TEHRAN – Iran celebrates National Doctors Day on August 23, falling on the first day of the sixth Iranian calendar month, which marks the birth anniversary of Abu Ali Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, to appreciate the efforts of medical staff and health advocates.

Avicenna (born 980, near Bukhara, Iran [now in Uzbekistan]—died 1037, Hamadan, I

TEHRAN- Kimia Ahmadi, a 17-year-old Iranian girl, ranked third in International Brain Bee (IBB) competition held virtually from July 31 to August 5.

The World Championship took place in conjunction with the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention in Washington, DC, this year’s host conference.

Chun Hei Tai, a 16-year-old student

TEHRAN – The Iranian team took five medals, ranking third in the 16th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics held on August 10-20 in Chorzow, Poland.

Amir-Mehdi Esmaeili-Taheri, Mehdi Ostad-Mohammadi, and Arvin Rasoulzadeh were awarded gold medals, while Sarina Farzadnasab and Amir-Hossein Mousavifard won silver medals.

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TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), dropped 18,216 points to 1.938 million on Tuesday.

As reported, over 5.16 billion securities worth 34.816 trillion rials (about $71 million) were traded at the TSE.

TSE is one of the four Iranian stock exchanges, and the most important one. The other three ones are Iran Mercantile Exc