title: Advisor to the President of Iran
text: # Advisor to the President of Iran
  
  Advisor to the President of Iran (Persian: مشاور رئیس‌جمهور ایران) is an official appointed by the President of Iran with the responsibility to aid him as a consultant.
  
  ## List
  
  ### Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  
  * Mehdi Kalhor, adviser for the press
  * Abolfazl Tavakkoli-Bina, adviser for commerce
  * Mohammad-Reza E'temadian, adviser for commerce
  * Davoud Danesh-Jafari, adviser for economic affairs
  * Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh, adviser for oil and gas
  * Mojtaba Rahmandoust, adviser for the war veteran affairs
  * Sousan Keshavarz, adviser for education
  * Brig. Gen. Sattar Vafaei, adviser for fairness and service
  * Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, adviser for the youth
  * Mehdi Chamran, adviser for city councils
  * Brig. Gen. Mohammad Rouyanian, adviser for fuel transportation
  * Ali Montazeri, adviser for universities
  * Ali-Asghar Zarei, adviser for cultural affairs
  * Mehdi Mostafavi, adviser for Islamic culture and foreign relations
  * Nasser Biria, adviser for clerical and religious affairs
  
  ### Hassan Rouhani
  
  * Hesamodin Ashna, cultural advisor
  * Mohammad-Ali Najafi, economic advisor
  * Reza Faraji-Dana, scientific advisor
  * Hassan Namazi, clerical advisor
  * Mohammad-Reza Sadegh, media advisor
  
  ### Ebrahim Raisi
  
  * Adel Azar, Advisor to the President
  * Saeed Mohammad, Adviser in the affairs of free trade-industrial and special economic zones
  * Abdolsalam Karimi, Advisor in the affairs of ethnic and religious minorities
  
  ## In popular culture
  
  * In Exodus (2020), drama film written and directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, a President's Advisor is portrayed by Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia.
  