TEHRAN –Iranian students have succeeded in winning two gold medals and two silver medals at the 35th edition of the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from July 7 to 14.

IBO 2024 hosted more than 800 students, leaders, observers, and guests from over 80 countries.

Arash Samadi and Pourya Nouri-Niarki won gold medals, while Sepehr Chachi and Mohammad-Reza Yazdkhasti secured silvers, IRIB reported.

The IBO 2023 was held in the United Arab Emirates. The Iranian team ranked third winning two gold and two silver medals.

Recent achievements

Attending the 40th Annual Science Olympiad Tournament at Michigan State University, Iranian students managed to win a bronze medal and two diplomas of honor.

The competition is held annually for students aged 12 – 18 from June 1 to 15.

A total of 114 teams from 84 countries presenting 310 scientific projects participated in the competition, Mehr news agency reported.

Supported by Oxford University, the competition was held in two stages in the fields of technical engineering, computer science, energy, biological science, social science, art, and robotics.

In the first stage, after evaluating the student’s projects, 4 Iranian teams consisting of Sina Moqaddam-Nodehi, Paniz Karimi, Ilya Nosrat-Panah, Mahan Qadimi, and Mohammad-Sam Nemati-Moein were selected to advance to the second stage.

Moqaddam-Nodehi won the bronze medal, while Mahan Qadimi and Mohammad-Sam Nemati-Moein received diplomas of honor.

Also, Karimi and Nosrat-Panah received a certificate for taking part in the competition. This summer, they will participate in the world competition in Geneva, Switzerland, as selected Iranian inventors.

A team of Iranian students won five gold medals in different fields of research in the 9th edition of the '1Idea 1World' International Innovation, Design & Startup Competition held in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, on April 28-29.

Participants from 24 countries including Iran, Canada, China, Taiwan, The United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the competition both in person and online to showcase their innovative projects in 10 different subgroups such as medicine and agriculture, IRNA reported.

In the Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) 2024, which was held from January 28 to February 2, the Iranian team ranked fourth among 28 countries.

Mehrad Faridi and Ilya Haji from Iran competed with 41 teams during the five-day event which was hosted by the capital city of Taipei, IRIB reported.

Iran ranked fourth next to Taiwan, the United States, and Russia.

The robotics team of Iran won a gold medal and three silver medals in the Dubai International Inventions Show (DIS) 2023.

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Photo: From L to R (Sepehr Chachi, silver; Pourya Nouri-Niarki, gold; Arash Samadi, gold; Mohammad-Reza Yazdkhasti, silver)