Hawzah News Agency (Tehran, Iran) -  Iran’s Culture Minister Seyed Abbas Salehi in a decree appointed him as the new head of the organization.

He replaced Hojat-ol-Islam Ali Mohammadi who was in charge of the organization since 2009.

Born in 1962 in Tehran, Hojat-ol-Islam Khamoushi has a PhD in Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Shahid Motahhari Higher College.

He previously served as the head of the Islamic Development Organization.