Jebelli, born in 1967 in Tehran, is a university professor and a leading expert and analyst on political matters
He served as the chief executive officer of the IRIB World Service as per a directive issued on August 14, 2016
The new IRIB chief was born and raised in a religious family in the northern Tehran neighborhood of Shemiran, and speaks fluent Arabic apart from Persian
During his years of service in the IRIB, Jebelli has tried various scopes of journalism and television news broadcasting and, thanks to his academic education and extensive practical experience, has developed into a veteran expert and manager with deep professional and executive insight of news and broadcasting
Jebelli received his master’s degree in Islamic sciences and propagation from the Imam Sadiq University of Tehran in 1993, and graduated from the same university in 2004 with a PhD degree in culture and communications
He has held a number of positions in the IRIB political department, and taught and trained many students for various positions at Iran’s public broadcaster
Prior to his appointment as the head of the IRIB World Service, he was a faculty member at IRIB University, editorial director of news at IRIB TV2 channel, general director of domestic news at IRIB News Agency, general director of news at Iran’s Arabic-language Al Alam Television news network, as well as director of Al Alam TV’s office in Beirut
Jebelli has also served as the media director of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council under its former secretary Saeed Jalili
Moreover, he has been the CEO of Press TV, Iran’s 24-hour English television news network
Also a diplomat, he served as Iran’s ambassador to Tunisia from 2011 to 2014
He played a crucial role in launching Iran Press video news agency, Al Alam Syria TV station as well as Internet television channels Hausa and Press TV French