Order of Altruism

The Order of Altruism (Persian: نشان ایثار) is one of the badges of honor in Iran, established by "The Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990 and modified on June 27, 2007. The order has three classes, and is awarded by President of Iran. According to Article 15 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran, the Order of Altruism due to commemorate this valuable trait, is awarded to individuals who are privileged in some of the following respects:^[1][2][3][4]

1. Dedication and self-sacrifice for the sacred aims and purposes of the Islamic system, especially the sacrifices during the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and the sacred defense, and the provision of outstanding services to upbuild the country or to preserve and enhance the sacred system of the Islamic Republic
2. Enduring material damages to provide critical and essential service
3. Continuance effective social philanthropy and founding charities and establishing scientific, research and educational institutions in the community

Order of Altruism
First Order Medal of Altruism Iran National Order
Awarded by President of Iran
Type	General Award, Badge of honor
Established	By Council of Iran Ministers on November 21, 1990 and modified on June 27, 2007
Country	Iran
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Grades	First Order Second Order Third Order

Recipients

In addition to Article 15 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran (approved on November 21, 1990) stating the conditions for receiving the Order of Altruism,^[1][3] new conditions approved on February 22, 1995,^[5] May 23, 2007,^[6] October 21, 2009^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} and January 7, 2017^[14][15] for granting this order to those injured in the Iran-Iraq war and fathers and mothers those who have lost their children in conjunction with the Iran-Iraq war or process of trying to win the Iranian Revolution, by the Council of Ministers of the time.^{[16][17][18][14][19]}

According to these decrees, so many people have been eligible to receive the Order of Altruism, that in every term this order was awarded to many of them by the president of the time.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

In addition to these, the following people have also received this order:

No.	Recipient Name	Badge	Type	Donator	Date
1.	Shahrbanoo Jalali	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [26][27][28]
2.	Fatemeh Dehqannejad	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [29][30][28]
3.	Golbas Samie Ghahfarrokhi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [31][32][28]
4.	Soqra Hajalinaghi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [33][34][28]
5.	Kobra Meknatian	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [35][36][28]
6.	Effat Aliasgari	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [37][38][39][28]
7.	Setareh Akbari	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [40][41][28]
8.	Molki Talebi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [42][43][28]
9.	Halimeh Khatoon Khanian	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [44][45][28]
10.	Fatemeh Abbasverdi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [46][47][28]
11.	Sakineh Vaezi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [48][49][28]
12.	Jalal Roghani	Order of Altruism	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995 [50][51][28]
13.	Mohammadreza Shayeq	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	August 26, 1995 [52][53][54][55][28]
14.	Mahnaz Darabi	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	December 11, 1996 [56][57][28]
15.	Abdollah Moradi	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 21, 1997 [58][59][28]
16.	Abolfath Lameyi	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 9, 1999 [60][61]
17.	Mehrzad Fathi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 9, 1999 [62][63][28]
18.	Hassan Omidzadeh Bijarsari	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 30, 2001 [64][65][66][67][28]
19.	Morad Ali Shirani	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 30, 2001 [68][69][28]
20.	Parviz Shateri	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 9, 2003 [70][71][28]
21.	Mohammad Hossein Jafari	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 4, 2003 [72][28]
22.	Fatemeh Nahidi	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [73][74][75][28]
23.	Marzieh Hadidchi	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [76][77][78][75][28]
24.	Alireza Heydari Zare	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [79][80][75][28]
25.	Sediqeh Ajli	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [81][82]
26.	Abdolvahab Shahhosseini	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [83][84][85]
27.	Alimohammad Barforoush	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [86][87][88]
28.	Yaqoub Najjarian	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [89][90][91]
29.	Ali Zakerinejad	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [92][93][94]
30.	Qolamhossein Jami	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [95][96]
31.	Houshang Taherzadeh	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [97][98][99][100]
32.	Habib Habibzadeh	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [101][102]
33.	Ahmad Ahmad	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	May 24, 2005 [103][104]
34.	Davoud Meifour	Order of Altruism	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [105][106]
35.	Hossein Qomi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [107][108][109][110]
36.	Yadollah Samieenia	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][111][112][110]
37.	Ali Amini Noor	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][113][114][110]
38.	Esmaeel Rezayi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][115][116][110]
39.	Batoul Janidi Jafari	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][117][118][110]
40.	Hosseinali Manouchehri Najafabadi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][119][120][110]
41.	Reza Shekarabi	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][121][122][110]
42.	Yousefali Esmaeeli Nodolati	Order of Altruism	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [123][124][109][110]
43.	Ebrahim Haji Bagheri Fard	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][125][126][110]
44.	Khalil Taghavi	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][127][128][110]
45.	Taghi Saedi	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][129][130][110]
46.	Manijeh Beyk Esfahani	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][131][132][110]
47.	Fatemeh Morad Eskandari	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][133][134][110]
48.	Shamsollah Emam Panahi	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][135][136][110]
49.	Ali Gharavian	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][137][138][110]
50.	Hassanali Dehqani Poudeh	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][139][140][110]
51.	Alireza Bahmaninejad	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][141][142][110]
52.	Ahmad Sabet	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][143][144][110]
53.	Sanam Alikhani Vavdarreh	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [109][145][146][110]
54.	Abolghasem Jafarzadeh	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [147][148][109][110]
55.	Ghahraman Fazeli	Order of Altruism	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	May 13, 2007 [149][150][109][151][110]

Types

The Order of Altruism has three types of medal:

• 
  First Order Medal
• 
  Second Order Medal
• 
  Third Order Medal

See also

• Order of Freedom (Iran)
• Order of Work and Production
• Order of Research
• Order of Mehr
• Order of Justice (Iran)
• Order of Construction
• Order of Knowledge
• Order of Education and Pedagogy
• Order of Persian Politeness
• Order of Independence (Iran)
• Order of Service
• Order of Courage (Iran)
• Order of Culture and Art
• Order of Merit and Management