Iran's largest university to be assisted by TV BRICS in realising international projects

The TV BRICS International Media Network is expanding the range of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In addition to media communications and cultural exchange, contacts in the field of science and higher education have been added. The University of Tehran, the largest university in the country, became the first partner in this area. Seyed Hosein Hoseini, President of University of Tehran, and Janna Tolstikova, CEO of TV BRICS, signed an agreement on joint activities. The partners agreed to organise awareness-raising events and implement international media projects.

Founded in 1851, the University of Tehran is one of the oldest public institutions in Iran. Currently, it is the largest science and technology park and the country's leading digital university. It includes more than 160 faculties, nine colleges, over 60 research centres and institutes and 550 laboratories. More than 50,000 students are studying here. The University of Tehran has more than 600 international partners, in Russia it cooperates with MGIMO, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).

TV BRICS cooperates in Iran with Mehr News, The Tehran Times (part of Mehr Media Group), IRNA and IRIB. It cooperates with the Cultural Representation at the Iranian Embassy in Russia and the Ibn Sina Foundation to promote Islamic culture.

"The cooperation between TV BRICS and the University of Tehran opens new prospects for promoting joint initiatives and strengthening Iran's dialogue with BRICS member states and partners. We are confident that this step will help unlock unique opportunities for cultural and educational enrichment of different countries"

Aleksandra Burman Head of TV BRICS South Asia and Middle East Department

More than 30 institutions from Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Iran, including members of the BRICS Network University, as well as the Ministry of Education of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba and the Ministry of Education of Cuba, are partners of the international media network in the field of science and higher education.

The TV BRICS International Media Network is an international partner of many major events organised under the auspices of universities, including the Youth Forum "Culture Code" of SPbU and the Kostomarovsky Forum of the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute (Russia), the Durban University of Technology Postgraduate Forum (South Africa), the BRICS Documentary Film Festival of the Federal University of Latin American Integration UNILA (Brazil), and with Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), it conducts teleconferences as part of its own awareness-raising project "Modern Russian".