East Azarbajian earns $30m by visits of foreign tourists in six months

TEHRAN—East Azarbaijan tourism industry boasts unique economic potentials and generates sustainable employment. Foreign tourists boosted the province’s economy, and their visits and stays helped generate $30 million for the province during the first half of the current Iranian year (March-September 2025).

Salehi-Amiri: Students are main guardians of Iranian culture

TEHRAN—Iranian culture is like a bubbling spring that has been the lifeblood of this land for centuries, and it is a trust in the hands of the younger generation today, said Cultural Heritage Minister Seyyed Reza Saheli-Amiri.

First graders attend “blossoms festival” to mark new school year

TEHRAN – On Monday, elementary schools across the country hosted “Jashn-e Shokufeha”, literally meaning “blossoms festival”, for more than 1.2 million students who attend schools for the first time, marking the new school year, which officially starts on September 23.

Hustle and bustle for new school year

Students accompanied by their parents are busy buying stationery and other items as the new school year will officially start on September 23.

Cultural heritage bell to be rung in schools

TEHRAN—Deputy Cultural Heritage Minister Ali Darabi said that the cultural heritage bell will be rung in schools across Iran as of September 23 of this year so that the new generation can connect with the country's historical identity, Mehr news agency reported.

Some 29,000 out-of-school students resume education

TEHRAN –Out of 152,287 out-of-school children aged 6 to 11 identified across the country, about 29,000 have enrolled at schools, an official with the Ministry of Education has said.

Students, teachers help free female prisoners

TEHRAN –Students and teachers of a school in Tehran have contributed to the release of two women who had been imprisoned for financial issues.

11,000 students killed in Gaza, West Bank

The Palestinian Education Ministry said 11,001 students were killed and 17,772 injured in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank since the start of Israel’s war on October 7.

National exhibition to showcase students’ achievements in nano-tech

TEHRAN –The 14th national exhibition of students’ achievements in nano-technology is scheduled to be held concurrently with the 15th Iran nanotechnology exhibition from November 3 to 6 in Tehran.

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Protests for justice in Palestine are also protests against political authoritarianism: professor

'Crackdown on students at Columbia and elsewhere is outrageous'

TEHRAN – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, a Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS University of London, says student protests in the U.S. against the Israeli war in Gaza “are also a protest against political authoritarianism”.

Iraqi students support pro-Palestinian protests in US

Iraqi students have held a demonstration in solidarity with American university students who are protesting in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.

Iran says student crackdown removes ‘mask of hypocrisy’ from US face

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday condemned US authorities for violently cracking down on students protesting against the Israeli relentless war on the Gaza Strip, saying the “mask of hypocrisy” has been removed “from the faces of the false defenders of freedom of speech and human rights”.

Nearly 5,000 Palestinian students killed in Israel's aggression since October 7

The Palestinian Ministry of Education said 4,895 students have been killed and 8,514 injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7.

Milk for students in elementary schools

After a six-year hiatus, students in elementary schools across the country are provided with milk free of charge.

Students partake in tree planting

Some 2,000 saplings were planted by students on Wednesday in a village in the western province of Kermanshah as part of a national plan to plant up to one billion saplings across the country.

A day without bags and books

Education Minister Reza-Morad Sahraei attended on Tuesday in a school in Tehran to mark ‘a day without bags and books’.

Stationery markets booming ahead of school year

Students accompanied by their parents are busy buying stationery and other items as the new school year will officially start on Saturday, September 23.

Students hold rescue, relief drill

The 11th edition of the national drill for students on rescue and relief operations was held on Tuesday.