In 1968, some agricultural entomologists founded the Entomological Society of Iran (ESI). The members of the first Board of Directors were: Dr. Gholamabbas Davachi (president), Dr. Mahmoud Shojai (1st vice president), Mr. Firooz Taghizadeh Mottaghi (2nd vice president), Dr. Morteza Esmaieli (treasurer), Mr. Abdolghafoor Mirzaiee (secretary), Dr. Mohammad Safavi (representing general entomology and related branches), Mr. Ghodratollah Farahbakhsh (representing agricultural entomology), Dr. Nezamodin Ghaffari (representing medical entomology and veterinary) and Dr. Hossein Sepasgozarian (representing pesticide sciences).
The ESI is one of the oldest scientific societies in Iran and it was founded to improve pure and applied entomology and its related disciplines and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas by holding scientific seminars, congresses, and publishing books, journals, newsletters, and proceedings and exchanging publications with the research institutes and scientific societies in and out of the country.
The election of the ESI Board of Directors is carried out once every three years. At present, the 21st period of the ESI Board of Directors (2017-2020) administers the Society by holding regular meetings in the ESI secretariat located in the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP) campus, and follow-up approvals, receiving communications, etc. In addition to periodical meetings, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ESI is held once a year in September. The agenda of the AGM usually includes the report from the directors, the presentation of the financial statement and the auditor report as well as general talks on the relevant issues of the ESI.
In addition to the Board of Directors (president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer), there are 3 scientists representing different main entomology branches on the managing board.
The ESI owes its establishment and scientific reputation to some of our pioneer entomologists led by Dr. Davachi. He was the head of the ESI founder group and served as its president for several periods.