The Research Center and Archives of Sacred Defense based in Tehran announced on Monday that it has recently given free access to a collection of UN documents on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
Iranian medical authorities have agreed on carrying out a clinical trial on the effectiveness of favipiravir, a drug originally used in Japan for the treatment of new types of influenza.
Since the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, startups, as well as knowledge-based companies, have been working round the clock to provide items to combat the outbreak.
Iranian short ‘Braceball’, written and directed by Reyhane Mortezaeinia, has been accepted into the competition program of three international film festivals in Canada, Italy and India.
A Webinar titled "Practical recommendations for supporting students in home-supported learning" will be held on Apr 21, 2020.
Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has given discounts on its electronic copies of a number of its publications to help keep children busy with reading during the home quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
FIDIBO, a major online Iranian store for audio and electronic books, has said e-book readers have significantly increased in number due to the home quarantine enforced following the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The coronavirus epidemic has made the governments and media to raise public awareness by providing the most accurate tips to prevent disease transmission, while the prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH), had suggested good hygiene and quarantining some 1,400 years ago.
The Head of the Coronavirus Control Operations HQ in Tehran said that knowledge-based firms are producing disinfectants and hand sanitizers according to the highest standards.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that all bodies in Iran are in coordination and unified in their struggle to contain outbreak of the coronavirus.
The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology will back national and international researchers in line with combating the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
The office of cultural deputy of the mayor of Tehran launched a free service to provide audiobooks and ebooks for teenagers and children for the stay-home days caused by coronavirus outbreak, which was welcomed by people.
Iranian movie ‘Copper Notes of a Dream’ directed by Reza Farahmand and produced by Morteza Shabani will compete in Munich International Documentary Film in May 2020.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the smart social distancing plan will continue, adding that great success has been achieved in the first and second phases of the plan and we are in the third phase which is smart social distancing one.
In a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, 150 Iranian activists and academics called for an end to anti-Iran sanctions.
The first Iranian-made system for diagnosing the novel coronavirus with more than 97 percent accuracy was unveiled on Saturday.
Iranians experienced totally-changed traditions during this Noruz (the two-week New Year holidays started March 20) in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has crippled the tourism and hospitality industries worldwide.
Iranian well-known actor Jamshid Gorgin on Saturday called on Iranians to read books during the time they self-isolate to fight against the deadly virus.
Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari on Sat. said that his agency is planning to develop space infrastructures in four steps in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2020).
