Order of Islamic Republic

Order of the Islamic Republic
Order of the Islamic Republic ;
Type	National order
Established	by Council of Iran Ministers on November 21, 1990
Country	Islamic Republic of Iran
Ribbon
Eligibility	Foreign nationals
Awarded by	President of Iran
Grades	First Order; Second Order; Third Order;
	; ;

The Excellent Order of the Islamic Republic (Persian: نشان عالی جمهوری اسلامی, romanized: Nešān-e Āli-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi) is Iran's state decoration of honour, established by "Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990. According to Article 5 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran, the Order of the Islamic Republic is awarded by the President of Iran to the heads and other officials of foreign countries, the highest executive of international organizations, or to prominent cultural, political, international characters recognized in any of the following respects:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The exaltation of the word Islam and the spread of the intellectual foundations of the Islamic Revolution
Defending the rights of the world's oppressed peoples
Act to liberate their country from cultural, economic and political colonization
Protect and preservation of their country from the aggression of superpowers or their subordinates
Acquisition of fundamental freedoms and human rights for the people of their country
Sensitive and appropriate support for Iran's positions on major international scenes
Taking anti-arrogant stances
Sincerely cooperate in establishing or developing healthy relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the country of in charge character
Continuously striving for peace and security and comfort in the world

Recipients

	Country	Office	Date	Awarded By	Ref
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)	Republic of South Africa	President (1994–1999)	31 January 2001 (1st class)	Mohammad Khatami	^[5]^[6]
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013)	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	President (2002–2013)	29 July 2006 (1st class)	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	^[7]^[8]
Bashar al-Assad (1965– )	Syrian Arab Republic	President (2000– )	2 October 2010 (1st class)		^[9]^[10]
David Nieves Velásquez Caraballo	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	Ambassador to Iran (2009–2012)	5 September 2012 (3rd class)		^[11]

Classes

According to Article 6 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran, The Order of the Islamic Republic has three classes, which upon the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and endorsed by the Cabinet, are awarded to the following qualified persons:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

First Order: Presidents and prime ministers and aligning characters
Second Order: Ministers and aligning characters
Third Order: Ambassadors and aligning characters