Mohammad Bat'haei , also spelt Mohammad Bathaei ( Persian : محمد بطحایی , born June 1963) is an Iranian educator and the former Minister of Education . He was vice education minister from 2014 until 2016 and also served as the acting minister from 19 October after the resignation of previous minister, Ali Asghar Fani until 1 November 2016. He was appointed as the Vice Minister of Education for Management Development and Logistics on 22 July 2014.