TEHRAN — A delegation of French university chancellors will travel to Iran by the beginning of the Iranian calendar month of Bahman, which falls on January 21, Khabaronline reported.

The Iranian deputy science minister in international affairs, Hossein Salar Amoli, announced that to boost bilateral scientific and academic cooperation, a delegation comprising of French university chancellors will travel to Iran.

The University of Lyon chancellor, Lionel Collet, will lead the delegation, Amoli said.

The chancellors are due to make arrangements for the big French delegation to come to Iran by the second month of the next Iranian calendar year (April 21-May 21), he added.

Moreover, Portuguese Education Minister Tiago Brandao Rodrigues is willing to come to Iran, he noted.

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