Ali Asghar Mounesan

{{short description|Iranian politician}}

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| name = Ali Asghar Mounesan

| image = AliAsghar Mounesan (2).jpg

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| office = Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts

| term_start = 3 September 2019

| term_end = 25 August 2021
{{small|Acting: 21 August – 3 September 2019}}

| president = Hassan Rouhani

| predecessor = Position established

| successor = Ezzatollah Zarghami

| office1 = Vice President of Iran
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization

| term_start1 = 13 August 2017

| term_end1 = 21 August 2019

| president1 = Hassan Rouhani

| predecessor1 = Zahra Ahmadipour

| successor1 = Position abolished

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}{{citation|url=http://www3.irna.ir/en/News/82630495/|title=President appoints head of cultural heritage organization|work=IRNA|date=13 August 2017|accessdate=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920113054/http://www.irna.ir/en/News/82630495|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

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| alma_mater = Sharif University of Technology
Amirkabir University of Technology

| profession = Civil engineer

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Ali Asghar Mounesan ({{langx|fa|علی‌اصغر مونسان}}) is an Iranian politician and a former minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.He was appointed on 13 August 2017 by President Hassan Rouhani.

He was formerly head of the Free Trade Zone in Kish Island, general manager of the company Atisaz and the general manager of the Engineering and Development Organization of the City of Tehran.{{cite web|title=Politics, Revolutionary Guard Corps still interfere in Iranian soccer|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/fa/originals/2014/09/ali-daei-fired-iran-soccer-perspolis.html|publisher=Al-Monitor|date=24 September 2014|access-date=27 August 2017}} In 2014, he was appointed as a board member of Persepolis F.C.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, he contracted novel coronavirus.{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/iran-vice-president-ministers-stricken-coronavirus-200311155806337.html |title=Iran's vice president and two ministers stricken by coronavirus |date=11 March 2020 |accessdate=11 March 2020 |publisher=Al Jazeera English}} He had recovered from the virus.{{cite news |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/6806 |title=Dozens of Iranian Officials Test Positive for Coronavirus |date=13 March 2020 |accessdate=18 March 2020 |publisher=IranWire }}