What the Farsi Papers Say

April 18, 2001 - 0:0
Russian Scientists Make Artificial Brain

QODS Russian scientists claimed that they have succeeded in making the first artificial brain which is a computer with the capability like human brain.

The AFP quoting the scientist said that this computer was made on the basis of brain cells with the latest technology.

He said that there is a potential danger to this scientific achievement if its use is not made properly.

Conference on Role of Religion in Mental Health

HAMSHAHRI University of Medical Sciences of Iran held the First Conference on the Role of Religion in the Mental Health in which some Islamic thinkers, psychologists, and physicians are taking part in the Mohammad ibn Zakariya Hall of the university.

The conference secretary told IRNA yesterday that there are a lot of thinkers dealing in the religion and psychology. Dr. Ja'far Bolhari said that this is the first time that we are holding such a conference.

Mohajerani Running in Parliamentary By-Elections

ABRAR Former culture minister Ataollah Mohajerani will fight by-elections for the Majlis to be held on June 8.

Court Sentences Former Minister to 6 Months in Jail

IRAN A Tehran court has sentenced former Iranian minister of mines and metals and current head of the Pirouzi Soccer Club Hossein Mahlouji to six months suspended jail, the Persian daily *** Iran **** reported on Tuesday.

It said the court has found Mahlouji guilty following a suit filed against him by head of the Art and Culture Center of the Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO) Mohammad-Ali Zam.

Two Detained Nationalists Out on Bail

HAMBASTEGI Two other Islamic nationalists arrested on charge of conspiracy against the Islamic establishment in the northwestern city of Tabriz have been released on bail, the newspaper reported on Tuesday. The reformist daily *** Hambastegi *** cited reliable source as saying that Saleh- Gorgani, a former university professor and an anti-Shah political activist, as well as Ja'far Keivanchehr were released on bail on Monday.