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.
Isfahan University of Technology researchers created an ultralight, flexible nano-textile that combines strong EMI shielding with electro/photothermal heating and antibacterial performance, promising applications in wearables, medical textiles, and electronics.
Set 76 km from Gorgan in Iran’s Golestan Province, Ramian known as the land of wild horses blends the lush foothills of the eastern Alborz with emerald springs, tiered waterfalls, and heritage sites like Maran Castle, making it one of northern Iran’s most scenic getaways.
The GII 2025 places Iran 70th overall among 139 economies, yet the country scores strongly in several pillars—8th for domestic market size and 14th for patents relative to GDP with robust knowledge impact and high-tech import shares.
An Iranian student robotics team captured the top two places in the Ideas & Inventions category at TEKNOFEST 2025 in Istanbul, competing against 980 projects from 56 countries.
Shiraz University reports 55 faculty members in Elsevier’s 2025 Top 2% Most-Cited list (Scopus-based), spanning career-long and single-year impact across 22 fields and 174 subfields.
Iranian researchers engineered multi-functional latex nanoparticles with colorimetric and fluorescent responses enabling latent fingerprint visualization, anti-counterfeiting inks, and tunable OLED materials.
An Iranian startup has built a DAB-based device that manufactures biodegradable microneedle patches in about 15 minutes through a single, automated, continuous step cutting costs by up to 50% and enabling applications from vaccination to dermatology and cosmetics.
Kurdistan’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Directorate says Tourism Week is a prime opportunity to market the province’s unique attractions at home and abroad, with festivals, guided tours, and handicraft fairs—backed by stronger collaboration with the private sector to drive sustainable growth and jobs.