# 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:
* Introducing new research methods and techniques
* Studies and research that are the source of scientific change
* Finding new research methods
* Transfer of fundamental research to applied fields
* Every important innovation, originality, invention, and discovery

## Recipients

| No. | Recipient Name | Badge | Type | Donator | Date |
| 1. | Manouchehr Manteghi | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | February 24, 1995 |
| 2. | Fereydoon Azizi | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | May 1, 1995 |
| 3. | Hossein Mirshamsi | Order of Research | First Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | May 29, 1995 |
| 4. | Azim Akbari | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | June 20, 1995 |
| 5. | Ahang Kowsar | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | June 24, 1996 |
| 6. | Fathollah Moztarzadeh | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | November 27, 1996 |
| 7. | Majid Abbaspour Tehrani | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | January 9, 1997 |
| 8. | Vafa Ghaffarian | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | January 28, 1997 |
| 9. | Abbas Owlia | Order of Research | Second Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | June 17, 1997 |
| 10. | Mehdi Sohrabi | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | June 17, 1997 |
| 11. | Nasrin Moazami | Order of Research | Third Order | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | June 17, 1997 |
| 12. | Abbas Shafiee | Order of Research | Second Order | Mohammad Khatami | June 9, 1999 |
| 13. | Mojtaba Shamsipour | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | January 9, 2003 |
| 14. | Gholamreza Rajabi | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | January 9, 2003 |
| 15. | Jafar Ershad | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | August 3, 2004 |
| 16. | Mohammadhossein Alimohammadian | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | August 3, 2004 |
| 17. | Fereshteh Motamedi | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | August 3, 2004 |
| 18. | Reza Hashemi Fesharaki | Order of Research | Second Order | Mohammad Khatami | June 6, 2005 |
| 19. | Jaber Safdari | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | June 7, 2005 |
| 20. | Mohammad Ghanadi Maragheh | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | June 7, 2005 |
| 21. | Nahid Khodabandeh | Order of Research | Third Order | Mohammad Khatami | June 7, 2005 |
| 22. | Hamidreza Mohajerani Araqi | Order of Research | Third Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | August 27, 2006 |
| 23. | Mohammad Ghanadi Maragheh | Order of Research | Second Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | August 27, 2006 |
| 24. | Javad Karimi Sabet | Order of Research | Third Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | August 27, 2006 |
| 25. | Haleh Bakhtiari | Order of Research | Third Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | August 27, 2006 |
| 26. | Mohammad Ali Zolfigol | Order of Research | Second Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | October 7, 2011 |
| 27. | Mahdi Balali-Mood | Order of Research | Second Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | October 26, 2011 |
| 28. | Ali Akbar Ghoreishi | Order of Research | First Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | March 6, 2012 |
| 29. | Homayoon Hemmati | Order of Research | Second Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | March 6, 2012 |
| 30. | Adel Azar | Order of Research | Second Order | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | March 6, 2012 |

## Types

The "Order of Research" has three types of medal:
* First Order Medal
* Second Order Medal
* Third Order Medal