2001: Honorary President of The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies[14] 2005: Carl Zeiss Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship initiated and hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany[15] 2006: Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame World Physician 2007 2007: Friendship Award of the People's Republic of China.