Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on UNESCO to make utmost efforts to protect the endangered cultural works and historical sites in Syria and Iraq from the devastating activities of terrorist groups.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a message to the 24th National Conference on Prayers, has underscored the necessity of feeling a public responsibility with regard to “promotion of prayers,” calling on everybody, particularly officials in state organs and those endowed with material and spiritual and management facilities to understand the magnitude of this issue and take practical steps to that effect.
President Rouhani left Paris for Tehran minutes ago to finish his official trip to Italy and France.
Japan's education ministry said Friday that more than half of the nation's publishers of school textbooks had broken strict censorship regulations, with thousands of teachers potentially being paid illicitly to provide input to the books.
Yazd Province in central Iran has seen a five-fold rise in the number of tourists in 2015, says the deputy head of Yazd Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, according to The Iran Daily.
An Emirati scholar has called for more research into the old Quranic manuscript found at the University of Birmingham, after new theories have shed light on who could be the likely author.
The fifth round of religious dialogue between Iran and South Korea dubbed as “Religion, Peace and International Security” will convene in Iran’s capital on Jan.26.
The 12th Persian Language Olympiad with the presence of Russian and Belarusian universities was held in the Asian and African college of the State University of Moscow on Friday.
Head of Iran's National Library and Archives, Reza Salehi-Amiri said that Iran exchanges information with countries on training, repair, and protection of manuscripts.
Over 3,000 Iranian ancient fossils which were taken to the United States prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution for academic studies were returned home .
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Iran’s University of Science and Culture (USC) Friday agreed to establish an academic and research relationship in science research.
According to OERP Public and Int'l Relations, Director of coordination of research affairs of Research Institute of Educational Studies announced
According to OERP Public and Int'l Relations quoting Fars News, in the meeting of educational councils held in IRIB convention center Dr. Aliasqar Fani, Minister of Education said that education is the most important system in any country that prepares the human resources which is the main investment.
Addressing students and teachers, Aliasqar Fani Minister of Education sent a message on the occasion of the book festival entitled 'remember the kind friend' (denoting book, according to a well-known and most read poem in Persian for children). Following is parts of his message:
According to the Ministry of Education PR and Information Center, in a gathering of school building benefactors of Bushehr province on the premises of the benefactors' society, Minister of Education said that the ministry of education will try to make all schools safe with assistance of benefactors in course of the sixth development program.
January 21 is the birthday anniversary of prominent Iranian poet Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi and many people around the world, including the Iranians, observe the day to pay tribute to this highly revered Persian poet.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with officials involved in organizing elections for the 10th term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) and the 5th term of the Assembly of Experts on Wednesday, explained customs and elements that would guarantee “healthy competition in elections,” describing the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic of Iran as the honorable winners of the holding of a “national and powerful race” in the arena of elections.
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Department (Diyanet) plans to release the translation of the Holy Quran in ten languages this year.
The State Welfare Organization will launch a ‘children and families’ center and open two kindergartens in the poor Harandi neighborhood in Tehran Municipal District 12, by the end of the current year (March 20) as part of measures to uplift the morale of residents, said Habibollah Masoudi Farid, deputy for social affairs at the SWO.
Mohammad-Javad Ja’fari added that 16 ancient relics were identified in the area of Chandir Dam which is located 700 meters off Esmi Village in Jargalan District.
