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Seyed Zia Hashemi (Persian: سید ضیاء هاشمی, born 1968 in Yasuj) is an Iranian Professor, politician and Acting Minister of Science, a position he held since 20 August 2017. He is also Vice President of Social and Cultural Affair at Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, a position he held since 2013.
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Seyed Zia Hashemi was born and raised in Yasuj. He was from a traditional family and his father was a respected teacher. After graduation from high school, he moved to Tehran and started studying sociology at University of Tehran. After getting his PhD, he joined the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Tehran and he is still teaching there.