Mountain in Iran Named for American Nurse
America.gov / Howard Cincotta
24-Mar-2009 (6 comments)

Davar Iran Ardalan remembers the stories told by her remarkable grandmother, Helen Jeffreys Bakhtiar. Last year, Ardalan and other family members in the United States learned that a mountain and surrounding forest near the city of Isfahan has been named Mount Helen in honor of Helen Bakhtiar for her pioneering work in public health with the Point Four program in some of Iran’s most isolated villages. Bakhtiar talked of her adventures as a wife, mother and hospital nurse in Tehran in the 1930s, and as a public health nurse with the landmark “Point Four” U.S. technical assistance program in the 1950s, where she worked in the Bakhtiari region of southeastern Iran.

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کوهی به نام هلن!

ساکن کوی خرابات (not verified)
Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:38 PM PDT

خیلی رمانتیک است آقای جاوید!

میدانید چه خوب است؟ وقتی شما و سایر نوادگان خانم هلن بختیار به سن بازنشستگی رسیدید، بروید و روی آن کوه یک یا چند خانه بسازید و همگی ساکن کوی کوه هلن شوید! شاید برای بزرگداشت یاد او و پدر بزرگتان یک کلینیک کوچک هم ساختید تا مثل آنها به خلق خدا کمک کنید!

من به سهم خودم به مادر بزرگ شما افتخار می کنم و این نامگذاری را بسیار شایستهء یاد او و خدماتش به ملت ایران می دانم.


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Jahanshah Javid

More on Helen

by Jahanshah Javid on Tue Mar 24, 2009 07:58 PM PDT

Yes Greengage, here are the features about Mount Helen in iranian.com:
//iranian.com/main/albums/kooh-e-helen
//iranian.com/main/2008/mount-helen


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Mountain in Iran.

by greengage (not verified) on Tue Mar 24, 2009 05:06 PM PDT

Did'nt we have this article not so long ago?I remember it well!


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Darius Kadivar

WOW ! ;0))

by Darius Kadivar on Tue Mar 24, 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Congrats JJ !

Amazing. Now THAT IS EVEN GREATER THAN KINGSHIP ! ;0))

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz4wMbTwjYI

You have an Amazing family background. I envy you ;0)


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Congrats. That is awesome.

by sickofiri (not verified) on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:24 PM PDT

Congrats. That is awesome. What a proud moment it must be for your family.


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Kaveh Nouraee

Jahanshah

by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:11 PM PDT

I think this is great. You probably have a smile 100X wider than on your avatar, and rightfully so.

And since you're in Mexico, your grandmama is your abuelita.


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