An Iranian team comprising six students placed second in the 3rd International Mathematics Summer Camp (IMSC) held in Beijing, China, from June 20 to July 12, 2025.

Bardia Khosh-Eqbal grabbed a gold medal, Mehdi Aqajanloo, Parsa Tajallaei, Mohammad-Reza Attaranzadeh, and Mohammad-Sajad Memari won silver medals, and Amir-Hossein Zarei won a bronze medal, IRIB reported.

The event served as a training ground for the upcoming International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Sunshine Coast, Australia.

It was a three-week training program designed to strengthen students’ problem-solving skills in elementary mathematical fields, including algebra, geometry, number theory, combinatorics, and to enrich their analytic thinking, fostering a passion for math.

IMSC 2025 brought together over 300 people, including students and lecturers, from 32 countries such as Belarus, Belgium, Cameroon, Germany, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, the United States, Romania, Poland, and Uzbekistan.

It also provided students with tactics and knowledge crucial for excelling in competitions like the IMO. The camp featured lectures, problem sessions, mock tests, and evening seminars.

The Kazakh team also ranked second in this competition.

The IMO is the largest and most prestigious of all the international Olympiads, having grown from seven countries to over a hundred each year. IMO brings the brightest young minds from around the world and represents the culmination of many years of mathematical endeavour and hundreds of attempts at solving problems.

The 65th IMO was held from July 11 to 22, 2024, in Bath, United Kingdom. Some 108 countries and 609 students competed. The Iranian team scored 137 points, earning 19th place.

Recent achievements

Attending the second International Mathematics Olympiad for high school students in Turkmenistan, Iranian students managed to win seven bronze medals.

Hosted by Ashgabat Specialised General Education School, the event was held from April 21 to 26.

More than 230 talented students from 15 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Armenia, Bulgaria, Nepal, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Qatar, and Turkmenistan, took part in the competition.

Thirty-one students from North Khorasan represented Iran in the second Olympiad. Mohammad-Javad Kamali Kalati, Arya Mohammadi Razi, Mahsa Abron, Sajjad Azizi, Mahyar Forooghifar, Yalda Mesrzadeh, and Setayesh Rahimi won bronze medals, Tasnim news agency reported.

Iranian students won two silver and two bronze medals, ranking fourth at the Turkic International Mathematics Olympiad (TIMO) held from April 17 to 22, in Antalya.

TIMO is an international event that is open to students from grades 3 to 12. The competition is held in two rounds, including the preliminary and global rounds.

In the preliminary round, over 27,350 students from 35 countries competed against each other online in December. The offline qualifying exam had 25 multiple-choice questions, administered for 60 minutes.

Parnian Heydarian and Anusha Abdi grabbed silver medals and won the world star awards, while Fatemeh Mazini and Ava Dejagah won bronze medals.

Iran world’s third top country in intl. Olympiads

Attending several international Olympiads in 2024, Iranian students managed to win 10 gold medals, 10 silver medals, and two bronze medals, ranking third globally.

The United States and China ranked first and second, respectively. South Korea and India both ranked fourth, ISNA reported.

Iranian students grabbed a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal at the 36th IOI, ranking 9th among 96 countries. Egypt hosted the event in September 2024.

In a remarkable achievement, Iranian students won five gold medals, ranking first in the 17th IOAA, which was held in August 2024 in Vassouras, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Over 250 students from 57 countries participated in the event.

Five Iranian students who attended the 54th International Physics Olympiad managed to win a gold medal and four silver medals, improving the country’s ranking from 17th in 2023 to fourth.

The 54th edition of the IPhO was held in July 2024 in the city of Isfahan.

A total of 200 elite students from 47 countries participated in the nine-day event, IRNA reported.

Iran grabbed one gold medal and three silver medals at the 56th IChO which was held in Saudi Arabia in July. The IChO 2024 was held under the slogan ‘Building Connections Together’.

A total of 333 talented men and women from 90 countries participated in the competitions.

The 65th IMO was held from July 11 to 22, 2024, in Bath, United Kingdom. Some 108 countries and 609 students competed. The Iranian team scored 137 points, earning 19th place.

Iran succeeded in winning two gold medals and two silver medals at the 35th edition of the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in July 2024.

IBO 2024 hosted more than 800 students, leaders, observers, and guests from over 80 countries.

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Iranian students won four silver medals at the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held from July 5 to 14 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

The event brought together 360 students from more than 90 countries to compete, collaborate, solve challenges, and explore innovation.

Each participating nation sent a team of four students and two mentors. The students competed in a rigorous five-hour laboratory practical exam and a separate five-hour theoretical exam, with the practical examination typically preceding the theoretical one.

The Iranian team, consisting of Sina Ahani, Seyyed Taha Hosseini, Seyyed Amir-Hossein Taheri Tari, and Mohammad Keifari Alamdari, succeeded in winning four silver medals.

The IChO is designed to foster interest in chemistry by challenging students with complex and creative chemical problems. Beyond the competition, it aims to promote international collaboration, build friendships among young scientists from different countries, and facilitate the exchange of scientific and educational expertise.

Participants are ranked based on their scores rather than as teams. Gold medals are awarded to the top 12 percent of students, silver to the next 22 percent, and bronze to the following 32 percent.

The top 10 percent of non-medalists receive honorable mentions. Special awards are given to the student with the highest overall score, as well as to those with the best scores in the theoretical and practical exams.

Excelling at the IChO requires a deep understanding of chemistry, the ability to interconnect different chemical concepts, and strong practical application skills. The competition not only rewards excellence but also inspires future generations of chemists worldwide.

The concept of the IChO originated in former Czechoslovakia in 1968, with the inaugural event held in Prague from June 18–21 of that year. Since then, the Olympiad has been held annually, except in 1971.

Initially, participating delegations were primarily from Eastern Bloc countries, but in 1980, Austria became the first non-Eastern Bloc nation to host the event.

Recent achievements

An Iranian team comprising six students placed second in the 3rd International Mathematics Summer Camp (IMSC) held in Beijing, China, from June 20 to July 12, 2025.

Bardia Khosh-Eqbal grabbed a gold medal, Mehdi Aqajanloo, Parsa Tajallaei, Mohammad-Reza Attaranzadeh, and Mohammad-Sajad Memari won silver medals, and Amir-Hossein Zarei won a bronze medal, IRIB reported.

The event served as a training ground for the upcoming International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Sunshine Coast, Australia.

The 65th IMO was held from July 11 to 22, 2024, in Bath, United Kingdom. Some 108 countries and 609 students competed. The Iranian team scored 137 points, earning 19th place.

Attending the second International Mathematics Olympiad for high school students in Turkmenistan, Iranian students managed to win seven bronze medals.

Hosted by Ashgabat Specialised General Education School, the event was held from April 21 to 26.

More than 230 talented students from 15 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Armenia, Bulgaria, Nepal, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Qatar, and Turkmenistan, took part in the competition.

Thirty-one students from North Khorasan represented Iran in the second Olympiad. Mohammad-Javad Kamali Kalati, Arya Mohammadi Razi, Mahsa Abron, Sajjad Azizi, Mahyar Forooghifar, Yalda Mesrzadeh, and Setayesh Rahimi won bronze medals, Tasnim news agency reported.

Iranian students won two silver and two bronze medals, ranking fourth at the Turkic International Mathematics Olympiad (TIMO) held from April 17 to 22, in Antalya.

TIMO is an international event that is open to students from grades 3 to 12. The competition is held in two rounds, including the preliminary and global rounds.

In the preliminary round, over 27,350 students from 35 countries competed against each other online in December. The offline qualifying exam had 25 multiple-choice questions, administered for 60 minutes.

Parnian Heydarian and Anusha Abdi grabbed silver medals and won the world star awards, while Fatemeh Mazini and Ava Dejagah won bronze medals. /T.T/

Iran’s former ambassador to Iraq revealed that 30 Israeli pilots were killed during one of Iran’s retaliatory operations in the 12-day war, calling it a major blow to the Israeli regime.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s former ambassador to Iraq, stated during a televised interview that in one of Iran’s operations during the 12-day war, 30 Israeli pilots were killed. “This is no small matter for the [Israeli] regime,” he said, adding that many details have been censored by the regime in Tel Aviv so far.

He emphasized that the enemy’s primary objective was regime change in Iran and the return of the United States to the country, but “they failed to achieve any of their goals.”

Kazemi Qomi stressed that Iran’s armed forces, under the command of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a heavy blow to Israel, thwarting the enemy’s broader agenda in the region.

While the Zionist regime waged a war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran’s military, nuclear and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan on June 22.

The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.

Also, in response to the US attacks, Iranian armed forces launched a wave of missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.

A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 has brought the fighting to a halt.

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Data released by international tanker tracking services show that Iran’s oil exports were at record highs in May despite US President Donald Trump’s continued efforts to impose sanctions on buyers of Iranian oil.

Figures by Kpler, a major energy analytics firm, cited in a Sunday report by Fars news agency showed that Iran had exported nearly 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in May, on par with figures seen in September last year and one of the highest reported since Trump toughened his sanctions on Iran during his first term in office in 2019.

Vortexa, another major ship tracking firm, has also released figures in July showing that Iran has been shipping an average of 1.8 million bpd of oil in certain weeks in the past few months, Fars said.

The figures are the latest sign that Trump has failed in his efforts to cut Iranian oil exports to zero.

The US president signed an executive order in early February to restore his so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran. The order has enabled the US Treasury Department to announce 12 rounds of sanctions on entities allegedly linked to the Iranian oil export business.

For the first time, Trump’s sanctions have targeted companies and refineries in China, the country that is by far the largest buyer of Iranian oil through its private refineries.

However, Trump said last month after he ordered airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities that China’s government can officially buy oil from Iran, a statement which some experts viewed as an admission that his sanctions have failed to affect Iranian oil supplies.

The report by Fars also cited figures from OilPrice.com showing that Iran had even increased its oil exports by nearly 44% in late June when the country was defending itself against a war of aggression by the Israeli regime.

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In an interview addressing the recent Iran-Israel conflict, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf disclosed that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, played a pivotal role in orchestrating Iran’s decisive strikes, which forced both Israel and Washington to seek a ceasefire after just 12 days of war.

Iran was thrust into shock in the early hours of June 13 when Israel, backed by the United States, carried out airstrikes on residential buildings in Tehran, assassinating several top Iranian generals in an attempt to cripple any immediate retaliation. The Tehran Times understands that American officials had previously assured Iran that no war would erupt as long as indirect nuclear negotiations continued—talks that were set to resume just days before the sudden Israeli attacks. The U.S. directly joined the war on June 22, bombing nuclear sites that had already been attacked by Israel in the initial days of the war.

“The Leader appointed new commanders 3 or 4 hours after the assassinations. He summoned the newly appointed officials, briefed the, in person, gave them directives and deployed them to the battlefield,” Qalibaf explained after stating that Ayatollah Khamenei played the same role he did in the 1980s, when southern Iran had been invaded by Iraq under Saddam Hussein.

Ayatollah Khamenei was also swift in addressing the Iranian nation. A few hours after the initial Israeli airstrikes, the Leader issued a video message, telling Iranians that Israel was going to pay for its crimes and become “miserable”.

Iran’s retaliation began on day 1 of the war, as barrages of missiles rained on the occupied territories and hit strategic Israeli sites. That saga continued until the very last minutes of the war.

The regime has been in full swing the hide the aftermath of Iran’s attacks, but reports emerging during and after the war show the casualties and damage is significantly higher than that which has been reported by Hebrew media. One American analyst and former military figure with ties and connections in the occupied territories has said that at least one-third of Tel Aviv has been damaged by Iranian missiles. A recent report by The Telegraph also revealed that at least five important Israeli military sites have been destroyed or badly damaged. Other information says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office located at the Kirya compound — the Israeli military’s nerve centre – was hit and will be under re-construction for several months. Some of the other destroyed sites include the Amman and Mossad headquarters, the Weizmann Institute, as well as oil refineries and power plants in Haifa.

In his interview, Qalibaf said Israel suffered significantly greater damage than publicly acknowledged. “In the final days of the war, 90% of our missiles successfully struck their targets,” he stated, adding that Israel’s true death toll probably reached at least 500—far higher than the officially reported figure of 29.

Addressing the indirect negotiations with the U.S., Ghalibaf condemned Washington for attacking Iran during active diplomacy. In response to American aggression, Iran struck the region’s most critical U.S. military installation – Qatar’s Al Udeid Airbase. Of the 14 missiles launched at the target, six found their mark. U.S. President Donald Trump had claimed that all the missiles were intercepted, and one landed in an open area. A recent report by the Associated Press showed that at least one geodesic dome in Al Udeid was destroyed. The structure reportedly contained critical American communications equipment used for secure operations.

By Faramarz Kouhpayeh

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Over the past two decades, Iranian knowledge-based companies have made notable efforts and contributed significantly to designing, building, and utilizing various types of drones for civilian purposes, including smart agriculture, cargo transport, maritime missions, as well as rescue and relief operations.

Drones have become one of the most intelligent tools in the military, security, industrial, agricultural, and municipal services. The technology has revolutionized operations management, data collection, and risk reduction by enabling complex missions to be performed remotely, without human presence on site.

With the rapid advancement of remotely piloted aircraft technologies in the country, drones have transitioned from purely military tools and are now recognized as key players in agriculture, relief and rescue operations, mapping, and environmental protection.

Currently, Iran is not only self-sufficient in the drone industry but is also among the countries at the forefront of drone technology.

Knowledge-based companies in cooperation with universities and the Vice-Presidency for Science have managed to develop specific drones to be used in agriculture. These drones are designed with aerial imaging capabilities; they are capable of monitoring fields, identifying pests, measuring plant health with infrared spectrum, as well as soil and vegetation temperature, mapping agricultural lands, spraying pesticides, and even seeding.

These drones are usually equipped with multispectral cameras, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) sensors, precise GPS systems, and tanks to spray liquids.

One of the main goals is to increase land productivity, reduce water and pesticide consumption, lower human costs, and increase precision in farm management.

About 225 knowledge-based companies are operating in designing and building drones for civilian purposes in Iran, and these companies have official licenses for production and operation. In the agricultural sector, more than 500 knowledge-based companies, including start-ups and technology companies, are operating in various agricultural sectors, with over 10 of them being specialized in manufacturing agricultural drones and providing related services.

Notable growth in knowledge-based companies

The significant and fast-paced growth in the number of knowledge-based companies with over 200 percent increase in their number just over the Iranian year 1402 year (March 2023 – March 2024), shows the solid foundation, dynamism, and growth of the country in innovation and technology and the productive atmosphere which have been made available in line with the goal of boosting domestic production with public participation.

The current administration underscores the quantitative and qualitative development of knowledge-based companies. The number of companies, which was around 5,000 before the current administration took office in August 2021, has now reached 10,000 with a total value of two billion dollars.

Iran’s knowledge-based companies exported over 3.6 million tons of products, valued at $2.506 billion, in the Iranian calendar year (ended March 19, 2024), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

Based on the IRICA data, some 1.158 million tons of goods, valued at $5.141 billion, were also imported by knowledge-based companies into the country from March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024.

About 85 percent of the goods imported by the knowledge-based companies came from China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, Germany, and India, IRNA reported.

The domestic knowledge-based companies exported their products to China, Iraq, the UAE, Turkey, and Russia in this period, IRICA said.

In this period, the knowledge-based companies accounted for 2.6 and 5 percent of the country’s total exports in weight and value, respectively.

Advanced materials and products based on chemical technologies accounted for about 80 percent of the export value of these companies.

China was Iran’s first buyer of knowledge-based products in this period.

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The Journal Citation Report (JCR) Impact Factor 2024 has cited 161 Iranian journals, naming five among the world’s most cited in the nanotechnology sector.

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry (JNSC) affiliated to Islamic Azad University with an impact factor of 7.9 is placed among the top 25 percent of journals in JCR published by Clarivate Analytics in three categories including Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ranking 34 among 147 top journals; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, ranking 41 among 239 journals; and Material Science, Multidisciplinary, ranking 88 among 460 top journals.

Journals of International Nano Letters affiliated to Kermanshah Islamic Azad University, Nano-medicine Journal affiliated to Mashhad medical Scinece University, Journal of Nanostructures affiliated to Kashan University, and International Journal of Nano Dimension affiliated to Tonekabon Islamic Azad University received an impact factor of 4.0, 1.7, 1.3, and 1.1, respectively, IRNA reported.

So far, ten out of the 12 specialized nanotechnology journals in the country have been indexed in the international Scopus database, of which five have received an impact factor.

The JCR 2024 included data from over 21,000 journals from 113 countries across 254 research categories.

JCR is most commonly a database that provides impact factors and rankings for scholarly journals in science, technology, and social sciences, based on citation data. JCR is a widely used resource for evaluating and comparing journals within the research community.

The most well-known metric provided by JCR is the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The JIF is a measure of how frequently, on average, articles published in a particular journal are cited in a specific year.
JCR data is drawn from the Web of Science Core Collection, a comprehensive citation index.

Only journals that have met the rigorous quality standards for inclusion in the Web of Science Core Collection are featured within the Journal Citation Reports, which ensures users can confidently rely on the information and descriptive data provided.

The annual reports provide a rich array of publisher–neutral data, metrics, and analysis to enhance user understanding of journal performance, including the widely recognized JIF and the Journal Citation Indicator.

Iran, a leading country in nano-tech research

Iran’s achievements in nanotechnology are noteworthy. The country’s investment in nanotechnology research and development, as well as the increase in scientific publications and sales of nanotech products, proves Iran’s rise as a global leader in this field, producing and exporting products to different countries across the world.

Access to domestic resources, competitive prices compared to Western countries, and high production of raw nano-materials, nano-catalysts, and advanced equipment, as well as geographical proximity to target markets in neighboring countries, reduced transportation costs, political and trade relations have made Iran a major manufacturer of nanotechnology products in the region and even some global markets.

Iran’s nanotechnology products in various industries are classified into 13 main categories including Civil engineering and construction; Optics, electronics, and photonics; Petroleum and petrochemicals; Pharmaceuticals, health, and well-being; home appliances; Power and energy; Raw materials; Chemicals; Textiles and clothing; Equipment; Automotive industry and transportation; Industrial machinery; Agriculture, animal husbandry, and Water, according to data published by the vice Presidency for Science and Technology. /T.T/

Iran’s caviar production increased by 17%, rising from 21.6 to 25.1 metric tons (mt) in the past Iranian year (March 21, 2024, to March 20, 2025), according to a senior official at the Iran Fisheries Organization.

Karami-Rad said on Tuesday that Iran aims to boost production to over 140 mt of caviar in the near future.

He noted that the government views fish farming as a highly profitable sector and has developed investment plans to attract funding for further expansion.

Approximately 7.5 mt of caviar were exported through Iranian customs, with additional quantities taken abroad by travelers, he added.

said on Tuesday that Iran aims to boost production to over 140 mt of caviar in the near future.

He noted that the government views fish farming as a highly profitable sector and has developed investment plans to attract funding for further expansion.

Approximately 7.5 mt of caviar were exported through Iranian customs, with additional quantities taken abroad by travelers, he added.

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Referring to the large number of Iran’s underground missile cities and facilities, IRGC adviser Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Jabbari said that most of Iran’s defense facilities haven’t still shown.

Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency, IRGC adviser Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Jabbari said that Iranian armed forces are at the peak of readiness.

“Martyr Hajizadeh once said that if there is a war between Iran and Israel and the United States, we will not run out of resources if we fire missiles at them every day for two years,” Jabbari said.

Currently, the underground warehouses, missile cities, and facilities are so vast that we have not yet shown most of our country’s defense facilities and our country’s effective missiles,” he added.

“If the Zionist enemy wants to continue the war and attack our country, it will be a spectacular day because our army, the IRGC, ground and air forces, will come to the field with all their strength,” he added. /MNA/