Foundation for Iranian Studies

Foundation for Iranian Studies
Established1981
Missionto preserve, study, and transmit Persian/Iranian cultural heritage; to study contemporary issues in Iranian government and society; and to point to the probable social, economic, political, and military directions Iran might take in the 21st century.
Executive directorMahnaz Afkhami
Address4343 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 200, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Websitehttp://fis-iran.org/en
A Section 501(c)(3) organization (non-profit)

The Foundation for Iranian Studies is an American non-profit institution founded in 1981 in Washington DC, and later moved to Maryland, dedicated to educating the public about Iran/Persia.[1] Since 1982 they host an oral history program.[1] The director of the foundation is Mahnaz Afkhami, former women minister in Iran.

The foundation was founded with the support of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi. It has organized various Persian cultural events with cooperation of American universities, museums and academic institutions in the United States, including Georgetown University, National Museum of Asian Art (formerly known as Freer|Sackler Galleries of Smithsonian Institutions), Society of Iranian Studies, Pacific Museum, Middle East Studies Association, etc.

Oral History project

In early 1980s the foundation launched its oral history project to save the memories and information of pre-revolutionary Persian artsis, politicians, diplomats, etc. This project was directed by Gholam-Reza Afkhami.

Iran Nameh

Since 1982 until 2016 the foundation published the Persian-language journal Iran Nameh, edited by Jalal Matini.

Foundation for Iranian Studies has published over 20 books in English and Persian. It has also offered a prize to the best PhD dissertations on Persian/Iranian culture and art.

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References

  1. ^ a b Nasr, Vali (December 1992). "The Oral History of Iran Collections of the Foundation for Iranian Studies". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 26 (2): 189–190. doi:10.1017/S0026318400025670. ISSN 0026-3184. S2CID 79091286.

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