Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran

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Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
وزارت ارتباطات و فناوری اطلاعات
Vâzart-e Artbatat-e vâ Fenavri-ye Atlâ'at
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The logo for the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran. Translated, the top line says "The Islamic Republic of Iran" and the bottom line says "Ministry of ICT".
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Flag of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
Agency overview
Formed1908
JurisdictionIslamic Republic of Iran
HeadquartersShariati St, District 7, Tehran
Employees21,244 (2019)[1]
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Websitewww.ict.gov.ir/en/home
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The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, or Ministry of ICT (Persian: وزارت ارتباطات و فناوری اطلاعات) established in 1908, is responsible for postal services, telephones and information technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Laying out and implementing policies pertaining to postal services is the functions of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which is also in charge of issuing import licenses for certain communication devices and parts thereof such as a mobile phone.[2]

History[]

The postal service in Iran was handled by a bureau before 1876 and all postal affairs have were done by a bureau. In the same year that it was formed, it showed success in terms of social and monetary value and then in the same year this bureau converted into a full Ministry by the ordered issued by Naser-aldin Shah. The order stated that, Amin-almolk, the Minister of Tasks and Council, be selected for executing the operations (postal services) of Ministry of ICT. After a year working as a Minister of ICT, in 1877, he resigned from the Ministry of Tasks And Council & decided to dedicate more of his time to the Ministry of ICT. During the 19th century, this ministry was administered by Amin-almolk, as the minister and Mirza Rahim as the deputy Minister of ICT.

In 1882, a book was published (lithographed booklet named "the Tariff of the Great Post Office of Iran"). It displayed maps of the telegram offices, post offices, pony post roads and postal network in the 19th-century Iran. That booklet talked about Iran having seven main and five secondary postal lines. After the late 1800s, there were no major revision to Iranian Ministry of the Post, other than the normal organizational and structural changes. After the presidency of Amir Kabir, new renovations appeared in the post of Iran. The posts during the era of Imperialists suspended the extracurricular activities were in suspension and the postal services became fast, according to the Amir Kabir"s discipline.

The Postal services Ministry had an organization restructuring in 1906. Telegraph bureau was put under the administration of the Postal ministry and the Ministry of Post and Telegraph formed. The first telephone patent assigned to Basir-ol-mamalek in 1900 and since then the telephone services started working in Tehran. In 1929, the Ministry of Postal and Telegraph offered a proposal to the parliament for purchasing the stocks of the only Telephone Company. Then the Ministry of Post, Telegraph, and Telephone was formed after the government purchased the stocks of the only Telephone Company.

After the 1929, many development projects were done to the ministry until 2003. There were several subsidiary company and centers which went through many evolutions and were able to spread communication solutions inside Iran. In 2003, a bill of duties and responsibilities in the parliament of Iran decided to rename the ministry from "Ministry of P.T.T" to "Ministry of I.C.T". The Bill also brought a structural reform to the Ministry of I.C.T. It contained new laws and mandates from the Parliament. Thus three private companies: Data Communication Company, acquired by the I.C.T in 2005 and T.I.C and M.C.I were established beside T.C.I. Some of the evolutions are establishing T.C.I and I.R.I Post Company as well as organizing two organizations named I.S.A and C.R.A, and also working to build two new councils named "High Council of IT" and "Space Council".

List of Ministers[]

No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Government
1 No image 22 February 1979 4 November 1979 Independent Interim Government
2 No image Mahmoud Ghandi 28 November 1979 28 June 1981 Islamic Republican Party Interim Government

Rajai

3 Morteza Nabavi 1393.jpg 17 August 1981 28 October 1985 Islamic Republican Party Bahonar

Interim Government

Mousavi I

4 MohmmadGharazi.jpg Mohammad Gharazi 28 October 1985 20 August 1997 Independent Mousavi II

Rafsanjani I

Rafsanjani II

5 Mohammad Reza Aref 2019.jpg Mohammad Reza Aref 20 August 1997 17 June 2000 Islamic Iran Participation Front Khatami I
6 Ahmad Motamedi.jpg Ahmad Motamedi 14 January 2001 24 August 2005 Independent Khatami I

Khatami II

7 Mohammad Soleimani.jpg Mohammad Soleimani 24 August 2005 3 September 2009 Independent Ahmadinejad I
8 Reza Taghipour.jpg Reza Taghipour 3 September 2009 2 December 2012 Independent Ahmadinejad II
9 Mohammad-Hassan Nami 1397023119183561114200524.jpg Mohammad-Hassan Nami 26 February 2013 15 August 2013 Military Ahmadinejad II
10 Mahmoud Vaezi in cabinet meeting.jpg Mahmoud Vaezi 15 August 2013 20 August 2017 Moderation and Development Party Rouhani I
11 Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi 2019.jpg Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi 20 August 2017 25 August 2021 Independent Rouhani II
12 EisaZarepour.jpg Eisa Zarepour 25 August 2021 Incumbent Raisi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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