Previous relations

Alenush Terian (1920-2011), is considered as the “Mother of Iranian astronomy”. Prof. Vahe Petrosian, famous astrophysicist at Stanford University has Armenian origin and was born in Iran. In 1990s-2000s several contacts were conducted during the visits of Armenian astronomers Gagik Ter-Kazarian, Edward Khachikian and Arthur Nikoghossian. Gagik Ter-Kazarian was awarded the prestigious Al-Kharazmi Prize. Shant Baghramian is an Iranian-Armenian astrophysicist, who visited Armenia for a meeting in 2008. Six Iranian students participated at Byurakan International Summer Schools in 2010 and 2012 (BISS, Programme Director: Areg Mickaelian). During the last BISS, Habib Khosroshahi and Areg Mickaelian remotely signed a Memorandum of Understanding for further collaboration. In January 2015, the Acting President of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS) Areg Mickaelian participated in the Workshop “Galaxies; inside and out” as an invited speaker and discussed the possible Armenian-Iranian collaboration with the Acting President of the Astronomical Society of Iran (ASI) Habib Khosroshahi. The idea for organizing joint meetings was regarded as highly reliable.