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A group of Iranian students at the Islamic Azad University have built a robot that can assist physically-disabled people, according to a university official.

A Brazilian football player who has finished a successful season in Iran’s professional football league has posted a message on his Instagram account to extend his sincere thanks to the Iranian football fans.

Iran’s vice-president for science and technology has, in a note, paid tribute to late Iranian math genius Maryam Mirzakhani.

The southwestern Iranian city of Dezful in Khuzestan province has been picked as the top age-friendly city.

A team of Iranian high school students have won four medals to rank third at the 2017 International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand.

An Iranian official says there are some groups who are seeking to escalate the current disputes between Iran and Saudi Arabia by dissuading Iranian pilgrims from visiting the holy sites in the Arab country.

Several Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani and Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani have sent messages of condolences and sympathy after the death of Maryam Mirzakhani, the Iranian winner of the Fields Medal who died of cancer on Saturday.

A man hurting a clergyman and a number of others in a stabbing spree at a subway station south of Tehran was shot dead by police on Saturday morning.

Iran’s former education minister has referred to the late Iranian math genius, Maryam Mirzakhani, as a gem stone, saying it was too early for her to die.

Maryam Mirzakhani, the internationally-renowned Iranian mathematician and the first female winner of Fields Medal, has died of cancer according to one of her relatives.

Iranian Ambassador to Turkey Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian and Iran's Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Mahmoud Heydari attended the commemoration ceremony held for victims of Srebrenica genocide.

An Iranian official says the Saudi government has started issuing visa for Iranian Hajj pilgrims as of July 13.

Sailing is usually considered a muscular job worldwide. Women usually are not interested in the job given its demanding nature, but an Iranian woman has become a successful sailor.

The Iranian government says 710 Iranian researchers and experts, who were living abroad, have returned to the country and started cooperation in scientific and technological fields in the past few years.

An Iranian university professor has presented some Islamic remedies to restore youth to the skin.

Internationally-renowned Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has been hospitalized in the US for deteriorating health conditions caused by cancer recurrence.

Iran’s Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari deplored the US move to deny entry to and deport an Iranian cancer researcher and his family, saying such measures only cause frustration in the scientific community.

Iranian scientists have managed to find the archaeological traces of some feathered dinosaurs in Iran in cooperation with professors from Beijing and Colorado universities.

A group of researchers in an Iranian knowledge-based company have managed to produce a non-toxic rodenticide using nanotechnology. The product is currently available on the market.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic has the potential to make its presence felt in international scientific arenas.

An Iranian inventor has won the Merit Award and the Gold Medal Award of Merit at INPEX 2017 contests among 800 participants from 40 countries.

A UN official has highlighted Iran’s significant role as one of the pioneers in combating dust and sand storms in the Middle East.

If approved by the Iranian cabinet, a woman is going to take the helm at the country's national airliner Iran Air as the first-ever female Iranian heading the company.

Statistics indicate a sharp decrease in the number of Iranian students who choose humanity courses as their major in university, which is quite worrisome and can lead to an academic crisis.

Iran’s culture minister says a confrontational approach will be ineffective in dealing with social networks and cyberspace in the country.