[13] The Saidi-Sirjani Book Award is granted biennially by the Association for Iranian Studies on behalf of the Persian Heritage Foundation.
[14] In 2006, under the leadership of President Janet Afary, AIS instituted two new awards for Life-Time Achievement in Iranian Studies.
The first Life-Time Achievement in Iranian Studies Award for a Scholar Residing and Working Inside Iran was conferred on Professor Emeritus Iraj Afshar.
Professor Ehsan Yarshater was chosen to receive the first Life-Time Achievement in Iranian Studies Award for a Scholar Residing and Working Outside of Iran.
Professor Ehsan Yarshater is an internationally recognized scholar who has made a major contribution to the field of Iranian Studies.
[20] As the Society for Iranian Studies attracted more and more members from outside North America, it was decided to emphasize its transnational vocation by adding word "International" to the title.
[21] By 2016, however "ISIS" no longer brought to mind an Egyptian goddess but rather a terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.