1962: Executive Council "Institute of research in literature and Iranian languages council" (Ministry of Culture and Art) 1964–1978: Board to select book (Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture and Art) 1965: Executive Board (Center for Research and introduction of Iranian Civilization and Culture) 1965: Board of Founders Iranian Society of History of Science and Medicine 1972–1976: Council of Tehran Public Libraries 1972–1978: Book of the Year Award Committee 1972–1976: Iran Librarian Society 1974–1978: Executive Board "History Society" affiliated with "Language and Literature Cultural Center" Also the secretary of the Cultural Center 1974: Board of Trusties "Mojtaba Minavi Endowment Library" and Shahnameh Foundation 1976: Board of Trusties "Sayeed Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Publish works" consigned to University of Tehran 1977: Selected guardian "Mohammad Fateh Endowment Dormitory" University of Tehran 1977–1978: Board of Trusties "Iran Cultural Foundation" 1977–1978: Supreme Council of "Iran National Documents" 1979–1982: Board of Founders National Monuments Society 1979: Europe Iranian Studies Society 1983: Council of Custodians Doctor Mahmud Afshar Foundation (Selected Custodian) 1989: Honorary Member Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, Karachi 1990: Board of Experts al-Furqān, Islamic Heritage Foundation 1993: Consulting Editor Encyclopædia Iranica 1993: Board of Trusties Dr. Ali-Akbar Siasi Endowment Library, University of Yazd 1997: Honorary Member Society of Iranian Studies (U.S.A) 1997: Supreme Council Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE) 1998: Supreme Council National Library (Iran) 2000: Council of experts nāmehye bahārestān (Journal of Manuscript Research and Studies) 2001: Council of Guardians Eurasian Studies Journal (Italy) See also Iranology Encyclopædia Iranica Dastur al-Muluk Ehsan Yarshater Alireza Feyz Mehdi Bayani References External links Iran and Iranian Studies: Essays in Honor of Iraj Afshar Iraj Afshar's lecture on Persian constitutional revolution Iraj Afshar biography Iraj Afshar Research Trove Ayandeh cover gallery 1925 births 2011 deaths Academic staff of the University of Tehran Iranian Iranologists Iranian bibliographers 20th-century Iranian historians Linguists from Iran People from Yazd Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra Heads of the National Library of Iran