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Three Shahid Beheshti University scholars ranked among top one percent most-cited worldwide

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Three researchers from Shahid Beheshti University have been named among the world’s top one percent most-cited scientists in 2024, according to a new report by the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC).
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University of Tehran leads world in terms of highly cited researchers, new report shows

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According to the latest joint findings by Elsevier and a team of researchers from Stanford University, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the University of Tehran hold the highest number of researchers ranked among the world’s top two percent most cited academics.
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89 Tehran univ. scholars named among top 2% of scientists worldwide

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Eighty-nine faculty members from the University of Tehran have been listed among the world’s top two percent of scientists for 2025, according to Stanford University’s annual global ranking.
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Iran offers online education to Afghan students who returned home

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Iran’s Ministry of Interior announced its readiness to provide online education for Afghan students who have left the country under the government’s repatriation program for undocumented migrants. However, officials said that no Afghan families have yet requested or shown interest in the plan.
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Iran’s New School Year opens with president’s attendance

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President Massoud Pezeshkian officially inaugurated the new academic year in Iran on Tuesday by ringing the school bell at a girls’ school in the capital Tehran.
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Iran marks start of school year with ‘Blossom Festival’ for first graders

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Iran’s Ministry of Education has launched the new academic year for first‑grade students with the nationwide “Blossom Festival”, held on Monday ahead of the official school opening on Tuesday.
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Samineh Baghcheban, founder of deaf education institutions, dies at 97

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Iranian writer and founder of educational and cultural institutions for hearing-impaired children Samineh Baghcheban has passed away at the age of 97.
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Iran expands quantum research across nine leading universities

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Iran has launched a major initiative to expand quantum laboratories across nine leading universities. Thta's according to Secretary of Iran's National Quantum Committee Vahid Jansari.
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Mohammad Hossein Omid appointed as president of University of Tehran

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Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has held a meeting led by its Secretary, Hojjatoleslam Abdolhossein Khosropanah, where the proposed presidents of 11 universities were confirmed.
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Hundreds of thousands compete in Iran’s most popular university entrance exam

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The nationwide university entrance exam for Iran’s most in-demand field of study, Experimental Sciences, was held on Friday morning, across 411 cities and districts in Iran and 15 international test centers. 
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Iran’s national university entrance exam begins with nearly one million test-takers

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The first round of Iran's 2025 national university entrance exam, Konkur, began on Thursday, with a total of 957,798 applicants having registered for this round, including 608,017 women (63 percent) and 349,781 men (37 percent).
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Iranian teacher suspended over alleged student corporal punishment

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A teacher in a village in Iran’s western Kordestan province has been suspended following allegations of physically punishing students at an elementary school, according to the Province's Education Department.
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Data: Over 60,000 Afghan university students study in Iran, surpassing Kabul’s numbers

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Iran now hosts more than 60,000 Afghan university students, a figure unmatched worldwide, Mandana Tisheyar, deputy vice-chancellor of Iran’s Allameh Tabataba'i University said, nothing the number of Afghan students in Tehran surpasses that of Kabul.
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Minister of science: 25% of Iranian university professors emigrated due to economic challenges 

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Iran’s Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Hossein Simayee Saraf, addressed on Thursday academic migration and economic challenges in the country, expressing grave concern over the emigration of 25 percent of university professors in recent years. 
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Dismissed Iranian university professors ask President Pezeshkian to facilitate their return

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A number of university professors who say have unfairly been purged from academic centers during the tenure of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, have written an open letter to his successor Massoud Pezeshkian to reverse the decision that terminated their contracts.
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New school year begins in Iran

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Some 17 million students attended schools across Iran on Sunday as the new academic year kicked off across the country.
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Iranian taekwondo athlete Nematzadeh accepted at Tehran University without entrance exam

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Tehran University accepts Iranian taekwondo Olympic medalist Mobina Nematzadeh as a student without entrance exam.
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Over half a million students compete to enter universities in Iran

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Over 500,000 students took tests on the first day of the university admission exam on Thursday to enter universities across the country, with some fields like medicine in high demand.
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Iranian minister rebuked for claims of massive reshuffle at schools

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Iran’s education minister has announced 20,000 school principals have been replaced for the new academic year, which started Saturday, “to make changes” at schools.
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Students start new school year in Iran

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Millions of students across Iran officially started school and academic year on Saturday with challenges and promises ahead.
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Iranian daily: Sacking university professors will wither society

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A leading Iranian daily has lashed out at the government for the recent dismissal of a number of high-profile university professors who arguably hold critical views and replacing them with like-minded and sometimes “bizarre cases.”
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Ex-Iranian VP criticizes dismissal of university professors

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Iran’s former atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi has criticized the sacking of a number of professors and lecturers from universities in the country and their replacement with new ones.
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Official: Smelly bombs available in market used in serial ‘poisoning’ of Iranian students

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The head of the fact-finding mission investigating what appeared to be a recent serial poisoning of Iranian students says those behind the incident used “smelly bombs available in the market” as part of a plot to prompt the closure of schools.
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Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s education minister after winning confidence vote at Parliament

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Reza Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s new education minister after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.
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Ceremony held to honor teachers

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A ceremony has been held in Tehran to honor the job of teachers in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahin Raisi in Tehran.
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