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

Biography of Dr. Mansoureh Ettehadieh

Mansoureh Ettehadieh, recipient of the Pasargad Heritage Foundation’s 1401 (2022) Nowruz Award

Dr. Mansoureh Ettehadieh, a historian, author, professor, and publisher of »Institute for the Publication of the History« is this year’s recipient of the Nowruz Award in the category of Cultural and Historical Heritage.

Dr. Ettehadieh is a historian, author, publisher, and a university professor and was born on 1934 in Tehran, Iran.  She had a difficult childhood in Iran during World War II while Iran was under allied occupation. After being homeschooled for a time she attended schools including Kayhan, Anoushiravan Dadgar, and Jandrak.  She then completed her secondary education in England and completed her higher education in history at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where she received her master’s degree in 1959. Upon returning to Iran in 1969, she worked as an instructor at the University of Tehran, and in 1977, she returned to the UK to pursue her doctorate in history at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Ettehadieh’s doctoral dissertation focused on “political parties during the constitutional period.” She returned to Iran in 1980 and started working once again at the University of Tehran. At the university, she taught a variety of subjects, including Qajar history, recent 100-year movements, and Middle Eastern history until she retired, where she continued to work and teach at the Iranian Studies Foundation.

In 1984, Dr. Ettehadieh established the Institute for the Publication of the History of Iran in order to publish documents and research in the field of contemporary Iranian history, where she still actively works.