Career
He is the 6th and current Director-General of the IRIB and succeeded Ezatollah Zarghami on November 10, 2014. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in political sciences from Saint Joseph University of Beirut and Master of Arts from Imam Sadiq University. He is active in IRIB since 1993 in different posts and played a crucial role in launching Press television, Hispan television, al-Alam and iFilm television channels.
Mohammad Sarafraz was born on 7 April 1961 in Tehran, Iran.
He is son of Abolfazl Sarafraz who chaired Iran Civil Aviation Organization (International Civil Aviation Organization) from 1982 until 1990. Sarafraz is active in IRIB since 1993 and holds the position of Deputy Director-General in Foreign Affairs since 1995, being appointed by then Director-General Mohammad Hashemi.
He played a crucial role in launching Press television, Hispan television, al-Alam and iFilm television channels. On 1 November 2014, Sarafraz became new director-general of IRIB, succeeding Ezatollah Zarghami.
He officially takes office on 10 November.
In 2013 European Union adopted restrictive measures against Sarafraz and recognized him as being associated with violating human rights and working with the Iranian security services and prosecutors to broadcast forced confessions of detainees.