TEHRAN - For decades, passwords have been the cornerstone of digital security. We’ve memorized them, forgotten them, reset them, and repeated the cycle endlessly. Yet in an age where cyber threats are growing faster than our ability to remember complex strings of characters, the humble password is nearing its end. Around the world, data scientists and technologists are racing to build the next generation of digital identity one that no longer depends on what we can remember, but on who we are and how we behave.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop humanitarian, relief, and educational cooperation.

TEHRAN – A total of 125 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from October 18 to 24, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

TEHRAN – Sharif University of Technology has launched the first joint science and technology park in Baghdad University, following a year and a half of ongoing cooperation between the two universities.

TEHRAN – Iranian and Afghan officials have explored avenues to expand collaboration in the areas related to environmental protection, especially border wetlands and rivers.

Many women breadwinners living on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Mashhad are growing strawberries to earn a living as they are grappling with economic hardship.  

TEHRAN – Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has announced the country’s readiness to attract foreign investment in its pharmaceutical industry.

TEHRAN – The National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Tehran will host the first international artificial intelligence (AI) symposium on education, research, diagnosis, treatment, and production in the health sector.

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has created 30,309 jobs in some 4,356 deprived areas in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21.

Generation Z, born around 1995 to 2010, is considered the first fully digital generation. They grew up with smartphones, social media, and constant access to the internet, and they have a different perspective on the world.

TEHRAN – Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has announced the country’s readiness to attract foreign investment in its pharmaceutical industry.

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 head of the Department of Environment (DOE) has said that peace and environment are the two fundamental pillars of mankind's survival, as without peace, no conservation plan will be sustainable, and without a healthy environment, no peace can be lasting.

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.