IROST Hosts Astrakhan State University Delegation
In line with strengthening international scientific relations, on Saturday, September 27, 2025, Professor Soheila Shokrollahzadeh, Head of the Institute for New Technologies at the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST), together with the heads of the IROST’s research departments, hosted Professor Igor Alekseev, Rector of Astrakhan State University, and his accompanying delegation from Russia. The main objective of this visit was to explore and expand opportunities for scientific, research, and technological cooperation between the two institutions.
At the outset of the meeting, Professor Shokrollahzadeh welcomed the visiting delegation and outlined IROST's commitment to developing scientific and research collaborations with Astrakhan University.
Professor Shokrollahzadeh stated: “We hope to traverse the knowledge and technology exchange path in the shortest possible time and to establish constructive joint collaborations with Astrakhan University.” She also referred to pursuing collaboration with the IROST’s Science and Technology Park and its broad scientific and research capacities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and described IROST’s capacities and its role as part of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Following this, Professor Alekseev expressed future interests in expanding fruitful collaboration with IROST in areas such as organizing fellowship programmes for research projects, participation in professional development programs, collaboration in scientific, research, and publications activities, and joint short-term courses.
Notably, Astrakhan State University was established in 1918. It is a public higher education institution located in the large city of Astrakhan. The university is officially recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. It began by training teachers and has since developed to cover a wide range of educational, research, and international collaboration activities.