The quality of the heavy water produced in Iran is so high that it is ranked first in the world, Eslami said during a visit to the city of Qom on Friday. Only a few countries are capable of producing heavy water, he added. The official noted that Iran uses heavy water and its derivatives […]
Earlier, a ceremony was held to commemorate National Teachers Day with the participation of a group of teachers, professors, and students of Farhangian University and with President Raeisi in attendance in Tehran on Sunday. Iran celebrates Teachers’ Day which marks the day in memory of Ayatollah Morteza Motahari who was assassinated on May 1, 1979. MNA/6093612
Ali Jafarabadi, the commander of the space division of Islamic Revolution Guards Corp’s Aerospace Force, remarked in a televised interview on Monday night, noting that Iran is the fourth country after the United States, China, and Russia to manufacture a fully homegrown satellite with solid fuel/propellant. Pointing to the successful launch of a homegrown satellite […]
Rakhshandeh Etesami who is known as Parvin Etesami is the most famous female poet in Iran was born on March 17, 1907, in Tabriz. She was the daughter of Yousef Etesami Ashtiani (Etesam-al-Molk), a contemporary Iranian writer and translator and Akhtar al-Muluk Etesami. Parvin was the last child in the family and had three older brothers, Abul-Hassan, […]
Speaking in the ceremony of the 35th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) on Monday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said that the problems and tensions that humanity is facing today are due to the absence of morality besides science, adding, “so it is necessary to consider science and morality together.” Stressing the need for scientists’ efforts to be tangible […]
Speaking to the Iranian media, the Iranian science minister Mohammad Ali Zolfigol said that 90,000 foreign students are studying at Iranian universities. Meanwhile, deputy science minister Salar Amoli said that the increase in the number of foreign students is due to the increase in the rankings of the Iranian universities on the international stage anf the […]
“In addition to being a trade and political partner for Iran since ancient times, China has a special place in Asian civilization. China is a world power on the international stage, so it is extremely important to launch the major field of Chinese studies and to train capable and expert specialists in this field who are […]
TEHRAN – A total of 158 trillion rials (nearly $3.7 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) allocated from the national budget to school construction, Mehrollah Rakhshanimehr, director of the Organization for Development, Renovation, and Equipment has announced. Last year, school building benefactors have allocated a sum of 33 trillion rials (around $781 million […]
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann’s 1958 book “The Computer and the Brain” has come to Iranian bookstores. Rendered into Persian by Reza Amirrahimi, the book has been published by Now Publications. In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between […]
TEHRAN – Soraya Motaharnia, an Iranian teacher, has been placed among the top 10 nominees for the Global Teacher Prize 2021. Motaharnia, an outstanding teacher of mathematics, Persian language, art, science, and theology, has been praised in Iran for helping the most vulnerable students in rural parts of the country. She helps students in need […]
TEHRAN – A new Persian translation of the Mencius, the Confucian text named for its author that earned the title ya sheng (“second sage”) for the 4th-century-BCE philosopher, has been published in Persian. Ehsan Doostmohammadi has rendered the book released by the Tehran-based major publisher Qoqnus. Several Persian translations of the book have previously been […]
TEHRAN – British writer Con Coughlin’s book “Saddam: His Rise and Fall” has been published in Persian. Bijan Ashtari is the translator of the book published by Saless. Insightful, penetrating and shocking, the book is the defining biography of Iraq’s deposed tyrant. Drawing on an unparalleled network of sources, contacts and firsthand testimonies, Coughlin takes […]
