Jan 15, 2014, 11:10 AM

Iran Razi medical research festival honors its winners

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s 19th National Razi Research Festival on medical sciences has honored its winners during a ceremony held in the capital city of Tehran, Press TV has reported.


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the vice-president for Research and Technology and the Health Ministry officials attended the ceremony held in Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University on January 15.

Winners were selected from among researchers of different Iranian universities and awarded in different categories including medical nanotechnology, psychology and psychiatry, pharmaceutical sciences and dentistry.

Razi Medical Sciences Research Festival was founded in 1995 after the name of the great Iranian physician, chemist, pharmacist, and philosopher, Razi who lived in the 9th century CE.

The festival is annually held to encourage innovation and research in medical sciences.

Iran is now exporting its nanotechnology products to around tencountries including Australia, Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia, he also noted.


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