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  • IRCS, ICRC hold webinar on early rehabilitation Today 16:03

    IRCS, ICRC hold webinar on early rehabilitation

    TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) have hosted a webinar on ‘Early Rehabilitation in Conflicts and Disasters’.

  • Iran to attend CITES COP20 Today 15:52

    Iran to attend CITES COP20

    TEHRAN – Iran will participate in the twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP20), which is scheduled to be held from November 24 to December 5 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

  • Tehran, Havana ink pharmaceutical MOU Today 15:13

    Tehran, Havana ink pharmaceutical MOU

    TEHRAN – Iran and Cuba have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand international cooperation in the health sector and increase access to health products.

  • Iran attending D-8 Health Experts meeting Yesterday 16:03

    Iran attending D-8 Health Experts meeting

    TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation led by Deputy Health Minister Sajjad Razavi is representing the country at the first Meeting of D-8 Health Experts, being held in Cairo, Egypt, on November 17 and 18.

  • ICT minister attending WTDC-25 Yesterday 16:01

    ICT minister taking part in WTDC-25

    TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation led by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister, Sattar Hashemi, is participating in the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2025 (WTDC-25), from 17 to 28 November 2025.

  • Antimicrobial Resistance week being marked Yesterday 16:00

    Antimicrobial Resistance week being marked

    TEHRAN – The health ministry is observing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) week from November 18 to 24 with the global theme of ‘Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future’.

  • Iranian team shines at RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025 2025-11-17 15:50

    Iranian team shines at RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025

    TEHRAN – Iranian robotics team, called Mositto, has managed to win a gold medal at the 8th edition of RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2025.

  • Iranian university holds workshop on ‘Pediatric Critical Care Nursing’ in Ghana 2025-11-17 15:47

    Iranian university holds workshop on ‘Pediatric Critical Care Nursing’ in Ghana

    TEHRAN – Iran University of Medical Sciences and Islamic University College, Ghana, have co-organized a two-day clinical workshop on ‘Pediatric Critical Care Nursing’ in Ghana.

  • More Iranian universities in QS Asia University Rankings 2025-11-17 15:33

    More Iranian universities in QS Asia University Rankings

    TEHRAN – The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings has placed 48 Iranian universities in the list of top universities in 2026, compared to 32 universities in 2025.

  • Over 2,770 Iranians among world’s top 2% most-cited researchers 2025-11-16 15:43

    Over 2,770 Iranians among world’s top 2% most-cited researchers

    TEHRAN – Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier, has placed a total of 2,772 Iranian researchers among the top two percent of the most-cited scientists’ annual list, based on career-long impact.

  • Scientific articles grow by 40% in 2nd national congress on Persian medicine  2025-11-16 15:39

    Scientific articles grow by 40% in 2nd national congress on Persian medicine 

    TEHRAN – A total of 569 articles were submitted in the second national congress on Persian medicine, indicating a forty-percent growth compared to 390 articles handed in the first national congress on Persian medicine, according to the scientific secretary of the congress.

  • Iran robotics team shines at First Global Challenge 2025-11-16 15:30

    Iran robotics team shines at First Global Challenge

    TEHRAN – A three-member team of Iranian students has won two silver medals at the ninth edition of the First Global Challenge (FGC), an Olympics-style international robotics competition held in Panama from October 29 to November 1.

  • National Youth Population Award held 2025-11-15 15:31

    National Youth Population Award held

    TEHRAN – The third National Youth Population Award was held today with the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

  • Workshops on positive parenting skills held 2025-11-15 15:27

    Sistan-Baluchestan hosts workshops on positive parenting skills

    TEHRAN – To promote positive parenting skills, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has organized workshops targeting counselors from Primary Health Care (PHC) centres and schools across 14 cities in the southern and eight in the northern parts of Sistan-Baluchestan province.

  • Iranian students clinch gold medals in ISIF 2025 2025-11-15 15:10

    Iranian students clinch gold medals in ISIF 2025

    TEHRAN –Iranian students have secured three gold medals and a special award in the International Science and Invention Fair (ISIF) 2025, ranking them among the top innovators worldwide.

  • ROPME approves Iran’s three initiatives 2025-11-14 15:39

    ROPME approves Iran’s three initiatives

    TEHRAN – The 39th Executive Committee Meeting of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) has approved three initiatives proposed by Iran.

  • Burkina Faso seeks Iran’s expertise in combating drugs 2025-11-14 15:19

    Burkina Faso seeks Iran’s expertise in combating drugs

    TEHRAN – Burkina Faso’s Security Minister Mahamadou Sana has voiced the country’s willingness to benefit from Iran's anti-narcotics police expertise in the fight against drugs.

  • Over 70 countries attend Intl. Combinatorics Olympiad in Tehran 2025-11-14 15:00

    Over 70 countries attend Intl. Combinatorics Olympiad in Tehran

    TEHRAN – The fifth International Combinatorics Olympiad (ICO 2025) took place in Tehran on October 30 and 31, bringing together approximately 5,000 competitors from over 70 countries both in person and online.

  • Over 83% of Iranians tend to use traditional medicine 2025-11-12 15:21

    Over 83% of Iranians tend to use traditional medicine

    TEHRAN – According to a recent survey, 83.8 percent of people in the country tend to benefit from Iranian traditional medicine, the director of the health ministry’s Persian medicine office has said.

  • Iran attends 26th Meeting of South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council 2025-11-12 15:18

    Iran attends 26th Meeting of South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council

    TEHRAN – The vice president of the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has represented Iran at the 26th Meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-26).

  • Tajik envoy calls for establishing joint scientific committee with Iran 2025-11-12 15:14

    Tajik envoy calls for establishing joint scientific committee with Iran

    TEHRAN – Tajikistan’s ambassador to Iran, Nizamuddin Zahedi, has underlined the need for the establishment of a joint scientific committee between the two countries.

  • WHO, Drug Control Headquarters seek to boost joint efforts   2025-11-11 16:00

    WHO, Drug Control Headquarters seek to boost joint efforts  

    TEHRAN – A delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) paid a visit to the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters on Monday to explore avenues for expanding cooperation, particularly in the prevention and treatment of drug addiction.

  • Tehran mayor, Spain envoy discuss urban management co-op 2025-11-11 15:02

    Tehran mayor, Spain envoy discuss urban management co-op

    TEHRAN – Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani and Spain’s ambassador to Iran, Antonio Sánchez Benedito Gaspar, met here on Tuesday, exploring ways to boost collaboration, particularly in areas related to urban management.

  • 'Digital education' aims to protect children against cyber threats 2025-11-11 14:56

    'Digital education' aims to protect children against cyber threats

    TEHRAN – The Welfare Organization plans to implement a digital education project for the first time in 11 provinces across the country, aiming to improve digital skills among children and young adults and protect them against cyber threats.

  • IRCS head, Saudi envoy discuss ways to boost services during Hajj 2025-11-10 15:11

    IRCS head, Saudi envoy discuss ways to boost services during Hajj

    TEHRAN – Pirhossein Kolivand, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), in a meeting with Abdullah bin Saudi Al-Enzi, the Saudi ambassador to Tehran, explored ways to enhance cooperation in health and relief fields throughout the Hajj pilgrimage.

  • Iranian, Uzbek universities aim to boost health co-op 2025-11-10 14:54

    Iranian, Uzbek universities aim to expand health co-op

    TEHRAN – Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Tashkent State Medical University have explored ways to enhance scientific, research, and educational cooperation, as well as health tourism between the two universities.

  • Iran-China workshop on decarbonization, sustainable environment underway 2025-11-10 14:52

    Iran-China workshop on decarbonization, sustainable environment underway

    TEHRAN – Supported by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), an Iranian-Chinese workshop is being held from Monday to Wednesday, focusing on new technologies for decarbonization and the sustainable built environment.

  • Tehran, Moscow highlight promoting scientific relations 2025-11-09 14:52

    Tehran, Moscow highlight strengthening scientific relations

    TEHRAN – During a meeting held between Iranian and Russian officials, the two sides explored avenues to expand scientific and technological collaborations between the universities of the two countries.

  • Iran, Kenya to foster environmental ties 2025-11-09 14:48

    Iran, Kenya to foster environmental ties

    TEHRAN – Iranian and Kenyan officials have announced their readiness to enhance cooperation in different environmental fields.

  • National diabetes week being marked 2025-11-09 14:45

    National diabetes week being marked

    TEHRAN – The health ministry is observing the national diabetes week from November 8 to 14  to raise public awareness of the dangers of diabetes on health, improve the lives of people with diabetes, and highlight the urgent need for prevention, early detection, and treatment of the disease.