Irene Shivaei, a member of StarPeace core team is participated in International Year of Astronomy 2009 Ceremony in Paris, France.

International Year of Astronomy will begin officially in this Ceremony. The International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) provides a chance for all the people of the world to look at the sky again free of all political, religious, national and racial tendencies and without any differences.

Irene Shivaei in Yalda Ceremony in Tehran. Yalda is a national ceremony on the eve of the Winter Solstice. Photo by: Oshin D. Zakarian

If you are a participant in IYA2009 Ceremony and you want to have contact with Irene Shivaei about StarPeace project, Please send an email to: shivaei@starpeace.org

Irene Shivaei (Right in Picture) in outreach program of dawn project in Qeshm,Iran

StarPeace project is an international project which intends to hold common and public star parties near the border lines in cooperation with astronomy groups from different countries with shared border, in IYA 2009.

If you have encourage to see this ceremony online, Check this out:
http://canalc2.u-strasbg.fr/direct.asp?idEvenement=451