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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.

The Minister of Education said: closing schools does not mean closing down education. Students should follow their courses through national TV and social media.

Due to Coronavirus outbreak, Kuwait state closed all schools and universities of the country for 2 weeks.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in a joint meeting with directors of provincial offices of the Ministry of Education said: 4 executive packages to realize FRDE are provided.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in a joint meeting with directors of provincial offices of the Ministry of Education said: the Coronavirus outbreak in Iran is an upsetting issue but we should turn this threat into an opportunity and try to institutionalize health principles at schools.

The Minister of Health and Medical Education Saied Namaki said: Coronavirus outbreak reaches its peak in coming days.

The head of Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said: 1000 billion Rials will be allocated to the Ministry of Education to prevent and confronting Coronavirus at schools.

The head of Amoozesh TV Channel said: distance learning for students will start tomorrow on TV (29 February).

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in a tweeter message said: Closing schools (affected by Coronavirus outbreak) does not mean closing down education.

The head of Organization for Educational Research and Planning (OERP) Ali Zouelm in a message commemorated the coming of Islamic Pedagogy Week.

The deputy of the Minister of Education in elementary education Rezavan Hakimzadeh said: Teachers like medical personnel are in the frontline of fighting against Coronavirus.

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi the Minister of Information and Communications Technology said: The infrastructures for distance learning for students (amid Coronavirus outbreak in Iran) is prepared.

The 33rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair has been postponed to after the lunar month of Ramadan, said the fair’s spokesman Ayoub Dehghankar.

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.

Vice-President for Science and Technology and Head of Iran’s National Elites Foundation Sorena Sattari announced on Tuesday that the country is faced with no difficulties to produce health products required to deal with and beat coronavirus.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) plans to produce a TV series on the Persian philosopher, physician and astronomer Abu Jafar Mohammad Tusi, better known as Nasir ad-Din Tusi, IRIB’s Public Relations Office announced on Monday. 

The Plan and Budget Organization has allocated 3.5 trillion rials (nearly $125 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to the Ministry of Health in order to prevent and combat COVID-19.

The Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei in a message appreciated from Iranian medical teams due to their efforts in fighting against Coronavirus.

The deputy of the Minister of Education in cultural affairs Alireza Karimi said: We in the Ministry of Education should try to do our best to realize the Second phase of the Revolution statement.

Iran is an important country in developing science and technology, and the country is well-prepared to cooperate with other countries in a friendly atmosphere, Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami said on Monday.

Spokesman for Iran's Food and Drug Administration Kianoush Jahanpour announced the country's plans to boost production of raw materials for production of drugs in the next two years.

A number of Iranian and world scholars came together at Nebrija University and the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain on Monday and Tuesday to attend a conference on Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.

American writer Cristina Henriquez’s bestselling novel “The Book of Unknown Americans” has recently been published in Persian by Khazeh Publications in Tehran.

Tehran is set to host the 12th edition of Iran International Renewable Energy, Lighting & Energy Saving Exhibition on February 25-28.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has managed to export SinaDoxosome, an anti-cancer nanomedicine, to Syria and Lebanon while it plans to expand destinations to other Asian and European countries as well.

Iranian prominent director Narges Abyar will receive HUM Women Leaders Award.

Iran's Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said that his ministry has managed to link more than 70% of schools across the country in 7 months, adding that, however, the Education Ministry has failed to provide material for the network.

This year, over 100 projects from 35 different countries have been submitted to the 33rd Khwarizmi International Festival.

The United Nations Women, a UN entity for gender equality and women's empowerment, have honored seven women scientists, including Iran’s Maryam Mirzakhani, who have made significant contributions to the field of science, highlighting their world-altering and trailblazing careers.

President Hassan Rouhani hailed the country's scientific progress, saying Iran's innovation index climbed to the world's 61st place from 120th in the span of 7 years.

President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the United States’ maximum pressure against Iran has failed and sanctions will be ineffective.

Iranian short 'Azadeh', directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad, is currently taking part at the competition program of the 24th edition of Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS in Latvia.

An art exhibition on Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani opened at the Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran on Saturday.

Swiss ambassador to Iran believes that living in the country is a “great experience”, saying Swiss people mostly think Iranians are so hospitable.

The French version of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh the "Persian Book of Kings" was published in France with translation of Pierre Lecoq by Les Belles Lettres publications.

Secretary of the Biotechnology Development Headquarters of President Office stated that Iran is self-sufficient in the production of bio-based raw materials and no raw material is imported into the country.

Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua on Thursday hailed Iran's support for Beijing in the battle to control coronavirus, saying that he felt Iranians' friendship.

Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) is displaying a selection of photos depicting children and teens during the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen in Iraq.

Forty-three Iranian universities were placed in the Islamic World University Rankings 2019 announced by the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC).

In accordance with sharia law, people from all walks of life, along with a large number of military commanders, gathered on Thursday in Tehran’s Mosalla to mark the 40th day since General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, was assassinated in a U.S. air attack in Baghdad’s airport on January 3.

Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says another copy of Zafar Satellite, which failed to reach the orbit on Sunday, will be sent into space in June.