TEHRAN – A delegation of senior managers in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industries, led by Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi, is participating in the eighth edition of the Global Health Exhibition, running from October 27 to 30 at Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center, Saudi Arabia.

TEHRAN – Over 1,100 technology experts from 16 countries, namely Pakistan, Oman, Russia, Vietnam, Turkey, Tunisia, Iraq, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, India, Lebanon, Indonesia, Romania, Algeria, and the Netherlands, plus Iran, are competing in the final phase of the second International Tech Olympics which kicked off in Tehran on Monday and will run till October 30.

TEHRAN – With the financial support of the Government of Japan, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a cooperation document, aiming to help revive the drying Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.

TEHRAN – The Motamed Cancer Institute, which has recently raised its status to the Iranian National Cancer Institute, continues to make significant steps toward improving the public health and well-being of society.

TEHRAN – The Kunming Biodiversity Fund (KBF) in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has allocated financial resources to Iran to help the country mitigate sand and dust storms’ (SDSs) impacts.

TEHRAN – Around 400,000 foreign nationals are legally working in the country, and the rest are unauthorized, Ali Baqeri, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, has said.

Nader Yar-Ahmadi, the head of the National Organization for Migration, paid a visit to a school for Afghan refugee children in Tehran on Saturday.

TEHRAN – Tehran will host the 4th Iran Energy Efficiency Conference (IREEC) 2025 from December 8 to 9.

TEHRAN – The Iran International Innovation Zone and the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance technological collaboration.

TEHRAN – A delegation of health experts from the Pasteur Institute of Iran has participated in the Pasteur Network Annual Meeting  2025 to discuss ways for expanding scientific and operational interactions among member states.

TEHRAN – Over 1,100  participants from 65 countries, including Pakistan, Oman, Vietnam, Tunisia, India, Turkey,  Bangladesh, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and Romania, will attend the second international technology Olympics, which is planned to be held from October 27 to 30, at Pardis Technology Park, Tehran.

TEHRAN – Health Insurance Week will be marked from October 25 to 31 across the country with the theme of ‘Health insurance, national consensus for healthier Iran’.

TEHRAN – Six Iranian companies are participating in the 22nd Health Asia International Exhibition and Conference, being held from October 23-25 in Karachi, Pakistan.

TEHRAN – Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), Kerman University of Medical Sciences played host to a 3-day regional workshop on vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases.

In 1972, the General Assembly established World Development Information Day to draw the attention of the world to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.

TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation led by the head of Meteorological Organization, Sahar Tajbakhsh, is participating in the extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-Ext(2025)) being held from October 20 to 23, in Geneva, Switzerland.

TEHRAN – Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, an Iranian professor at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, has won the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

TEHRAN – National Nurses Week will be observed throughout the country with the theme of ‘Iran, the heart of the nurse’, from October 24 to 30.

TEHRAN – Supported by the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, Iranian knowledge-based firms will set up their pavilions at the AgroExpo Uzbekistan 2025, which is scheduled to take place from November 26 to 28 in Tashkent.

TEHRAN - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has launched a new Regional Technical Cooperation Project aimed at strengthening national and regional capacities for climate-resilient agriculture.

TEHRAN – A total of 118 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from  October 11 to 17, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

TEHRAN – Iranian and Iraqi officials have discussed the challenges facing Hour al-Azim wetland, located on the border of the two countries, particularly drought and spontaneous combustion.

TEHRAN - The seventh nationwide screening campaign for prevalent cancers in women has been launched in line with marking October, the Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

President Masoud Pezeshkian attended a ceremony on Monday to honor top university students and Olympiad medal winners of the country.

TEHRAN – The health ministry is observing the national bone health week from October 18 to 24 nationwide to raise public awareness on  ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat osteoporosis, and related musculoskeletal diseases

TEHRAN – The voluntary return of undocumented Afghan refugees to their homeland via the Dogharon border terminal in the city of Taibad, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, has increased by 30 percent since the beginning of autumn compared with summer.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have discussed ways to boost collaborations on refugees.

TEHRAN – The 2026 special issue of the International Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology (JWENT) focuses on exploring innovative and sustainable solutions to address challenges through the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and nanotechnology.  

TEHRAN – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has announced its willingness to support the country in implementing environmental conservation programs.

TEHRAN – Marked on October 20 every year, the World Statistics Day 2025 underlines the key role of reliable data in global progress.

TEHRAN – Behzad Qiasi, a faculty member of the University of Tehran, has won the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientists Awards for his project titled ‘Develop a sustainable hydrotourism model in Iran’s Miankaleh Biosphere Reserve’.

TEHRAN – Iran will participate in the third International Nano Olympiad (INO), which is scheduled to take place in Taipei, Taiwan, from December 12 to 18, 2026.

The sixth cave rescue drill was held with the participation of rescue and relief teams from ten provinces in Mehriz, central Yazd province, on October 10.

TEHRAN – Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment, in separate meetings with Emine Erdoğan, the first lady of Turkey, and Mukhtar Babayev, the Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, explored avenues to promote cooperation in the environment sector.

TEHRAN - The First International Conference of Social Entrepreneurship, Regional Development, and Social Justice was held at the University of Tehran on Saturday.