TEHRAN – Iranian Science, Research and Technology Minister, Hossein Simaei-Saraf, and Russian Science and Higher Education Minister, Valery Falkov, reviewed methods for growing scientific, instructional, and educational cooperation between the 2 international locations with an emphasis on increasing professor and scholar exchanges, strengthening analysis cooperation, and facilitating educational interactions.
In a phone dialog, Simaei-Sarraf expressed hope that in-person conferences between the 2 sides might be held in Tehran and Moscow within the close to future, IRNA reported.
He additionally introduced the upcoming holding of a gathering of the presidents of prime Iranian and Russian universities in Tehran, and regarded the event of Russian language chairs in Iranian universities and Persian language chairs in Russian universities as an indication of deepening scientific and cultural ties between the 2 international locations.
Falkov, for his half, identified the start of a brand new college admission interval in Russia and the welcoming of Iranian college students to research on the nation’s universities, emphasizing the significance of offering employment alternatives and using the educational potential of graduates after their return to Iran.
Referring to the lower within the variety of Russian universities accepted in Iran’s analysis system, he known as for a evaluation of the strategies of evaluating and validating instructional {qualifications}.
Simaei-Sarraf continued by emphasizing the readiness of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology to evaluation the analysis system of Russian universities and develop joint instructional and analysis cooperation.
The two sides additionally agreed to proceed cooperation on growing professor and scholar exchanges and increasing scientific cooperation between the schools of the 2 international locations. The dialogue ended with Simai-Sarraf and Falkov mutually emphasizing the continuation of consultations, strengthening educational cooperation, and planning for face-to-face conferences within the close to future.
In December 2025, the second scientific convention between Iran and Russia was held in Moscow on Monday, with Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali; science attaché, Hadi Goudarzi, and representatives from universities and scientific establishments of the 2 international locations in attendance.
Referring to Iran’s distinctive historical past and the civilizational commonalities between the 2 international locations, Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko emphasised the need to strengthen cultural and educational relations between Iran and Russia, msrt.ir reported.
“The Russian government is completely ready to promote collaborations with Iran in the science and technology sectors. Russia and Iran need to rely on their capabilities in the pursuit of global development and play their historical role,” he famous.
Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Denis Sergeevich Sekirinsky, for his half, stated the 2 nations have their very own distinguished civilizations, sustaining cultural traditions and non secular worth. These historic commonalities have resulted in mutual respect and belief, in addition to fostering cooperation.
Iranian and Russian universities and analysis organisations signed over 70 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) simply over the previous yr, he famous.
For his half, Jalali highlighted the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Iran and Russia and emphasised the need to boost ties in scientific, technical, and cultural fields.
Independent international locations like Iran and Russia ought to pursue the trail to realizing a extra simply world by means of mental, historic, and cultural cooperation; in the meantime, scientific and elite dialogues will play a basic function, he added.
During the assembly, the 2 sides underlined growing cooperation between the schools of the 2 international locations, memoranda of understanding, BRICS scientific tasks, the alternate of professors and college students, and mutual recognition of {qualifications}.
The convention included specialised conferences akin to ‘Iran and Russia: from centuries of history to dialogue of civilizations’, and ‘synergy of knowledge and economy: new horizons of cooperation between Iran and Russia’.
The first scientific convention was held in 2022. The occasion is meant to make nice strides in deepening scientific relations, bolstering joint analysis, and increasing scientific and civilizational talks.
Meanwhile, Iran and Russia will help the implementation of 15 analysis tasks proposed after the third joint name by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Russian Science Foundation (RSF).
Research tasks ought to give attention to boosting collaborations amongst establishments, organizations, universities, and specialists might be prioritized, IRNA reported.
The tasks that profit from these capacities and assist lay the idea for the growth of scientific synergy and inter-institutional cooperation might be prioritized.
The grant, amounting to 40 billion rials (some $22,900) for every analysis challenge for at most three years, might be allotted to Socio-Economic Challenges (SEC); Artificial Intelligence (AI) Basics; Fundamentals and Development (Trustworthy AI, Reinforced deep studying, Recognitive fashions); Advanced and Clean Energy Systems (Hydrogen, helium manufacturing, Hydrogen and CO2 storage); Smart transport, telecommunications and robotics; Safe Food; Agricultural Bio-Technology; and Smart healthcare and medication.
The two organizations have additionally prolonged the deadline for submitting joint scientific analysis from June 6 to 29.
In November 2025, throughout a gathering held between Iranian and Russian officers, the 2 sides explored avenues to develop scientific and technological collaborations between the schools of the 2 international locations.
Masoud Shams-Bakhsh, deputy minister of science, analysis and expertise, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Pankin Aleksandr Anatolievitch, met on the sidelines of the forty third Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference being held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from October 30 to November 13, IRIB reported.
During the assembly, they underscored fostering joint efforts in numerous fields like rising applied sciences, primary sciences, engineering, area expertise, synthetic intelligence, transportation, vitality, surroundings, earth sciences, oceanography, well being, and medication.
Teaching Persian and Russian languages in reciprocal international locations, exchanging professors and college students, and boosting interactions between class 2 institutes and centres below the auspices of UNESCO, inventive cities, and studying cities had been amongst different areas of dialogue.