Abdulali Ali-Asgari
Abdulali Ali-Asgari | |
|---|---|
| Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting | |
| In office 11 May 2016 – 29 September 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Sarafraz |
| Succeeded by | Peyman Jebelli |
| Chairman of Iran Broadcasting University | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Masoud Aboutalebi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abdulali Ali-Asgari 1958 (age 66–67) Ray, Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1980s) |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Iran University of Science and Technology Amirkabir University of Technology |
Abdulali Ali-Asgari (Persian: عبدالعلی علیعسگری; born 1958 in Ray, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian executive director. He was former CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation from January 2022 to December 2024. He is also an Iranian media executive who was the former director-general of IRIB.
Ali-Asgari, who was previously a deputy at IRIB in charge of technology and a professor at the Iran Broadcasting University, was appointed as IRIB's director-general on 11 May 2016 after previous head Mohammad Sarafraz resigned from office. He has been referred to as "the father of digital television in Iran" for his work on converting the organization from analog to digital.
Ali-Asgari is sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury due to human rights violations during his tenure as head of the IRIB.
He is uncle of Hamidreza Aliasgari.