The female branch of the Astronomy Society of Iran was established in 2021 on the 100th birthday of Dr. Alenush Terian, the mother of modern astronomy in Iran. The mission of the branch, called Iranian Women Astronomers (IWA), is to support and empower women in Astronomy. The Astronomy Society of Iran (ASI) was established 25 years ago, however, there was no specific programme to get gender equality. The goal of the IWA which is established under the ASI is to make a network of active Iranian females astronomers inside and outside of the Country. The programme includes both academic and amateur female astronomers. We already named the birthday of Dr. Terian, 9 Nov, the day of the Iranian women astronomers to highlight the activity of women astronomers. Several scientific meetings and workshops have been organized. To encourage girls and women to participate in the meeting, we allocate half of the capacity to females with reduced fees. We also try to invite female astronomers as speakers and lecturers in our activities.

https://www.asi.ir/fa/

• Iran (Islamic Republic of)

This is an ongoing project to reach the proposed goals.

Iranian Women Astronomers' organization support youth who are passionate about astronomy and the goal is to train future female astronomers.