Seyed Zia Hashemi (Persian: سید ضیاء هاشمی, born 1968 in Yasuj) is an Iranian Doctorate, politician and former acting Minister of Science, a position he held from 20 August 2017 until 29 October 2017.
He was also Vice President of Social and Cultural Affair at Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, a position he held from 2013 to 2017.
He was head of the Islamic Republic News Agency from 1 January 2018 to 2020.
[2] Seyed Zia Hashemi was born and raised in Yasuj.
After getting his PhD, he joined the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Tehran and he is still teaching there.