Order of Independence (Iran)

The Excellent Order of Independence (Persian: نشان عالی استقلال) is an Iranian state order, established by "Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990. According to "Article 3" of the "Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders" of Iran, the "Order of Independence" is awarded by President of Iran to recognize "taking important offices and playing a key role in achieving high goals of the Islamic Republic of Iran with all–lateral effort in enlightening positions, distinguished innovations to reach self–sufficiency and independence in different aspects, saving the government from potential threats, helping global proliferation of Islamic revolution principles and other valuable services in critical and decisive periods of time".^[1][2][3][4]

Excellent Order of Independence
Type	National order
Established	by Council of Iran Ministers on November 21, 1990
Country	Islamic Republic of Iran
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Awarded by	President of Iran

The order has no classes, and is awarded by President of Iran, who is able to award 4 orders per term.^[1][2][3][4]

Recipients

Recipient		Office	Date	Awarded By	Ref
	Hassan Habibi (1937–2013)	First Vice President (1989–2001)	26 July 1997	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	[5]
	Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942– )	Prime Minister (1981–1989)	29 May 2005	Mohammad Khatami	[6][7]
	Hassan Firouzabadi (1951–2021)	Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (1989–2016)	12 November 2008	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	[8][9][10]

See also

• Order of Freedom (Iran)
• Order of Altruism
• 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 Courage (Iran)