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Pasargad Foundation Awards “Personality of the Year 2020”

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The Pasargad Heritage Foundation Presents:

The Nowruz Award March 21, 2020.

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. Nastour Rakhshani, a painter and art researcher, receives the Nowruz Award for
“Personality of the Year in Art and Culture” for:

  • A lifetime of tireless work as a valued, admired, and irredentist artist at home and in asylum
  • Striving to gain a status similar to that of European artists
  • His unique style, combining the art of both Eastern and Western paintings
  • Representing Iran and Iranians at major European exhibitions
  • Many years of working to introduce Iranian art and culture abroad
  • Representing the history and culture of ancient Iran through painting national figures and displaying Iran’s works of architecture and civilization

Dr. Nastour Rakhshani Bio:
Dr. Nastour Rakhshani was born in Tehran in 1947, where he spent his childhood and
adolescence.

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Professor Hooshang Ziaei, a well known Iranian expert on wildlife and environmental and natural resources, a scientific member and advisor at the Iranian Museum of Natural Resources, and a lecturer in the fields of wildlife management and biology at Iranian universities, is the recipient of this year’s “Personality of the Year in the Field of Natural Resources” and the recipient of the Nowruz Award for the following achievements:

  • Over 50 years of continuous efforts to protect and preserve Iran’s natural heritage and environment
  • Researching and publishing more than a dozen valuable books and articles related to Iran’s natural heritage
  • Educating students, experts, and enthusiasts about natural heritage and the
    environment, and preparing them for the challenge of tackling further destruction of Iran’s environment
  • Helping to preserve Iran’s Museum of Natural Resources and Wildlife
  • Significant efforts to prevent illegal hunting practices

Professor Ziaei’s Bio:
Professor Ziaei began his research and development work several years before the Iranian revolution in 1979, managing and overseeing projects such as rescuing and preserving the Persian deer and lion as well as the International Asian Cheetah Conservation Project, for over forty years.

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Dr. Mohsen Banaei (Mazdak Bamdadan), a researcher, historian, author, and physician, is the recipient of the “Nowruz Award for Expert of Cultural Heritage of the Year” for the following achievements:

  • Years of effort towards learning different languages to gain knowledge and understanding of the history of religions
  •  Collecting authoritative research and works related to Iranian history and culture
  • Having a clear and present view of the history and culture of Iran and Islam
  • Utilizing a rational and critical approach towards those who have an antagonistic
    view of pre-Islamic history
  • Unparalleled courage in telling historical facts in the context of scientific
    historiography
  • Publishing a valuable book, The Dark Abyss of History, and presenting unique
    findings on one of the most important Iranian religions for the first time in the
    Persian language

Dr. Mohsen Banaie’s bio:
Dr. Mohsen Banaie was born on May 22, 1965 in Tehran, Iran. He spent most of his
childhood in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, before he later moved to Tehran.

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Nowruz in Ancient Persepolis

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Nowruz in Ancient Persepolis
Print by Fariba Doroudian

Fariba Doroudian is a brilliant Iranian American artist born in Tehran, Iran in 1968. In 1986 she immigrated to the U.S to follow her passion in the fine arts. By 1987she received awards and a scholarship from Maryland College of Art and Design. In 2001 she received a Fine Arts degree from Montgomery College. Stylistically, her paintings are a combination of both realism and surrealism. Her earlier work centered on the ruins of the ancient Persian city of Persepolis with subtle earth tones. Her recent works are combine bright vibrant colors and different subjects. She also paint on many surfaces including glass, leather and fabrics. In addition, she have worked as an independent artist for Fragrance companies and also painting for pleasure.

PHF Announcement: Iranian New Year 1398 is named as the “Year of Ferdowsi”

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Iranian New Year 1398 is named as the “Year of Ferdowsi”.  Pasargad Heritage Foundation (PHF), observing its annual tradition, and on the occasion of “Nowruz” – the Iranian festival and celebration of the beginning of Spring and Persian New Year – has named the year 1397 (Iranian Calendar) as the “Year of Ferdowsi”. Every year, on the advent of beginning of Iranian New Year (which coincides with the beginning of spring), Pasargad Heritage Foundation (PHF) designates a name for the coming year that signifies and symbolizes a certain aspect of its mission. PHF is an organization established a decade ago outside Iran with the aim of preserving Iranian cultural heritage and has observed this practice of designation of the New Year for the last ten years. The main purpose is to emphasize the priceless values of the ancient cultural heritage of Iran that are exposed to constant destruction due to negligence of the relevant authorities in that country.

Ferdowsi Tusi (c. 940–1020), (also spelled, Firdawsi, Firdusi, Firdosi, Firdausi) was
a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran.

Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.

Pasargad Foundation Awards “Personality of the Year 2019”

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The Pasargad Heritage Foundation Presents:

The Nowruz Award March 21, 2019.

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. Shahrokh Razmjou is the recipient of “The personality of the year” award, in the category
of “Cultural and Historical Heritage”

Dr. Shahrokh Razmjou, is an archeologist, researcher, university professor and a Member of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran in the Department of Archeology.
Dr. Razmjou is also the translator of a new updated translation of the text on the Cyrus Cylinder
from Babylonian to Persian.
He receives the 2019 Personality of the Year Award” for:
– His several decades of research on the intangible values of Iran’s national historical
heritage.
– His extensive research on the relationship between the charter and personality of Cyrus.
– His writings and broad reaching work on new and contemporary look at the relevant and
important influences of ancient and medieval history on Iranian history.
– Establishing the Inscriptions Hall at the National Museum of Iran.
– Establishing the Centre for Achaemenid Studies at the National Museum of Iran.

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Professor Seyed-Emami is the recipient of 2019 “Nowruz Award for Personality of the Year in the Field of Environment and Natural Heritage.”

Dr. Kavous Seyed-Emami was a sociologist, environmentalist, university professor, co-founder
and director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. We honor Professor Kavous Seyed-
Emami posthumously for his life of dedication and hard work on behalf of Iran’s natural heritage
and his tireless efforts devoted to conservation and preservation in Iran. Professor Seyed-Emami
is the recipient of 2019 “Nowruz Award for Personality of the Year in the Field of Environment and Natural Heritage” for:
– His comprehensive planned projects for the preservation of Iran’s natural and environmental heritage.
– For his extensive work on implementation of projects for rare animal habitat projects in Iran and Asia focusing on protecting and saving them from extinction.
– For his efforts to bring together international researchers and experts in the field of
environmental subjects and assist them in order to help Iran’s environment.
– For organizing programs in order to inform and educate people about the environmental
issues in Iran and assisting artists to engage people about the environment.
– For his decades of tireless struggles, devoted determination and a dedicated life to
preservation of Iran’s natural heritage.

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Mr. Parviz Sayyad, playwright, director, producer and actor of theater and cinema, is the recipient of 2019 “The Norouz Award for Best Artist of the Year in Theater and Cinema.

He receives this award for the following reasons:
– For his tireless decades of efforts and a life dedicated to Iranian cinema and theater both in
Iran and in exile.
– For his life time of artistic and creative ingenious on behalf of Iranian cinema and theater with exceptional artistic standards.
– For creating lasting characters in Iranian cinema and theater.
– For commitment to art and paying special attention to artistic values.
– For his devotion to human rights and not forgetting human rights violations in Iran, and its
reflection on simple and popular drama.

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The Nowruz Award 2019 – Dr. Shahrokh Razmjou

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Dr. Shahrokh Razmjou is the recipient of “The personality of the year” award, in the category of “Cultural and Historical Heritage.”

Dr. Shahrokh Razmjou, is an archeologist, researcher, university professor and a Member of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran in the Department of Archeology.
Dr. Razmjou is also the translator of a new updated translation of the text on the Cyrus Cylinder from Babylonian to Persian.
He receives the 2019 Personality of the Year Award” for:
– His several decades of research on the intangible values of Iran’s national historical
heritage
– His extensive research on the relationship between the charter and personality of Cyrus
– His writings and broad reaching work on new and contemporary look at the relevant and
important influences of ancient and medieval history on Iranian history
– Establishing the Inscriptions Hall at the National Museum of Iran
– Establishing the Centre for Achaemenid Studies at the National Museum of Iran

Bio

Shahrokh Razmjou is an Iranian archaeologist and historian, specializing in Achaemenid
Archaeology and History. He received his Ph.D in Achaemenid Archaeology at the University of
London. In 1998-1999, he established the Inscriptions Hall and later in 2001, the Centre for
Achaemenid Studies at the National Museum of Iran. Between 2009 and 2012, he was curator
of Ancient Iran in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, and during this
time, he produced a new updated translation of the text on the Cyrus Cylinder from Babylonian

to Persian. Dr. Razmjou has worked widely on Persian heritage and also excavated the ancient man-made caves of Niyasar, Kashan.

Dr. Razmjou has written extensively on Achaemenid Archaeology. Some of his outstanding work include: “Left Unfinished: The ‘Unfinished Gate’ of Persepolis as Key Evidence for Architectural and Construction Procedure at Persepolis”, Stories of Long Ago, Festschrift für Michael D. Roaf, eds. H. Baker, K. Kaniuth and A. Otto, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 397, Münster: 481-495 (2012), and “Persepolis: A Reinterpretation of Palaces and Their Function”, The World of Achaemenid Persia: History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of a conference at the British Museum 29 September-1 October 2005, eds. J. Curtis and St. J. Simpson, I.B. Tauris, London, 231-245. His earlier notable writings included “Religion and Burial Customs”, a chapter in: Forgotten Empire, the World of Ancient Persia, 150-180, and “The
Palace”, with J. Curtis, a chapter in: Forgotten Empire, The World of Ancient Persia: 50-103, published by British Museum Press in 2005.

Dr. Razmjou is currently teaching at the Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran.