Order of Independence (Iran)

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

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)

References

1. آیین‌نامه اعطای نشان‌های دولتی [Regulations of Governmental Orders]. Iranian Parliament (in Persian).
2. آیین‌نامه اعطای نشان‌های دولتی (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
3. "آیین_نامه اعطای نشان_های دولتی" (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
4. آیین‌نامه اعطای نشان‌های دولتی (PDF) (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
5. اعطای نشان عالی استقلال به آقای حسن حبیبی معاون اول رئیس جمهور [Endowing the Excellent Order of Independence to Mr. Hassan Habibi, First Vice President]. Iranian Parliament (in Persian). 26 July 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
6. مرکز پژوهشها - اعطای نشان دولتی استقلال به آقای میرحسین موسوی (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
7. تصويب‎نامه راجع به اعطاي نشان دولتي " استقلال" به آقاي ميرحسين موسوي (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
8. تصویب نامه درخصوص اعطای نشان عالی «استقلال» به آقای سیدحسن فیروزآبادی [The letter about endowing the Excellent Order of Independence to Mr. Hassan Firouzabadi]. Iranian Parliament (in Persian). 12 November 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
9. اعطای نشان استقلال به سرلشکر فیروز آبادی - همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
10. Magiran _ روزنامه رسالت (1387_09_09)_ رئیس جمهور_ اعطای نشان استقلال به سرلشکر فیروزآبادی نماد تقدیر از همه بسیجیان است (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2020.

External links

• Iran Awarding of Government Orders website
• Types of Iran's Orders and their benefits (Persian)