An award-winning Iranian documentary about Gaza and the late photojournalist Fatemeh Hassouna is drawing major Oscar 2026 buzz after top-tier festival screenings and broad artistic solidarity.
Brief: An AI-enabled brain computer interface has produced a non-invasive speech neuroprosthesis that converts brain signals into fluent, near real-time speech, restoring communication for people with severe paralysis.
Brief description: As the Olympiad’s founder and reigning champion, Iran will send a selected student team to INO 2026 focused on “Nanomedicine” with national selection details to be announced soon.
Iran’s presence in the THE World University Rankings 2026 rises to 90 institutions, with 5 in the top 500 and 42 in the top 1000.
Baqer al-Olum University and Iran’s Cultural Counsellor in Iraq will draft a joint operational plan to launch shared graduate programs and expand academic exchanges between Qom and Iraqi institutions.
Vietnam’s ambassador to Iran praised the country’s advanced tech especially in nano and IT during a visit to Iran’s Innovation House, proposing a tech liaison office in Hanoi and exploring joint projects in agriculture and high-tech fields. Iranian officials welcomed deeper cooperation, offering knowledge-exchange across AI, biotech, medical devices, fisheries, and more.
An elegant profile of Shiraz’s historic Delgosha Garden its Sasanian roots, Safavid and Zand revivals, famed orange blossoms, and today’s museum showcasing rare artifacts.
Iran’s knowledge-based firm Nanodaru Bojohan Pardis has brought its antibody drug conjugate Tadrox to full production and is preparing for Phase III trials. Early data indicate markedly higher efficacy, delayed disease progression up to sixfold and far fewer side effects, while local manufacturing cuts treatment costs to under 10% of comparable imported therapies.
Iran has crossed a new milestone in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026, with 101 Iranian universities included its first ever three-digit showing. The country’s participation has steadily grown from 63 universities in 2023 to 75 in 2024, 85 in 2025, and now 101. Two institutions overseen by the Ministry of Science, […]
Iran’s tourism authority has set medical tourism as a strategic priority, rolling out plans to upgrade infrastructure, streamline regulations, standardize services, and digitize patient journeys aiming to rank among West Asia’s top five destinations within five years.