MNA � Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said late Maryam Mirzakhani was source of honor for Iran and the Islamic world.

Salehi made the remarks during a memorial ceremony held Tuesday in Tehran to commemorate Iranian math genius Mirzakhani who recently passed away due to cancer recurrence.

�Professor Mirzakhani was an excellent privilege to the humanity,� asserted the official stressing that emergence of great minds like Mirzakhani marked a notable achievement for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Salehi said the Iranian mathematician had passed fundamental stages of her education inside the country and eventually managed to become first-ever female winner of the prestigious Fields Medal prize.

AEOI head further acclaimed successes of the female math intellectual and expressed regret over her loss.

Iran�s Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, yet another official present at the ceremony, described Mirzakhani as an influential scientific figure and an elegant person.

He further urged the country�s officials to spare no effort in preserving scientific capitals.

Internationally-renowned Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died of cancer at a hospital in the US on July 15.

Maryam Mirzakhani, the Iranian genius mathematician and the first-ever female winner of the prestigious Fields Medal prize, had been hospitalized in the US for deteriorating health conditions caused by cancer recurrence.