The Pasargad Heritage Foundation Presents:

The Nowruz Award March 9, 2021.

This press release has been published by the Pasargad Heritage Foundation to the Personalities of the Year for their vision and efforts to preserve the national, cultural, historical, and natural heritage of Iran that also belongs to all humanity.

 

Dr. Mansoureh Ettehadieh

Dr. Mansoureh Ettehadieh, researcher, historian, university professor, and founder of publishing firm, Nashr-e Tarikh-e Iran (Publishing History of Iran), is the recipient of the Nowruz Award in the field of cultural and historical heritage for:

• • Years of efforts to preserve Iran’s cultural and historical heritage

• • Years of research and teaching at university

• • Publication of numerous books about famous men and women during the Qajar period

• • Establishment of the publishing firm, Publishing History of Iran, focusing on publication of books on the history and culture of Iran

Click here to read the full Biography for Dr. Mansoureh Ettehadieh

 

Dr. Bahram Akasheh

Dr. Bahram Akasheh, seismologist and expert in geology and professor of geophysics, university professor, and dean of engineering faculty of Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch, is the recipient of the Nowruz Award in the field of natural heritage and environment for:

• • Decades of efforts to introduce seismology to students to educate and inform and reduce risks of earthquakes

• • Establishment of the department of geophysics at the University of Tehran

• • Publication of more than one hundred scholarly articles and papers

• • Construction and operation of several seismic bases

Click here to read the biography of Dr. Bahram Akhasheh

 

Dr. Ardeshir Babaknia

Dr. Ardeshir Babaknia, physician, university professor, scientific and historical researcher, and cultural and artistic activist, is the recipient of the Nowruz Award in the field of culture and art for:

• • More than a decade of extensive research into the holocaust during World War II, and other genocides in the Middle East, with the goal of rooting out this type of human catastrophe

• • Four volumes of books on the Holocaust in Persian

• • Establishment of several cultural-scientific and social institutions

• • Supporting and cooperating with cultural and social institutions

• • Collecting and preserving a collection of Iranian historical artifacts

• • Creating beautiful artistic works on glass and ceramics with concepts related to the cultural and historical heritage of the ancient Persians

Click here to read the biography of Dr. Ardeshir Babaknia

 

Mr. Amir Taheri

Mr. Amir Taheri, author, journalist, political analyst, cultural and literary critic, is the recipient of a Lifetime Nowruz Award in the field of journalism and communication sciences for:

• • Lifelong tireless efforts as a modern author and journalist in Iran and in exile

• • Commitment to journalism, and emphasis on concrete facts and reliable documents for writing, analysis, and critique

• • Authoring of ten successful books related to sensitive issues in the last few decades of Iran in Farsi and English

• • Writing hundreds of lasting articles and reviews of political, literary, and artistic books

• • Constant attention to human rights violations in Iran and writings on them in the popular European and American press

• • Utmost attention to the brilliant culture and history of Iran in his writings for various Iranian and non-Iranian publications

Click here to read the biography of Mr. Amir Taheri.