Hesamoddin Ashna (Persian: حسام‌الدین آشنا; born 18 August 1964 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician. He is a former advisor to President Hassan Rouhani and a former head of Center for Strategic Studies. Ashna is described to be in Rouhani's inner circle and associated with the Moderation and Development Party.^[1]

When he was 17, Ashna was a radio presenter on Radio Ahvaz. Then he studied both at Qom Seminary and Imam Sadiq University. He is married to the daughter of Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi and was his deputy in Ministry of Intelligence. Ashna was a key figure in Rouhani presidential campaign (2013) and was appointed by Rouhani as his "cultural adviser" in October 2013 and as his "advisor" in August 2017.^[2][3] In response to the airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, he stated that he wrote down a list of Trump properties to target.^[4]

He received his PhD from Imam Sadiq University in 2004 and now is a professor of communications at this university.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}