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Iranian short animated piece ‘Am I A Wolf?’, by Amir Houshang Moein, took part at the fifth edition of Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) in Taiwan.

The 20th edition of Iran Telecom Fair (aka Telecom 2019) is to be held in Tehran between Dec. 17 and 20.

Head of Iran’s Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Saeed Sarkar underlined the country's huge progress in manufacturing and exporting nanotechnology products.

Based on the latest data released by Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, Sharif University of Technology is the first Iranian university which now stands among the 250 world universities top in computer sciences.

Iranian scientists produced special glasses with nano coating with application in airplanes.

The detention of the renowned Iranian stem cell scientist Professor Massoud Soleimani by FBI in the US is very annoying and disturbing, Iran’s media quoted a Canadian author and journalist as saying.

Iran's Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Mansour Gholami has praised the country's scientific and technological growth, saying advances in science and technology have been impressive.

International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) chapter in Iran, in collaboration with the Iranian Animation Guild, will be organizing a special outing in the nature on November 8 to celebrate the 18th International Animation Day.

A lineup of four Iranian movies will go on screen in the various sections of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). 

Iranian director Ashkan Rahgozar’s acclaimed movie “The Last Fiction” is among the 32 submitted for consideration in the animated feature film category for the 92nd Academy Awards.

 A group of 106 Iranian artists and filmmakers has asked their Turkish counterparts to oppose Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assault on the Kurds in Syria.

Iranian short documentary ‘Asho’, directed by Jafar Najafi, has been accepted into the competition program of 32nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in the Netherlands.

Some 10,000 classrooms were inaugurated across the country on Tuesday in a ceremony through videoconferencing by First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, IRNA news agency reported.

Oct. 19 , coincided with Arbaeen, the 40th day since the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei will travel to Golestan province. He will visit flood-hit schools of  Golestan province.

Iranian short animated piece ‘Each Other’, directed by Sara Tabibzadeh, has been accepted into the competition program of 10th ANIMAGE International Animation Festival of Pernambuco in Brazil.

The final phase of Kudak Online (meaning Kids Online) festival will be held in late November to award 25 outstanding ideas, the event's secretary said. 

Over one year has passed since the FBI jailed renowned Iranian stem cell scientist Professor Massoud Soleimani in a US prison but no trial has yet been held for him.

 Iran is set to put three domestically-made satellites into orbit in the coming months, a senior official said.

A lineup of seven Iranian films will go on screen in the various sections of the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which will open tomorrow in the Emirati city.

Iranian students won 6 medals in International Invention and Trade Expo (ITE) 2019 which was held in London on August 29-30, Mehr news agency reported on Monday.

W3Techs reports that Persian is the third fastest growing content language in the world.

United Nations Secretary-General in his message on International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2019, said that girls can be powerful agents of change, and nothing should keep them from participating fully in all areas of life.

The branch office of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Iran plans to organize a photo contest under the title “Children and Hope”.

Parsa Khaef, an Iranian teenager won the special award at the 11th International Festival of Mugham Music of Islamic Countries in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Iranian feature ‘The Skier’ directed by Fereydoun Najafi, will take part at the competition section of 2019 Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFF) in the United Arab Emirates.

 Iran has made significant advances in the field of high tech, especially nanotechnology so that it has been ranked the first in the Middle East and is among the top countries in the world in nanotechnology field in the last decade, the official said.

The National Children’s Week is underway from October 5 to 11 under the theme of “We must build up the future”.

The Governor of Khuzestan Province Gholamreza Shariati has said: distance-learning will be implemented in Khuzestan province to meet the goal of education equality.

In a meeting held on Sunday, President Hassan Rouhani honored students winning medals at international Olympiads.

Establishment of more special schools for children suffering from autism is a must, Saeedeh Saleh Ghaffari, the director of Autism Association, said, pointing out to the challenges of these children in regular schools and the lack of teachers who are trained to meet the needs of these children.

The head of Charity Schools’ Association of Iran Naser Ghofli said: 200 parts of Sistan and Baluchestan province are in need of school-building.

The deputy of the Minister of Education Hujjat al-Islam Ali Asgari said: teachers and schools are the pioneers of intellectual and identity streams.

The Minister of Education noted: the creation of real interaction between schools and families is among priorities of the Ministry of Education.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei issued a message on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day.

The Guardian Council ratified a bill amending the law on conferring citizenship on children born to an Iranian mother and a foreign father, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, Guardian Council spokesman told ISNA news agency on Wednesday.

Jashn-e Atefeha, literally meaning the festival of kindnesses, aiming to collect contributions in kind or in cash for underprivileged students, was held on Wednesday at nearly 60,000 schools across the country.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in the sideline of his travel to Khuzestan Province said: 865 classrooms will be added to the educational space of Khuzestan province. 

The Governor of Khuzestan Province Gholamreza Shariati in the ceremony for inauguration of 254 educational projects in Khuzestan Province said: during recent years, education has always been regarded as one of the most important pillars of development in Khuzestan.

The head of Organization for Development, Renovation and Equipping Schools of I.R. Iran Mehrollah Rakhshani Mehr in the sideline of the inauguration ceremony of some educational projects in Khuzestan province said: 30 percent of Iran’s schools should be renovated or rebuilt.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei traveled to Khuzestan province. Haji Mirzaei will inaugurate some educational projects in the flood-hit provine of Khuzestan.

The deputy of the Minister of Education Hojatoleslam Ali Asgari said: the employees of the Ministry of Education should stay away from political issues and do not be engaged in political matters.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei has said: more than 84 percent of schools in Iran are state-run. “We have plans to reinforce these schools”, Haji Mirzaei added.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in the meeting of the Council of Education said: Konkur(Iran’s University Entrance Exam) does not define a constructive path for students. In this regard. It should be removed.

860 classrooms will be inaugurated in the flood-hit areas of Khuzestan province. The Minister of Education will attend in the inauguration ceremony of these classrooms.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei has said: Teachers are the most important reference group in our society and I (as the Minister of Education) try to do my best to serve them. 

The Spokesman of the Education and Research Commission of Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly has said: 3 to 5 percent of municipal tolls will be allocated to the education system.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei referred to his presence in the meeting of the Education and Research Commission of Islamic Consultative Assembly and said: I hope the problems of education system decrease with the cooperation of Iranian MPs.

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani in the joint meeting with the Minister of Education said: Teachers should be employed based on a targeted method.