The Iranian athletes finished their work at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics with 24 medals and in 12th place on the table of medals.

The national Iranian sitting volleyball team defeated the team of Russia in the final of the 2020 Paralympics on Saturday, the 11th day of the competitions.

Also, Parataekwondoka Asghar Azizi Aghdam won a gold medal on Saturday, while Sajjad Mohammadian won a silver medal in shot put contests.

Furthermore, on Saturday, Sadegh Beit Sayah from Iran seized a silver medal in the javelin throw.

However, the Iranian mixed team in recurve archery Gholamreza Rahimi and Zahra Nemati fail to secure a medal for their country.

With the medals collected on Saturday, Iran finished 12th place at Tokyo Paralympics with 12 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

The authorities of the Ministery of Sports and Youth thanked the para-athletes for their medals and offered congratulations. /MNA/

Iranian university students won second place in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft Design Competition.

A group of students from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Sharif University of Technology won second place in the International Aircraft Design Competition by presenting the “Chaka Jet”.

“Chaka Jet” consists of 2 models of 50 and 76 people, which has the ability to enter and compete in the global market since 2030.

Iran uni. students rank 2nd at AIAA Aircraft Design Comp.

The AIAA Foundation sponsors design competitions every year. These competitions offer a great opportunity for students to participate in a simulated real-world problem, allowing students to gain experience and receive useful and constructive feedback from technical experts who sit on AIAA Technical Committees. / MNA/

 

The Iranian women have been amazing so far at the 2020 Paralympic Games with three gold medal they have won in three disciplines. They have written their names in the Paralympics history book.

Archer Zahra Nemati ended Iranian women’s title drought by winning a gold medal in the women’s individual recurve W1/W2 in the 2012 Paralympic Games. She became the first Iranian woman to win a gold medal at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games.

Nemati also seized a bronze medal in the women’s team recurve in London.

Four years later in Rio, she proved that winning a gold medal was not accidental and claimed her second Paralympics gold in individual recurve open and also took a silver at the team recurve open.

Nemati hit a perfect 10 in a shoot-off to win her third individual Paralympic gold in a row in Tokyo.

She is the second archer in history, after Paola Fantato, to win golds at three different editions of the Paralympic Games.

But it’s not the whole story for the Iranian women.

Sareh Javanmardi is the second amazing woman in the Games. She made a brace in the 2016 Paralympic Games by winning a gold medal in the 10 m air pistol SH1 and a gold in the mixed 50 m pistol SH1. She had already started her glorious way in London 2012 after winning a bronze medal in the 10 m air pistol SH1.

Now, she has another chance to win one more gold in the mixed 50 m pistol SH1 on Saturday. If Javanmardi seizes the gold in the event, she will become the most decorated Iranian athlete.

And Hashemiyeh Motaghian set an example for women in the country by clinching gold in the javelin F56 with a World record throw of 24.50m.

“I don’t know what to say, I’m lost for words. There was so much going through my mind I can’t tell. You don’t know how much this gold means to me and my family and the country as a whole,” said a thrilled Moavi, with the help of a translator.

Yes, it’s true. The Iranian women have gone beyond their limits and the future is bright for them. They have to go much further, go beyond their limits. /T.T/

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 has introduced 59 Iranian universities among the top institutions worldwide.

The ranking includes more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.

The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

This year’s ranking analyzed more than 108 million citations across over 14.4 million research publications and included survey responses from almost 22,000 scholars globally. Overall, it collected over 430,000 data points from more than 2,100 institutions that submitted data.

Overall, 1,662 universities are ranked.

Iran tops Islamic countries in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022. From 2012 to 2014, there was only one university from Iran in the rankings. In 2015, Sharif University of Technology and Isfahan University of Technology participated in this ranking, and in 2016, the number of universities has reached 8.

While, 13 Iranian universities were listed in 2017; 40 and 47 in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

In 2022, with 12 new universities, 59 universities from Iran are among the world’s 1600 top universities from 99 countries (and four universities are listed with “reporter” status, meaning that they provided data but did not meet the eligibility criteria to receive a rank).

Iran’s best ranking in 2022 is in the range of 351-400, while last year it was in the range of 301-350.

The Noshirvani University of Technology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, and Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences have been introduced as the first universities in Iran in this ranking by being in the range of 351-400.

The University of Oxford tops the ranking for the sixth consecutive year, while mainland China has two institutions in the top 20 for the first time: Peking University and Tsinghua University share 16th place.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris is the highest new entry at 95th place, following a merger of five institutions.

Iran ranks first among Islamic countries

In the 2022 Times rankings, 24 Islamic countries participated, with Iran ranking first representing 59 universities, and Turkey having the highest attendance with 54 universities after Iran.

Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, UAE, Bangladesh, Morocco, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Palestine, Kuwait, Qatar, Uganda, and Brunei are the Islamic countries in this ranking.

Moreover, 12 Islamic countries received ranks below 500, while according to the 10-year plan of science, innovation, and technology of OIC member states (approved in 2017 in Kazakhstan), since 2026, some 50 universities from Islamic countries should be among the top 500 universities in the world./ T.T/

 

Due to the great response we have received in the second round of KANS Scientific Competition from the young elite community worldwide, the Secretariat will extend the competition deadline to receive additional entries till October 21st, 2021, coinciding with the Mustafa Prize Award Ceremony.
KANS Scientific Competition calls for young scholars, university students and instructors, and innovators under 45 years of age to submit their scientific achievements or their innovative solutions for challenges declared by international institutions.

The achievements & solutions, in the form of 3 to 5 minute videos, should be uploaded on the competition website kans.mstfdn.org.

Scientific achievements & solutions could be presented in the form of Idea, Paper, Book, Prototype, MVP, or New product.
The 6 winners will be awarded:
– KANS Medal and a plaque of appreciation🥇
– 30-gram Gold Insignia🪙
– Sabbatical worth $2000
– etc.