During the year 1999, when I got my MA degree in linguistics, I realized that this field of study was almost unknown in this country. I found that linguistic studies and researches in Iran were very sporadic and faculty members of linguistic departments hardly had a plan to organize them. There was an essential need to collect "in danger dialects and languages of Iran", but few linguists paid attention to this subject. The best solution for these problems was establishing a national center in which all of Iranian linguists could gather, change their ideas, and discuss the ways of developing the science. I knew that it was a hard, long-term task. Therefore some of my colleagues and I built a team as the foundation board of Linguistics Society of Iran (LSI). After three years of having serious negotiations with governmental authorities, we finally gained the registration permission and the permission of activity of LSI from the ministry of Internal Affairs. Two years later, in 2004, the society gained the permission of its activity from the ministry of science, researches, and technology, too. Today, as a member of board of directors and vice-president of this society, I am proud to say that LSI has five branches in Iran.

Establishing Linguistics Society of Iran was a long-term process which was completed within three years. But when the permission of its activity was issued, an important question came under consideration; "Who should run LSI?" Subsequently, I invited the foundation members and tried to point out the situation. I explained that LSI was going to be the first official centre for linguistic community including distinguished professors, brilliant researchers, and MA and PhD students of linguistics.

The president of this society should have authority over all, and board of directors should consist of outstanding linguists. Then I set forth three choices; putting LSI on the hand of authorities, running it ourselves without paying attention to the outcomes, or having a combination of both categories. Afterwards I described the strategic risks of each choice. All of the foundation board members agreed that the third choice was the best. Therefore, we arranged a session with the most outstanding linguists. During the meeting, we used their knowledge and capabilities for achieving the objectives of the plan and anticipating possible problems. They accepted to have four seats out of seven and the rest remained for us. I am honored to say that for six years LSI has had a president who considered being the father of linguistics in Iran.