Sayyid Sattar Hashemi (Persian: سیّد ستار هاشمی; born in 1976) is an Iranian university professor, researcher and politician who serving as the Minister of Information and Communications Technology of Iran since August 2024, in the Government of Masoud Pezeshkian.
He was born in 1976 in Yasuj city of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces.
In 1998, he completed his bachelor's degree in computer engineering majoring in hardware from Isfahan University of Technology.
[1][2] On 21 August 2024, his candidacy for the post of minister for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Government of Masoud Pezeshkian was introduced by president Masoud Pezeshkian.
His nomination was confirmed in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (the Iranian parliament) with 264 votes in favor.