A non-profit, non political, and non-religous order founder to unite scholars participating in research in the history and culture of Iran/Persia.

Target of the SIE is to develop and support Iranian studies in the fields of philology, linguistics, literature, history of religions, arts, archaeology, preservation of the cultural heritage, anthropology, philosophy, ethnology, geography, human sciences, law studies.

From Iran News, fourth salt man found at a ancient salt mine in Chehr-abad, Zanjan last year, has been identified as a young adult.