registered Evangelical church in Mashhad.
Moderates are sharply critical of the ministry's response, which reportedly included the statement 'are illegal acts not committed in this country,' treating the destruction of a national heritage site as routine rather than as a serious institutional and minority-rights failure.