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  • Tehran, Soul to beef up sci-tech co-op Today 15:42

    Tehran, Soul to beef up sci-tech co-op

    TEHRAN – Farhad Yazdandoost, an official with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and Kim Junpyo, South Korea’s ambassador to Iran, have discussed ways to promote scientific and technological collaboration between the two countries.

  • Iran explores potentials to boost tech ties with Algeria, Kenya Today 15:38

    Iran explores potentials to boost tech ties with Algeria, Kenya

    TEHRAN – The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister, Sattar Hashemi, has held separate meetings with his Algerian and Kenyan counterparts, discussing ways to develop markets and enhance synergy to promote collaboration on smart government, space industry, digital economy, and cybersecurity.

  • DOE calls for implementing regional action plan to save Caspian Sea Today 15:03

    DOE calls for implementing regional action plan to save Caspian Sea

    TEHRAN – Sediqeh Torabi, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE), has called for implementing a regional action plan drafted by five littoral states for the conservation of the Caspian Sea.

  • Young Scholars Club materializes Iran’s scientific diplomacy, superiority Yesterday 16:23

    By Mehdi Garshasbi

    Young Scholars Club materializes Iran’s scientific diplomacy, superiority

    TEHRAN - The Young Scholars Club was established in the Iranian year 1366 (1987-1988) to promote and expand basic sciences in the country.

  • First center for Caspian seal conservation inaugurated Yesterday 15:23

    First center for Caspian seal conservation inaugurated

    TEHRAN – The first specialized center in the country for the conservation, treatment, and dissection of Caspian seals opened in Bojaq National Park in the Caspian Sea province of Gilan on Thursday.

  • COP30: Iran says climate action impossible without financing Yesterday 15:18

    COP30: Iran says climate action impossible without financing

    TEHRAN – Sediqeh Torabi, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE), has emphasized the need for sufficient and predictable financing for implementing climate actions by developing countries.

  • IRCS, ICRC hold webinar on early rehabilitation 2025-11-19 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, IUT to expand co-op on AI, communication infrastructure 2025-11-19 15:53

    Iran, ITU to expand co-op on AI, communication infrastructure

    TEHRAN – The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister, Sattar Hashemi, and the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Doreen Bogdan-Martin, have discussed ways to promote collaborations in different fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), communication infrastructure, digital multilateralism, and communication security.

  • Iran to attend CITES COP20 2025-11-19 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.

  • Iran attending D-8 Health Experts meeting 2025-11-18 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 2025-11-18 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 2025-11-18 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.

  • Winners of Science Promotion Award honored 2025-11-15 15:25

    Winners of Science Promotion Award honored

    TEHRAN – The winners of the 26th edition of the Science Promotion Award were announced and honored on Friday.

  • 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.

  • IFRC official: IRCS is a key humanitarian actor 2025-11-14 15:02

    IFRC official: IRCS is a key humanitarian actor

    TEHRAN – Hossam Elsharkawi, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has highlighted the role of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) as one of the region's and the world's key humanitarian actors.

  • 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.

  • Infant mortality rate in Iran drops over 4 decades 2025-11-12 15:27

    Infant mortality rate in Iran drops over 4 decades

    TEHRAN – Thanks to developing neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and training more than 400 experts in the field in the country, the country has managed to lower the infant mortality rate from 30 deaths to 7 deaths per 1,000 live births over the past forty years, an expert at the Iranian Neonatal Health Congress has said.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Health officials attend workshop on warfare, health system preparedness 2025-11-11 15:28

    Health officials attend workshop on warfare, health system preparedness

    TEHRAN – A total of 50 health officials from across the country have participated in a five-day workshop on urban warfare and health system preparedness.

  • '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.