Order of Research

Order of Research (Persian: نشان پژوهش) is one of the badges of honor in Iran, established by "Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990. According to "Article 8" of the "Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders" of Iran, the "Order of Research" is awarded to individuals who have been the origin of fundamental transformation or rare service in the following ways:^[1][2][3][4]

1. Introducing new research methods and techniques
2. Studies and research that are the source of scientific change
3. Finding new research methods
4. Transfer of fundamental research to applied fields
5. Every important innovation, originality, invention, and discovery

Order of Research
Iran National Order
Awarded by President of Iran
Type	Expertise Award, Badge of honor
Established	By Council of Iran Ministers in November 21, 1990
Country	Iran
Ribbon
Grades	First Order Second Order Third Order

Recipients

No.	Recipient Name	Badge	Type	Donator	Date
1.	Manouchehr Manteghi	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	February 24, 1995[5][6][7][8]
2.	Fereydoon Azizi	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 1, 1995[9][10][8]
3.	Hossein Mirshamsi	Order of Research	First Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 29, 1995[11][12][13][14][8]
4.	Azim Akbari	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 20, 1995[15][16][8]
5.	Ahang Kowsar	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 24, 1996[17][18][19][8]
6.	Fathollah Moztarzadeh	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	November 27, 1996[20][21][8]
7.	Majid Abbaspour Tehrani	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 9, 1997[22][23][24][8]
8.	Vafa Ghaffarian	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 28, 1997[25][26][27][28][8]
9.	Abbas Owlia	Order of Research	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 17, 1997[29][30][8]
10.	Mehdi Sohrabi	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 17, 1997[31][8]
11.	Nasrin Moazami	Order of Research	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 17, 1997[8][32][33][34][35]
12.	Abbas Shafiee	Order of Research	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 9, 1999[36][8]
13.	Mojtaba Shamsipour	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 9, 2003[37]
14.	Gholamreza Rajabi	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 9, 2003[8][37]
15.	Jafar Ershad	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004[38][39][40][41][42][8]
16.	Mohammadhossein Alimohammadian	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004[41][42][43][44][8]
17.	Fereshteh Motamedi	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004[42][45][46][8]
18.	Reza Hashemi Fesharaki	Order of Research	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 6, 2005[47][48][49][50]
19.	Jaber Safdari	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005[51][49][50]
20.	Mohammad Ghanadi Maragheh	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005[52][53][50]
21.	Nahid Khodabandeh	Order of Research	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005[54][55][49][50]
22.	Hamidreza Mohajerani Araqi	Order of Research	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006[56][57][58][59]
23.	Mohammad Ghanadi Maragheh	Order of Research	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006[60][57][58][59]
24.	Javad Karimi Sabet	Order of Research	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006[61][57][58][59]
25.	Haleh Bakhtiari	Order of Research	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006[57][58][59]
26.	Mohammad Ali Zolfigol	Order of Research	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	October 7, 2011[62][63][64][65][66][67]
27.	Mahdi Balali-Mood	Order of Research	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	October 26, 2011[62][63][64][65][66][68][69]
28.	Ali Akbar Ghoreishi	Order of Research	First Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	March 6, 2012[70][71][72][73]
29.	Homayoon Hemmati	Order of Research	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	March 6, 2012[70][74][75]
30.	Adel Azar	Order of Research	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	March 6, 2012[70][76][77][78]

Types

The "Order of Research" has three types of medal:

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

See also

• Order of Freedom (Iran)
• Order of Altruism
• Order of Work and Production
• 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
• Order of Fath
• Order of Islamic Republic
• Order of Nasr