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Iranian Studies Program Launched at USC
Since its inception in 2008, the Farhang Foundation has focused on promoting and celebrating Iranian art and culture for the benefit of the community at large. We at Farhang Foundation have appreciated the significance of Iranian Studies programs which enable students to learn about Iran, its history, culture, and of course, the Persian Language. -Sheyda Monshizadeh-Azar, NIAC - 2/10/12
Photos: Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute
Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute is known as one of the oldest and most reputable scientific centers in Iran. This Institute began its activities in the 1925 with producing vaccine against Rinderpest under the supervision of Ministry of Agriculture. Rinderpest at the time had caused large casualties in the cattle population of the country -Mohsen Saeidi - 2/7/12
Sharif University calls arrest of Iranian professor by U.S. "hideous" and "childish" action
Sharif University of Technology in a statement on Saturday lashed out at the US for detaining a prominent Iranian university professor, Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi, for buying laboratory equipment, and said the move proves Washington's monopolistic attempts to prevent the spread and growth of science. - 1/28/12
Iranian scientist wins world award for best cancer research
An Iranian scientist won a world award as the best researcher in oncology and blood-related cancers. Professor Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh is to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research in 2012. - 1/23/12
Iran To Extend Gender Segregation To School Textbooks
Iran's Ministry of Education has announced it will soon publish separate school textbooks for boys and girls, creating another area of gender segregation in the Islamic republic. -Frud Bezhan, RFE - 1/18/12
Iranian website on mycology and lichens scores Sylvia Sharnoff Education Award
An Iranian website won 2012 Sylvia Sharnoff Education Award. The website www.myco-lich.com is the first Iranian website on development and localization of mycology and studying lichens in Iran. - 1/18/12
iPersian: An iPhone and iPad Persian language application for children
Start your child's journey to learn Persian in an interactive way. A simple touch or a drag and drop interface is a very useful way to teach the youngest children. - 1/16/12
Ahmadinejad ally to take helm of Iran's largest university
Islamic Azad University had become one of the main battlegrounds between Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani, and the replacement of Jasbi by an Ahmadinejad ally is seen as a major blow to Rafsanjani and the moderate camp. - 1/12/12
Iran to establish permanent station in Antarctica
Managing Director of the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO) Vahid Chegini said one of the most fundamental technological achievements which would be fulfilled in South Pole is construction of research and logistic ice breaker ships, development of ice transportation technology, ... - 1/8/12
The Eternal Caro Lucas: Father of Iran's robotic science
Caro Lucas (1949 - 2010) was a versatile Iranian- Armenian scientist who is regarded as the father of Iran's robotic science. He was honored as an eternal figure by the Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame, which is a distinguishing honor offered to Iranian chancellor scholars. - 1/6/12
Iranian Student Activist Expelled for "Disobedience"
According to a source who spoke to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, women's rights and student activist Setareh Elyasi has been expelled from university. - 12/22/11
Iranian astronomer's idea introduced in International Solar Eclipse Confab
An Iranian scientist's ambitious idea was introduced in the International Solar Eclipse Conference 2011 despite Indian refusal to grant visa to the Iranian scientist. A representative of Iranian embassy to New Delhi joined the conference and presented the Iranian scientist's plan dubbed "observing solar eclipse from the space." - 12/20/11
Support PAAIA's Mentorship Program
In an increasingly competitive world, the younger generation of Iranian Americans, more than ever, needs opportunities and programs to live the American dream and prosper in their educational and professional careers. - 12/19/11
IAAB Presents Camp Ayandeh 2012 -- Apply Today!
IAAB is pleased to present Camp Ayandeh 2012, its celebrated annual Iranian American high school leadership camp, which is being held July 3rd-11th at Whittier College in Los Angeles, California. Camp Ayandeh is open to rising high school students through incoming college freshmen. - 12/14/11
Iran's Oldest Female Student: It Is Never Too Late To Learn
An Iranian woman of 65 has decided to continue her studies at university, saying you are never too old to learn. Alaviyeh Robabeh Mojtahed Najafi, now Iran's oldest student, is studying village management engineering at a center of Payame Noor University in the town of Rey, which is located just south of Tehran. - 12/10/11
Iran marks National Student Day
Non-governmental student organizations, such as the Council for the Defence of Education Rights, issued a statement that many students are unable to celebrate this day because they are behind bars. - 12/8/11
Tehran Medical Reactor To Be Loaded With Domestically Produced Fuel Plates Soon
Informed sources in Tehran say that the national project to produce plate type nuclear fuel will be completed in the near future and the Tehran reactor will be loaded with domestically produced nuclear fuel plates. - 12/6/11
Iran's Largest Student Group To Broaden Focus Due To Dominant Political-Security Atmosphere
Iran's largest student organization, Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat, announced that the student movement should broaden its focus from political issues and pay more attention to labour and academic issues in order to "explore apolitical activism in universities." - 12/4/11
NIAC Now Accepting Applications for Internships and Fellowships
NIAC now accepts applications for full-time and part-time Spring interns to operate out of NIAC's Washington, DC office with a general starting date of late-January/early-February. NIAC is also pleased to announce its seventh annual Public Service Fellowship and the second annual Sarafan-Ghorbani Fellowship. - 11/29/11
Iran's Mr. Eclipse unveils "space observation plan"
Hamid Djodeiri Khodashenas, Iran's Mr. Eclipse, who has observed solar eclipses in seven continents since 1999 plans to take part at the international conference with his lifelong dream which is approaching reality day by day: "Observing the solar eclipse from the space." - 11/26/11
Iran, first country to propagate spermatogonial stem cells
Iranian scientists developed methods to propagate spermatogonial stem cells for the first time in the world. - 11/20/11
Number of Iranian Students in U.S. Jumps 19%
The Institute of International Education reported Monday that the number Iranian students studying in the U.S. increased 19% in 2010/11 to just over 5,600. Iran has joined the leading 25 places of origin, moving up to position 22. - 11/15/11
Iranian American Students Unite
On November 4, 2011, over 74 college students from 42 institutions across the United States began trickling into the hotel in Washington, D.C. while everyone became acquainted with one another. -Darya Minovi, Iranian Alliances Across Borders - 11/15/11
Photos: Underground School for Afghan Children in Kerman, Iran
Iran has banned illegal immigrants' children from attending public schools. As a result, some Afghan children attend underground schools which are considered illegal by the Interior Ministry. These photos are from one such school in the provincial city of Kerman in southern Iran. - 11/13/11
Iran takes legal steps to get compensation from Elsevier: Official
Elsevier publishing company's website has banned the access of Iranian Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) as well as Malek-Ashtar University to its scientific data. - 11/13/11
Iranian scholar wins ASCE Award
An Iranian scholar Dr. Saied Yousefi, a faculty member at the University of Tehran, won 2011 best peer-reviewed paper award from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). - 11/13/11
Photos: The school at Chameh Ban village gets a new heater!
The school at Chameh Ban village has been equipped with a modern heater, thanks to a report by Mehr News Agency reporter who brought to light the plight of the students at the village. However, it is not clear if other repairs are planned for the dilapidated school building that houses six young students, boys and girls. - 11/12/11
Photos: Deprived students of Chameh Ban village
Chameh Ban is a beautiful village located close to the city of Amol in Iran's Caspian region. There are many vacation and luxury houses in the village. And then there is the dilapidated school building! - 11/10/11
Iran Physics Society calls for Elsevier to lift information ban
Physics Society of Iran called for Elsevier publishing company to lift information ban on two Iranian universities. The Head of Physics Society of Iran Akbarzadeh in a letter to the Head of Elsevier said the decision goes against academic norms and international scientific co-existence. - 11/8/11
Interview with Dr. Peyman Nojoumian
In June 2011, the University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences announced that Dr. Peyman Nojoumian had been named the Assistant Professor of Persian in the new Middle East Studies Program at the university. -Bita Milanian, PAAIA - 10/31/11
Protesters Won't Get Grants: Iran's Minister of Science
Iran's Minister of Science announced that his department will cut off bursaries and grants to students connected with the post-election protests of 2009. - 10/24/11
Iran Dedicates Half of Academic Research to Boosting Defense Capabilities: Minister
Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Kamran Daneshjou said that half of the country's academic researches have focused on upgrading and boosting the country's defense capabilities. - 10/18/11
Photos: Zanjan University Students Protests Plan for Gender Segregation
Students at Zanjan University held a gathering on Monday to protests plans for gender segregation at Iranian universities. The students were in particular demanding removal of a wall erected in the cafeteria separating male and female students. - 10/11/11
Iran to launch Navid satellite by March 2012
The domestically manufactured Navid satellite will be launched from the Safir B1 satellite launcher by the end of March 2012. The satellite is currently undergoing pre-launch tests. - 10/9/11
Tehran's Sharif University among the top 350 universities
Iran's Sharif University of Technology is among the top 350 universities in Times Higher Education's list of the world's top universities for 2011-2012. Sharif has been ranked in the 301-350 group. - 10/7/11
Iran to Develop National Accelerator
Head of the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences Mohammad Javad Larijani announced on Monday that Iranian experts are working on a project to develop a National Accelerator. - 10/3/11
Role of clergy to expand in Iranian schools
Educators are to undergo extra training by the clergy, the Iranian Ministry of Education has announced. ILNA reports that Mohammad Bonyadi, a ministry advisor, said the education system will make every effort to avail itself of clerical teachings. - 10/1/11
Three Iranian-Americans among recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
President Obama today named 94 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Three Iranian-Americans are among the recipients - 9/28/11
Dutch maintain ban on Iranian students
The Netherlands has ignored a ruling by a domestic court against a ban on Iranian students' access to Dutch university courses related to nuclear technology. - 9/18/11
Minister answers call for gender segregation in universities
Iran's Assembly of Experts is calling on officials to institute gender segregation in Iranian universities, prompting Iran's Minister of Science and Technology to announce: "Women's Colleges will be established all across Iran." - 9/10/11
Iran to run embryonic, non-embryonic stem cells bank
Iran plans to run embryonic and non-embryonic stem cells bank in a bid to meet needs of local researchers and develop its stem cell technology. - 9/5/11
Iranian scientists to receive UNESCO Award
Four Iranian scientists ranked in the list of Islamic World's top scholars are to receive UNESCO Award. Islamic World Scientists Network cooperating with Iran's Biophysics and Biochemistry Association is to offer the prizes to the four senior Iranian scientists. - 8/25/11
Momeni Foundation announces 2011 scholarship recipients
Momeni Foundation is celebrating its 10th year of supporting outstanding students of Iranian descent around the world. - 8/24/11
Iran To Extend Gender Segregation To Preschools
Gender segregation was first proposed in 2009 by Hojatoleslam Nabiollah Fazlali, the representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology. Fazlali criticized co-ed universities, saying allowing male and female students in the same class was like "putting meat in front of a cat." - 8/23/11
Photo: 48 Hours of Freedom for Iranian Student Activist Hasan Asadi Zeidabadi
Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, member of the central council of the Alumni Association of Iran who had been arrested on August 22, 2010, was released on bail for a 48-hours-furlough on Sunday August 14, after spending 360 days behind bars. - 8/20/11
Support Your Community: Start the Fall with IAAB's Latest Fashions
With the help of supporters like you, the past 8 months have been a huge success for the youth in our community. But, in order to continue empowering our community's youth, we need your support. Help us make the upcoming academic year a more fruitful one for Iranian American youth. - 8/17/11
Empowering Iranian American Youth: The Camp Ayandeh Story
"In ten years, we may not even be able to talk about an Iranian community unless we make a concerted effort to educate our youth," Narges Bajoghli, cofounder of Iranian Alliances Across Borders' (IAAB) Camp Ayandeh program, says to me over the phone. -Arash Karami, PBS - 8/17/11
Bushehr power plant to be connected to national grid by Aug. 30
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Director Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani has said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be connected to the national grid by the end of the holy month of Ramadan (August 31) - Mehr - 8/14/11
Iran accepts Russia's "step by step" plan
Iran has agreed to Russia's "step by step" plan to resume nuclear talks with the West, Iranian MP Hossein Naghavi Hosseini told Iran's Reporters Club. -RadioZamaneh - 8/14/11
Iran, AIDS and the Alaei Brothers
Although the Iranian government does not often admit the scope of the HIV/AIDS problem in Iran (it usually admits to about 21,000 cases), estimates are that the total number of Iranians infected with the deadly virus is between 60,000 and 100,000 individuals. - VOA - 8/13/11
A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran
Ralph Ellison wrote for 40 years without finishing his novel "Juneteenth." Antoni Gaudi labored 43 years on the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, but construction continues today. And in the annals of grand quixotica, Ehsan Yarshater also deserves a prominent chapter - NewYorkTimes - 8/13/11
Big changes for Iranian schoolbooks to combat "soft war"
Iran's Minister of Education says school textbooks will be altered in the new academic year in order to strike back at the so-called "soft war." ILNA reports that Education Minister Mohammad Hajibabayi said: "School textbooks will undergo fundamental changes this year." - 8/10/11
Gender segregation underway in 20 Iranian universities
Twenty Iranian universities have announced that in the coming academic year, 40 departments will begin accepting only one gender of student. - 8/7/11
Iranian University Drops 13 Humanities Majors
Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, a top Iranian university, has eliminated 13 branches of the humanities, leaving only six branches of humanities studies for students to pursue in the coming academic year. - 8/6/11
Is the Multiple Entry Visa Worth the Risk?: Azadeh's Story
Azadeh has been in the U.S. for 3 years as a PhD student at the University of Maryland, during which time she hasn't been able to see her family back in Iran. Up until recently, Iranian students could only receive a single-entry visa, which meant their visa would allow them to enter the country one time only. If they left, they would have to reapply for a new visa. -Jessica Stahl - 7/30/11
Photos: International Young Physicists Tournament in Tehran
Tehran's prestigious Amir Kabir Polytechnic University is hosting the 24th International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT). The competition opened on July 22nd and will be running till July 31. These phtos are from the opening ceremonies. -Mojtaba Heydari - 7/24/11
Iranian students win medals in International mathematical Olympiad
Iranian students were ranked 10th in 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam. The Iranian students won two gold and four silver medals in the 52th mathematical international Olympiad. - 7/23/11
Iranian schools persist in rejecting Afghan children
Afghan children are still being denied entry into Iranian schools, says Afghan Ministry representative in Iran, despite the recent directive from the president's office that removed all enrollment restrictions for foreign school-age children without status. - 7/23/11
Iran: Right to Education Council Says Banning Students From Education Is A Crime
The Right to Education Council, a student run campaign, has released a statement objecting to the continued arrests of students and education bans placed on youth because of their beliefs. - 7/20/11
Iran ranked 4th in International Chemistry Olympiad
Iran was ranked 4th in the 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad held in Ankara, Turkey. The Iranian team scored 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals in the global competitions. - 7/18/11
Iran to host International Young Physicists' Tournament
Iran is to host the 24th International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT). The competition is planned to run on July 22-31 in Tehran's prestigious Amir Kabir Poly Technique University with 22 countries are to join the tournament. - 7/18/11
Minister: Iran to Boost Support for Stem Cell Medicare
Iranian Health Minister Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi announced that Iran has already applied stem cell method for curing different diseases, and added that her ministry supports further achievements in the field. - 7/15/11
Letter to Presidents of Iranian Universities: No Gender Segregation
The undersigned university professors, administrators, researchers and professional Iranians express our deepest concern and strongest opposition to the proposed extreme policy by the Iranian Ministry of Higher Education to impose gender segregation at Iran's institutions of higher education. - 7/14/11
Critics give Iranian education low marks
more than 30 years after the Islamic regime imposed strict segregation of boys and girls and expanded the time devoted to religious teaching, some in the political establishment are beginning to recognise that the country's education system is failing. -Monavar Khalaj, FT - 7/12/11
One book is printed annually for every two Iranian children: author
A children's writer has criticized the low number of books printed for Iranian children. "About thirty million children live in Iran while only 15 million books are published in Iran annually, i.e., every two Iranian children have only one new book," Mostafa Rahmandust said. - 7/10/11
Iran To Send Monkeys To Space Soon: ISA
Iran's Kavoshgar-5 carrier will be launched carrying living creature (a Rhesus monkey) into space sometimes between July 22-August 22, according to the head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). - 7/9/11
Iran's Science Minister Halts Gender Segregation In Universities
Iran's Minister of Science said plans to segregate male and female university students have been halted in accordance with the president's orders, and no more professors will be retired until new ministry guidelines have been approved. - 7/8/11
Ahmadinejad opposes separation of sexes at universities
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written separate letters to Science, Research, and Technology Minister Kamran Daneshju and Health Minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, urging them to take measures necessary to prevent the implementation of the plan to separate the classes of male and female students at universities. He also described the plan as "unwise". - 7/6/11
14 students sentenced for Tehran University dorm attacks
Fines, floggings and prison terms are among the punishments meted out to 14 Iranian university students for events that occurred two years ago at the Tehran University dormitory. - 6/30/11
IAAB Creates Bridge to Iran for Camp Ayandeh Students Through Photography
IAAB is excited to collaborate with Tehran-based AKSbazi to create an unprecedented space where students in Camp Ayandeh and youth in Iran can interact through the medium of digital photography. - 6/29/11
Single-sex classes for first-year students at top Iranian university
Iran's top university, Sanati Sharif, has announced that there will be no co-ed classes for first-year students starting this September. - 6/28/11
A Lifetime Of Achievements: Happy 104th Birthday Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari!
Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari helped NASA to put a man on the moon for the Apollo 11 mission. That was a celebrated day in his life and recently, an equally important one arrived this past June 15; he turned 104 years old! - 6/24/11
USC Names Dr. Peyman Nojoumian its New Assistant Professor of Persian
University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Peyman Nojoumian as assistant professor of the teaching of Persian. The addition of Nojoumian to the new Middle East Studies Program at USC has been made possible through funds donated by Farhang Foundation as part of its Iranian Studies Initiative at USC. - 6/23/11
Iranian authorities aim for single-sex university classes
University classes will be separated based on gender starting in September, the Iranian Parliament's Education and Research commission announced. - 6/21/11
Iranian Student Group Demands Punishment For Dorm Raid
Tehran University's Islamic Association has published an open letter to the head of the country's judiciary demanding punishment for those involved in a violent raid on university dormitories two years ago -RFE - 6/17/11
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