TEHRAN – Iranians living in other countries registered a total of 10,433 births during the past Iranian year (March 2023 – March 2024), the Civil Registration Organization has announced.

Meanwhile, 2,135 deaths were registered by Iranians living overseas over the past year, ISNA reported.

Over 4m Iranians reside abroad  

The Secretariat of the High Council of Iranians Abroad announced in its 2020 report that more than four million Iranians reside abroad, 76 percent of whom live in the Americas and European countries.

The administration of the late President Ebrahim Raisi had placed the issue of facilitating the return of Iranians living abroad to their home country high on its agenda, with government officials constantly reiterating the need to pave the way for the expatriates to return.

About 500 Iranian researchers have returned home over the past four years to transfer their knowledge and expertise to the country's universities, the vice presidency for science and technology reported in 2022.

With the support of the National Elites Foundation, universities, knowledge enterprises, technology parks, and incubators launched a plan titled ‘cooperation with Iranian expatriate entrepreneurs and elites’ in 2015.

The plan aims to attract Iranians abroad to share knowledge in different forms including postdoctoral research, research opportunities, and visiting fellows, in addition to being faculty members.

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