All knowledge-based companies in the country have been united to combat the coronavirus and many startups have been activated in this field, said Sourena Sattari, vice president for science and technology.
Iranian tourism minister has asked people to postpone or reschedule tours so as to help the tourism industry deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Eskandar Firouz, founder and first head of Department of Environment (DOE) in Iran, passed away at the age of 93.
The first prototype of the coronavirus disease test kit was produced by Iranian experts and scientists at Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.
Secretary of Nanotechnology Headquarters of Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology says some 70,000 nanotechnology face masks are produced in Tehran per day, adding that the amount will be significantly increased in the coming days.
Iran National Innovation and Development Fund has considered incentive packages and facilities for those knowledge-based companies with novel and effective ideas to combat in the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health is to start a home to home program on Tuesday with the aim of finding people suspected of having coronavirus from around the country.
Amid the growing concern over the coronavirus outbreak in the world and also in Iran, the 38th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival has been postponed to a later time in June, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
Chancellor of Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences Dr. Alireza Jalali said that the license for the clinical trial of two coronavirus medicines has been received from Food and Drug Administration of Iran.
Iran/Denmark production ‘Song Sparrow’, directed by Farzaneh Omidvarnia, has been qualified for Oscar 2021 after winning the best short animation award at the 20th Lebu International Film Festival in Chile.
The Plan and Budget Organization has allocated 2 trillion rials (nearly $47 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) more to the Ministry of Health in order to counter COVID-19.
The Secretary of Biotechnology Development Headquarters of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology Mostafa Ghanei said on Sun. that Iran managed to produce 22 biopharmaceuticals which has saved the country up to $1 billion.
Iran’s Art Bureau has launched an international cartoon contest with the motto of “We Defeat Coronavirus”, the director of the Art Bureau’s Visual Arts Office, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabai, announced on Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent an aircraft carrying tons of medical supplies and test kits along with a medical team to Iran in order to help combat the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
Iran has the most research and innovation in the field of cancer both in the region and among Islamic countries, deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh has stated.
Iran launched televised education for students kept out of schools as precautionary measures to stem the spread of the potentially fatal coronavirus.
Masud Safavi, the producer of the popular Iranian animated series “Shekarestan”, has said that a selection of 15 episodes of the series will be dedicated to the new virus epidemic.
The Iranian Defense Ministry will produce diagnostic kits for the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, by the next week, Kianoush Jahanpour, head of the Iranian health ministry’s public relations department, has said.
The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in a joint meeting with directors of provincial offices of the Ministry of Education said: creation of discourse in Fundamental Reform Document of Education (FRDE) needs common understanding.
The deputy of the Minister of Education in Secondary Education Mojtaba Kamarei said: Learning process of students continues through National TV amid Coronavirus outbreak.
