About

Before the establishment of the first university in Iran in 1934, and for about 3 subsequent decades after that, there was no recognized need in Iran for a mathematical society. One of the main reasons was that most of the Iranian mathematicians were residing in Tehran. Gradually, in the 1960’s, with the continuous establishment of more universities, there was a growing need for cooperation and collaboration among university mathematics professor . For this recognized need; in 1970, the 1st National Mathematics Conference was held in University of Shiraz and the need for the establishment of the Iranian Mathematical Society (IMS) was expressed and emphasized by all participants. At the 2nd National Mathematics Conference, the Founding Body approved the proposed constitution of IMS. In that conference, the members of the Executive Council were elected. Finally. in 1971, IMS was officially registered.
In 1972, the General Assembly nominated three committees to pursue the following agenda:

Publishing the IMS Bulletin;
Holding University Student Mathematics Contests;
Choosing appropriate Persian equivalents for mathematical terms.

Since then, IMS has been improving and expanding its activities.

A Brief Report on Mathematics in Iran: Past, Present & Future Outlook (By Mehdi Behzad)
 

• President: Alireza Medghalchi
• Main Members: Mohammad Jelodari Mamaghani, Ali Iranmanesh, Fariborz Azarpanah, Bijan Z. Zangeneh, Zahra Gooya, S. Mansour Vaezpour, Mohammad SalMoslehian
• Substitute Members: Madjid Mirzavaziri, Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Bijan Davvaz
• Main Inspector: Esmaiel Babolian
• Substitute Inspector: Masoud Arian-Nejad

• Akram Sadeghi, Head of the IMS secretariat and "BIMS"
• Samaneh Bakhtiari, Member's affairs
• Zahra Bakhtiari, "Newsletter" and "Report" affairs
• Farideh Samadian, "Mathematical Culture and Thought" and "College Mathematics Competitions" affairs
• Morteza Abdizadeh, Books and Magazine Archive affairs