Academy of Persian Language and Literature
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Image:Haddad and Habibi.jpgIran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی farhangistāne zabān-o-adābe fārsi in Persian) is a government controlled International body presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries.
The Academy's main activity has been creating and approving official Persian equivalents for the foreign general or technical terms. It has also created an official orthography of the Persian language, titled Dastoor-e Khatt-e Fārsi (Persian Script Orthography). The academy also promotes research on Persian language and literature, other Iranian languages, Persian heritage, Iranology and Iranian culture.
Iranian law requires those equivalents to be used in all official communications of government bodies and government-owned companies, and in product names of all private companies.
Academy's presidents to this day have been Hassan Habibi (a previous First Vice President) and Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (the present Speaker of Parliament).
The academy members (permanent and associated) are selected from Master's of Persian literature and linguistics from Iran and other persian speaking countries throughout the world as Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Up to 10 permanent chairs (out of 25 permanent chairs) have been devoted to non Iranian nationals.