Despite a drop in its overall ranking, Iran has maintained top global positions in several scientific, technological, and intellectual property indicators in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026.

The shortlist for the second edition of the Rasul Medal has been officially released, highlighting top young scientific talents across various disciplines in the Islamic world.

Ali Akbar Salehi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mustafa(pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation, announced the creation of a platform that facilitates cross-border, transparent, and targeted participation in financing science.

Apple unveiled its latest product lineup on Wednesday during its fall launch event—the first led by newly appointed CEO John Ternus—highlighted by the debut of its long-anticipated foldable smartphone, the "iPhone Duo," TechCrunch reported.

US President Donald Trump has sparked fresh controversy after posting images of the Moon and suggesting that Earth’s natural satellite belongs to the United States.

The US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) has formally suspended administration of the TOEFL and GRE exams in Iran.

Iranian Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Hossein Simaei Saraf has strongly condemned international sanctions barring Iranian nationals from taking standardized tests such as TOEFL, describing the restriction as primitive and uncivilized.

From communications infrastructure and data-exchange capacity to cybersecurity, the digital economy, new technologies and tech-company partnerships, ties between Iran and Iraq in telecommunications and IT are moving beyond occasional cooperation toward a broader, more durable framework — a shift that gained momentum in recent months with visits by Iran's communications minister to Baghdad and Iraq's communications minister to Tehran.

Spiral galaxy M74, with its luminous spiral arms and numerous blue star clusters, is regarded as one of the most photogenic galaxies in the sky, with a Hubble Space Telescope image revealing remarkable details of its star-forming regions and cosmic dust lanes.

According to Iran’s Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, the proposals were approved during the closing meeting of Asian countries party to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), held on Friday on the sidelines of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.