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In this speech, which was delivered during a Summer School - entitled ‘The Notion of Progress: Discourses in Philosophy, Science and History’ - at the Iranian Research Institute of Wisdom and Philosophy in September 2022, Masoumi Hamedani discussed some salient points about the origins of the idea of progress and its transformation into the ideology of progress.

Conceivably the most significant feature of the late Mr. Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan is Iran’s concept and name. He believes Iran is not just a homeland enclosed in these political borders but has a broader vision.

Ayatollah al-uzma Seyyed Ali Sistani is not only a central character in political and religious affairs but also an expert with a wide range of studies on cultural issues; therefore, he is a multi-dimensional figure. This became clear to me during my recent trip to Iraq (in February 2022).

It was as early as the middle of the first century AH that an Arab high-ranking general and ruler of Kufa said to an Iranian: Your language is Arabic, yet you have Iranian intellect.